President Balmaceda
According to the latest dispatches rom ('Jiili, the 'ha.nees of vtctory are Krw in i:wov of Balmaceda, the inKururnts betng almoet pennllesa and n want of arma aul amimmition. ThLs diaagea affaire eonsiderably, as the two armtes have for some time pas stood on equal footing, José Manuel Balmaceda, the much spoken of prei-Mo.nt, is nmv ín Jiis B2d ycar. He is a we.ll edocAted man, incliniíiíí laTgely tawtaá inonarcliical ideas of gfovemnnent. Havinr seryed as deputy in five legtriatares, he became minister oí the Superior, in 1882. In 1868 tie assisted ín the fonding of the Reform Club. Kix years later he strooiKly advocated the servaration of church and state. In 1884, while being [rime minister, Balmaceda introducid, together wütli other liberal l.aw.s, civil Kin-laffe. On September 18th, 1886 was toangnpated president, his term expirtag on the game day in 1831. In Chili the president U invisible lor a recond term of office. He luie not been ilile to make hlmsell popular as chM executlve officer, eLse vlie revolntion would never have arisen. His policy was, to centralizo the power of the government, 90 as to control Iprísation and to manipúlate the entire dectoral system. in other worde, he miade Qlmeell a dictator.
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