New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-31
MEXICO.
ruE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIoN-THE PROFESSION
OF mGHwAYMEN.


with the Mexican law Of elections. the origin OF the
rsnndi,tjon of Juarez by the Liberal party. and the
nrino;ol or measures inscribed the bannersof the
oDDo.oc hosts of ConstitutiOnals and Juarists. 1t
rem.ios now 20 describe the elections themselves
which came off in all the States and TcTrtoriesof the
RepublIc except Puebla and GuianaatO, and perhaps
some few OthersOf the most remote from the Capta'
on tho 9Th 7th and Sth insts Here and doubtless IN
mort other places everything was conducted WIN
quiet aud order; indeed all proceedings. from muir
der judicial or otherwise. down to tandango danoo
arc conducted by this polite and eyen-tempered pcV
ple. with most lavish expenditure OF decoru"
absolutely oppressive to the puzzled senses Oh sp1o
tstor sprung from our noisy and ebulhent Ansio'
Saxon tacc. VIZ i"
Aeeo,dinO To a fuller return than that reported IN
nre,ios letter the vote at the primary election ol
the I'D ut in the six Congressional dlstI1ois OF WIS
Capital was H. 1876 land not merely ~ 0oS ppno
onslv Taportedl out OF probably nearly sVVOV quss
aS yo,rs AZ two precincts such was the apathy,
thAt no poll was opened. From the Oalanoo o.
electors were chosen divided INTO 70 s elcCt,on law
tbaso districts should have chosen 40 electors IL Is
Obvious that by some not clearly explained process
the constituency Of this wealthy ana Sohlr9n1ins
1saDital was about as thoroughly "purlhed ana as
titled INTO legalized caucuses as couid deceh'y Oo
done. ooo ..o. mana
present at grand parade the garrison OF the capta
cannot be much less than 10 % strong SSioletS Vi
NAV respectively chance to DO Quartered like regu-
lar soldiers elsewhere, they are prone 10 let tnoa
officers do their political thnkng' ana .hes1 n
has not been stated what portion of these lOOV0 nee
and independent voters formed part OF the !4iVW V
from out of whom the juntdS were sifted nor MnaV
s,orf;oo of fhe balance came from among the thou
sands of Office holders in the capital mot 10 nentod
the oceseekers Some few were utUe mo
by ths opposition about shifting the troops 10 quar-
tiers in anti-Minsteria precincts just DeIoIe ih o
PRIMARY election. Still, after the amazing exni3l
lion of electioneerng skill by the government IN the
last few days IT would be injustice to IT to suppose
that--with such dead open ana smut game W
Psy-t sent into any precinct sng aocon of the
uarez candidate or detailed to the polls any greaVer
nuInber of the 10000 than was necessary as re-
enforcement to enable the otlce-hoidelS 10 secure
OF course the popular verdict was Overwhel.
worthy Gov Baz had become such favcTite; despite
bsdy-lighted and illrepared streets. rObberes &c,
c within his dominion that not only was ne h1t bs
second Igesias. Minister of tho Treasury. wa.
Ihosen in the fourth, and though the opposition
tloubtngly hints that it can count ON the SUCCESSFUL
candidates in the other three city districts YET IL y
pretty certain that they NIL prove 20 tS SG vsey the
tale is the same. One returns Gov Baz, double
election; another elects LerdO de Ieada Munster OF
The Interior with COvarrubas, editor OF IRE Ucas
Eya,stL as alternate should Lerdo be elected CmeI
Justice; TexcocO elects Mejia, Minister OF war; ana
80 to the end of the chapter IL Is Gean SWEEP
by Tammsny Hall even in its palmest DAYS IL was
a good Sundays work. AZ.
Presidential Cup run for, and honest stIalght-
forward Don POrfirO Diaz, busy with MS troops,
away OIL down at the I u tho ST Tac ei In h capitol
which he saved from pillage, to protect when from
jnundatiOn while he besieged it, like another heniIy
Nv before Paris he gave funds out OF his scanty mill
Tary chest 10 ImperIast engineers to continue their
work Of draining Lake TexcOcO, where all classes
Idoixe him. into which hs election to the Presidency
nfu
Geiyed the votes Of precisely u electors" Juarez,
oonfossedly unpopu ar here even among his brother
AzteCs received 245 votes; one was gwen 10 DIT
Scattering" and 90 Of the whole number OF $50 did
not vote at at all. John Candlebox Calhoun himself
mnst own himself exceeded. .....-
The rural districts all went the same way On the
wings of the telegraph came the news that the Con-
eerysye strong SpSaS es Ss H Ia4 uare
Queretaro and Zacatecas quite or nearly so. Az
night the bells of the cathedral rang out joyful peals
as they had impartialy done for the French and
for Max and would do again for any other victor for
of them would have done so but for that Pestilen
ominOus heavy shower which always VtH come 70
dampen Juarez iubiations. Slender crowds OF shah,
ly-cad boys, parading the streets gave periodical
passers-by hurried unenthusIasticaIly home.
Weather politicians trGted or dfoy pro. 70
dent; his English Iorgan. The standard says great
crowd gathered under his windows TO fecitate hun
the opposition Monitor complains that NOISY demon,
strstiOns got up by officials, in shameful violation OF
the city ordinances, made the whole night hldeous
and another paper lnalnudteS tntb JLen ODJeCb Wds
less 10 atter Juarez than to prevent the Sonstltu
tionals from sleeping as soundly as they had been
whipped. Some other patriots celebrated the cleo
tons in different way. Certain anti-Church gen
try. taking mean advantage of the TACT that Gov
Baz his dylataaiept0 and its police, were busy with
The elections broke, the night preceding the Con
yreSsonal election into the sacrsty OF the Church o.
la Santisma two or tire blocks off from the Presi
dents mansion, ooOlly tested with acid the conse
Grated vessels; threw them aside on discovering thai
the wicked priests used plated ware instead OF Solo
silver cast the cOnsecTated water from its receptacle
and carried OFF the latter for solid gold; but the Church
newspaper, the Rerista, chuckingly informs them
that only of copper sOlidly gilt Another party
of patriots in favor of carrying out cOnfiseat0n pr
ciples in detail passing about o'clock in the even
Jug OF the day of that election, through the
Cadena-st in the heart of the city, trayersed by
street railroad and lined with the lordly mansions OF
bankers, and foreign ministers, and eonsuls, en-,
tered in an excess of enthusiasm at the renewed
opening for their profession, or because no police
were near, the house there Of wealthy gentleman,
tied the servants, passed about couple OF hours
~ lesurely examining the premises, with ample
faculties and finally committed the owners punish
ment into fine Of all the specie they could find,
RbOut 5000, with which they went on their way.
Justice demands the remark that both these little
affairs were conducted with the utmost decOruin"
And now your correspondent viii mention some
election facts for which. lest your unsophisticated
rural readers should take them for rOmances-Go-
than politicians will. perhaps merely believe and
enyy--chapter aud verse of high authority will be
3 given.
Don Jose NJ del Castillo Velasco an eminent citi-
zen, eX-member of Congress, DC, &c. who seizes
from his occupations as prominent lawyer time
enough to direct the editing of one OF the leading
constitutional journals the Monitor resides in the
With Congressional District of this city, quarter
inhabited by much Of the intelligence and wealth of
the capital He was chosen Chairman of the JuRta
of that district and ia his journal of the Sh inst thus
gives his experiences. The janta met leading Libe-
raj proposed that il should refuse 70 count the
vote Of the district on the constitutional amendments
unoOnstitutOnay proposed by the President car