Attempts were made to organise a great demonstration against the friars, but the whole thing a ended miserable fiasco. The Manila "American" thus refers to the subject ""Fuera les triales!" did not resound through the s'rexts Sunday morning, nor, so far as can b+ learned, was there the slightest incident to rufus the usual non chilant denranour of those gentlemen. Various reasms are given for this failure of what promised t) be an interesting ath One contemporary says that it was the inclemency of the weather; another tat it was caused by the old gradze} Detween Pascual Pobte'e and Isabelo; ds los Reyes, the result of the disappearance of the r-voluiouary funds, Tne fact s-ems to be that a" paternal government used its welt wera "nvmal Sursion." Tt is said that a promi-heat constabulary officer, acting "under o ders, be-tirred himself saturday night ies would The leaders saw reason and informed their followers that it would surely rain in the Enthusiasm and other emotions ant therefore the fatal day was deferred. When one who understands the situation as it truly comes to think of this matter seriously, it will be uni tood that the reason that this meeting w a success was because of the st relations b een these two peanut politicians, Se, Don Pascual Poblete and Sr. Dm Isahelo de los Reyes, over the question of "tel dinero de ly lucien." After board ad aundey id and the cvchero's anger prope ly assigned, has never been ny'iced thet either of these esteemed © ever been caught with any of this mentioned dinero" in their clo hes. vere are grave suspicions text both wn'lemen have read the cablegram from the States in which the Honorable, the Civil Gover Mr. aft, has said that he d a native hishes, hunker after the job. At s feared that they' were so busy looking up the American laws with regard to the customs in such eases that they missed the street ow. It would appear from the failure of thi ing. that the M covered methods of dive-cing themselves from their lealers, who are yoverued by personal and private ambition and use their dludet followers simply as tools and servo its, depending for sttccess upon th vee ant stupidity, Ly pall the tes out of the fire. Let us hope that this will be an end of attempts trouble, where n me neces justice and fair dealing.
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