Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-05-26
Resignation of President and
Vice President Corral Re-
ceived With Unmixed Re-
joicing By People of Capital
DE LA BARRA ASSUMES
POWER TEMPORARILY
Letter of Acceptance Declares
His Willingness to Step Down
When Citizens Have Selected
His Successor.

Mexico City, May 25.-President
Porfirio Diaz is dead. Long live Citi-
zen Porfirio.
President Diaz, in a letter, read by
the president OF the chamber of dep
uties this afternoon, resigned the
presidency of the republic of Mexico
and at 4:54 O'Clock the acceptance Of
the resignation by the deputies was
announced.
Everyone had expected an uproar
and demonstration when the an
nouncement should be made, but with
In the chambers the words announcing
the event We're followed by silence.
The deputies seemed awed by what
had taken place.
In the streets, however, black with
people, every road leading to the hall
being blocked, news that Diaz was at
last no more the president, was the
signal for wild shouting and manifes-
tations.
There was no violence or destruc-
ton of property
on the motion to accept the presi-
dents resignation, 167 deputies voted
eye, while two of them did not ex-f
press themselves They were Benito
Juarez, descendant of President
Juarez and Conception Del Vale. AS
their names We're called, other legis-
lators arose and bowed their affirma-
ton.
In similar fashion, the resignation
of Vice President Ramon Corral, now
in France, was unanimously accepted
and similarly Francisco Leon de La
Barra, late ambassador to Washing
ton, was chosen provisional president.
The latter will take the oath Of office
at noon tomorrow.
OF scarcely less interest in the popu-
lar mind, was the practical assump-
tion of military control of the federal
district by Alfredo Roble Dominique,
Maderos personal representative.
Personally Dominguez commands
only a small body of local representa-
tives, but the federal garrison Is un-
der orders to make no move whatso-
ever without securing his approval
Senor Dominguez stated he can bring
5000 organized rebel troops into the
gage and horses are aboard trains
furnished by the government at Cuer-
navaca, Pachuea and Tlalnepantla.
He stated that they will remain at
their present stations until they
should be needed in this city to con-
troll the situation.
President Diaz letter of resignation
follows:
"Sirs: The Mexican people, who
generously have covered me with
honors, who proclaimed me as their
leader during war; who patriotically
assisted me in work undertaken to de-
velop industry and the commerce of
the republic, establish its credit gain
for it the respect Of the world and
obtain for it an honorable position In
the concert of nations; that same peo-
pie, sirs, has revolted in armed mill
tary bands stating that my presence
In the Legislature of the supreme ex-
ecutive power is the cause of this in
surreetion.
Il do not know OF any fact imme-
dlately putable to me, which could
have caused this social phenomena;
but, permittinfi, though not admitting.
that I may be unwilingly culpable,
such possibility makes me the least
able to reason out and decide my own
culpability. Therefore, respecting as
] have always respected the Will of
the people. and in accordance with
article S2 of the federal constitution,
come before the supreme represen-
tatives of the nation in order to re-
sign, unreservedly the office of con-
stitutional president of the republic.
with which the national vote honored
me, which | do with all the more rea-
son since, in order to continue In Of
nee, 1t would be necessary to shed
Mexican blood. endangering the cred !
II Of the country, dssipating its
wealth, exhausting its resources and
exposing its policy to international
complications
! hope. gentlemen, that when the
passions which are inherent to all
revolutions have been calmed that
more conscientious and just study |
VIII bring out In the national mind a
correct judgment, so that when | die |
l may carry engraven on my soul n
Just estimate OF the life which ! have
ueVoted and will devote to the service |
Oh my countrymen.
With all respect
''PORFIRIO DIAZ."
provisional President de La Barra |
acknowledged his elevation to that
"isn otfice In an open letter to the |
",eNlcan people tonight. In II he de-