New-York tribune., 1911-10-16

man whose name was on the slip the vote
was accepted II was all delightfully."- naiVe
and childlike. There lay the voting list III
plain sight one could run ones finger
down the columns apd ascertain precisely
how the vote stood. No, emphatcally IL
was not secret ballot But how would II
he possible for the officers 10 comm''
frauds when the whole world stood around
and watched?
The cohorts of the defeated Nasque7
Gomez have been bowling fraud until they
are black in the face 1t may be depehueo
on that It is the wall of the fellow VINO was
beaten Very likely the percentage OF ue'
/ prayitv runs about the same among tle
| Mexicans as among other peoples. 30 II If
| extremely probable that some votes were
not counted for the men for whom thel
were cast But It is a safe wager that " az
1 least ninety-ninc out Of every hulu.oS soS
votes-and the votes ram about huiluie e''
or n hundred and ten TO tie dls'ilot
/ honestly recorded Surely not enous" "e'
diverted to change the result.
Some confusion may have been cduseu'
but no physical strife, from the Only "a
which those who kept their heaus 0o".''
foresee might possibly incite unpleaSan'
ness That was the difficulty oi lhsP'i I"e
confidence among the great mass OF '"e
voters that the men for whom they No'rU
for electors could be depended on TO vote III
the electoral college for the canolud'eS
favored by the voters II was dihlcult 10
make the electors. particularly the liil'e'
ate. understand that they could not caS'
ballots directly for Madcro or an! u
Vice-Presidential candidates. The System
soerns clumsy and unnecessarily lhNoiN'u
for tho class Of voters that comprises
large majority Of the populace. steps O.
readv have been taken to introduce d NJ
simple and direct system. through the o','
ing I'm Congress yesterday Of oili rlaN'''e
II possible for the President, Nlce-i ''S'
don't Senators and Deputies TO De c"oSe'
c.it,,o,t tho intermediary OF electors OF an
electoral college. The bill is almost certain
TO be enacted
Reves's Absence Helped Order
General Bernardo Reyes. probably with
ont meaning to do so, rendered rather an
;n,rortant service TO his country by quit
,i,7 ,5avico before the election and after
no had renounced his candidacy. His alb
oral gave the Mexicans a great laugh by
his antics The spectacle Of the valiant
colder urching up the gangplank Of
steamship at Vera Cruz, assisted by three
mon and two crutches, with his head ban
daged and those wonderful four-pointed
vhiskers discreetly masked. is not provoca-
tive Of serious comment Why the general
chose this method of getting out of Mex
leo no one can tell. The prevailing theory
Is that he did II for effect and for the i'm
rression of martyrdom it might convey 10
observers outside the country There was
about as much necessity for the general to
bie himself hence in this opera bouiie
fashion as there is for a farmer 10 take
the temperature of "A COW before milking
her.
Had Reyes stuck TO his guns he would
have received ample protection and been
credited with all the votes that came to
him. but he would have been the worst
beaten man. I'm all likelihood, that ever
appealed to popular suffrage in Mexico.
DO Ia Barra told him that he would have a
fair show. and De la Barra keeps his word.
Reeves and Reyism are a tale that is told.
He and his party are botn as dead as
clam a week out of water. He represented
the spirit Of the old regime, the reactionary
elements i'm the country. His friends i'm
posed on him. They told him things which
we're untrue, especially with reference TO
the last squabble he got into under Diaz.
After overtly Countenancing his candi-
dacy for Vice-Presdent until the country
was i'm a turmoil Reyes was roared at once
or twice by Diaz. lie quit cold and took a
billet abroad. at a good salary, to look
over the military reserve system of the
Continent No one got anything out Of it
hut Reyes. except narrow escapes from go
ing TO jail. Reyes was made to believe
that all this had been forgotten and that he
could start in where he left off nearly
three years ago. But he couldn't and
didn't
Reyes's talk about returning to Mexico
when protection is guaranteed 10 him and
his followers is mooLshine All Of his fol-
lowers are still here, including his son,
who is a maladro:t mischief maker. No
one has molested them. or is going to.
unless they monkey with plots and other
messes prejudicial TO orderly, peaceful gov
crnmental processes.