Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-18
Congress Formally Requested to Elect
Permanent Ruler.
UT GENERAL CRESPo is NOT PLEASED
he Asserts That the Revolutionists Are
Not Properly Represented.
REBEL ARMY STILL FAVORS FIGHTING
Their March on tho Capital stil Continues
Tho Fugitive Presidents Hiding Place
Known Only to His Former
Cabinet Officers,

lCopvrfDhted tS9, by James Gordon Bennett
CURAooA, Venezuela (via Galveston, Tex),
June H. BY Mexican Gable TO the New
York Herald-Special to TuR BEE.l-
l am at last enabled to confirm the news from
Caracas, Venezuela, about tho overthrow Of
Palacio. The verification has just been re-
ceived in reply to my latest dispatch.
Paacio has retired from ofhce aud
is in hiding somewhere. According to
one story he fed to La Guarya ana
went aboard vessel which was kept IN
waiting for HIM. Another, and l should
Judge a more reliable account, states that
ho has not yet left the country. He would
have done so but tho members OF his cabinet
would not permit him. They held him
responsible for the trouble they are In aud
say that they will not allow him to run away
and leave them to shoulder tho blame.
IL was a hard matter TO persuade the hot
headed dictator that his power was at an end
and that the only thing left for his followers
was to pretend compliance with the will OF
the people, substitute provisional govern
meat for the dictatorship and issue a call to
congress to meet and choose his successor as
president of tho republic.
Paiacio Finally Weakened.
Palacio and his ministers had many meet
ugs before the latter could prevail upon him
to follow their advice. He would never have
given in to them had it not been for the re-
port of disasters thick and fast that came in
from tho battlefield. Defeat after defeat
weakened Palaclo's determination and finally
he announced that he would abide by his
cabinets decision.
They said that the first step for him to
take was TO resign. Acting upon this sug-
CaSfiop n hand ed m his of rot
| The next thing was to choose mis- temporary
successor. Naturally their choice was Vice
| President Pillegos, who was present at the
conference. He declined. He did not propose,
he said, to offer himself up as = martyr. He
! could not, in justice to himself, accept the
| responsibility. This threw the meeting into
| conservation for some time. The cabinet
| could not think Of anyone to fill the perllous
! post.
At length one OF those present suggested
Minister OF War Sarria. After some hesi-
fancy he accepted, but on the condition
that Palacio should do as he said. This was
agreed and then Sarria made known his
plan. 1t was that Paacio should 60 into
hidlng, the secret place to be known only to
the members OF his cabinet, who promised
not to tetray him to his enemies. When
the dictator had reached his refuge Sar-
ria was to publicly announce Palacio's
retirement, declare. su omission to his people
and cali upon congress to name the next
president This was accordingly done.
The result is not satisfactory to the revo-
lutionists who declare that the present con-
gress Is filed with men who were not elected
aud that the new president must be chos en-
by the representatives, legally chosen TO the
national legislature. Crespo and his army
are meanwhile continuing their march upon
the capital.