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ERA OF CONSTITUTION MAKING 271 also, infested the interior, and caused considerable trouble before they could be suppressed. Before proceeding to the elections of 1881, which re- sulted in the choice of Santa Maria as President Pinto's successor, and brought about the triumph of the lib- eral party, it will be interesting for us to turn our at- tention to the Tarapaca desert and the Peruvian capi- tal, where Chilean arms were at this time achieving glory and conquering new provinces.
