The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-03
The President in His Message to
the Mexican Congress
Comedies All the Demands of
the RevOlutiOnists.
ONE TERM IN OFFICE.
An Effective Reformation of the
Election Laws.
A Division of Big Estates Also
Is Promised.

Mexico City, April 3.-The princi-
pal of no reelection for the president
and other executive functionaries and
an effective reformation of the cleo
toral laws were conceded in the mes
sage of President Diaz to congress. Re
forms touching the power of local
authorities, the judiciary and rural es-
tates were also promised.
After reviewing at length the pro
gress of the nation during the last SIX
months and more briefly the events
ledaing up to the rebellion and It's
progress, the message continued:
Recent expressions of public opin-
ion on various questions OF govern,
mental policy have attracted general
attention, and, for this reason, the ex-
ecutive deems it fit to make known tne
measures which he believes ought TO
ba adopted and the views by Wh1ch ne
will be guided in his endeavors to
warrant the confidence which the
country has reposed in him.
fected aims, for example, at satisfying
in practice one general ASPIRATION;
which is that the political personhel
be renovated from time to time L
have not hesitated to part with the
services of capable, loyal and honest
advisers. who. for a greater or less
length of time had given me their
valued cooperation. My single ann
has been to set the precedent or not
carrying on the government 1ndennlte-
ly with the same cabinet, however
high NAV be the merits of the per-
soma composing it, and to show that
room should be made from time TO
time to new energies in the direction
of public affairs.
Furthermore, measures WI lpe TAX
en- that will demonstrate frm pur-
nose TO give heed to reasonable COM
n Jai
the uathorities, especially those VINO
are in closest touch with the people
Homes for Aid of Governors.
ssI+ is to be hoped that in this policy
the federal government will be second
ed by the governors of states, VINO pS
reason of the administrative 1nStrnen-
talities depending on tnenn,. are ,oe'eel e-
able to remedy the evil in question.
s"The principle of no reelection for
execrtive fllnctionaries, elected by pop
ular suffrage, had not of late peen
broached in any of the legislative as
semblies of the republic and Tor tnat
reason the federal executive had not
thought it proper to express an optLlIoli
as to a question, which, by its nature,
falls within the province of those as
semblies. But seeing that the issue mas
recently been brought up in some or
the state legislatures and discussed IN
the press, the executive takes TINS oc-
caSiOn to nldnlI6SI MS nearly assem- "
the principle in question and to declare
that if a bill is brought before con-
gress providing for the periodical reno
walton of the functionaries referred to
the administration wall give to such
measure it's earnest support
Intimately bound up with the adop-
ton of the principle of no reelection is
the question of the reform of the cleo
toraI laws, for, inasmuch as the long
continuance in power of certain func-
tionaries is believed to be in part at
tributable to the defects of those laws.
II is indispensable without delay to
amend them in order to insure the
electoral activity of those citizens who
are considered capable of >ting with a
full consciousness of what they are do
ing.
"In view of the not fully satisfactory
results of the measures hitherto taken
to bring about the division of large
rural estates on terms that would be
fair to all concerned, so as to render
those estates available for tillage, the
executive is determined to find means
for carrying out this important pro-
iect in the most efficient manner pos
sible
Justice Reforms Almost Complete.
"At different times endeavors have
been made to introduce reforms in the