Lerroux was anxious to
transform the radical party into something aristocratic and Castilian; I
desired to see it retain its Catalan character, and continue to wear
blouses and rope-soled shoes.
I withdrew from the party for these reasons, to which I may add
Lerroux's attitude of indifference upon the occasion of the execution of
the stoker of the "Numancia."
Not many months after, I met him on the Carrera de San Jeronimo, and he
said to me:
"I have read your diatribes."
"They were not directed against you, but against your politics. I shall
never speak ill of you, because I have no cause."
"Yes," he replied, "I know that at heart you are one of my friends."
AN OFFER
A number of years ago, when the Conservatives were in power and Dato was
President of the Ministry, Azorin brought me word that Sanchez Guerra,
then Minister of the Interior, wished to see me and to have a little
talk, as perhaps some way might be arranged by which I might be made
deputy. During the afternoon, I accompanied Azorin to the Ministry, and
we saw the Minister.
He informed me that he would like to have me enter the Congress.
"I should like to myself," I replied, "but it would appear to me rather
difficult."
"But is there not some town where you are well known, and where you have
influence?"
"No, none whatever.
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