Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-06-08
MEXICO'S NEW PRESIDENT
TO BE ELECTED ON OCTOBER is
FIRST ATTEMPT AT VOTING
In Mexico in More Than Thirty Years.
Many Difficulties May be Eneoun-
tered-Reports OF Disorders.

Mexico City.-By official decree is
sued Saturday by Mexicos provisional
president, Francisco L. de la Barra,
special presidential election was
called. In all states and territories
electors will be chosen on October
1, and these will select the successor
of Porfirio Diaz on Sunday, Oct 15.
Governors are instructed to define
and publicly announce prior to June
80 electoral districts in their respec-
tive states and territories, using for
purposes of apportionment the census
of 1910
De la Barra fully realizes the i'm
mense responsibility he has assumed,
and the men who we're prominent in
the conduct of the revolution do not
underestimate the difficulties that
will be encountered in holding open
elections in Mexico In small towns
and distant rural communities there
doubtless are thousands to whom the
word election conveys little or no
meaning.
Election returns may be slow in
coming in, and it is not improbable,
admit representative of both the old
government and the new, that in
few districts the result will be hope
lessly tangled. However, those of
both factions have tacitly agreed that
since this is the first attempt at gen
uine voting in more than thirty years,
they will not be overparticular; that
they will do the best they can.
Parties viii Name Candidates.
1t remains for the various parties
to select their candidates. AT present
Francisco l. Madero is the only man
whose name is certain to be printed on
ballot. Reyes will be in the capital
in few days, and it is evident that
his coming has made some of the Ma
derists nervous. The general has not
declared that he will not be candi-
date, and until he answers the ques-
ton supporters of Madero will not be
entirely at ease. General Reyes
friends are not so numerous as they
were before he was sent out of the
country, but none deny that he will
be formidable opponent in presi-
Dental contest That any effort will
be made to prevent him from reaching
the capital is not expected. but stories
of plots. both in A. favor and against
him, are heard daily.
Reports of Disorders Continue.
Reports of disorders continue to
reach the capital. but they are for the
greater part those of insignificant
character, and government officials
express themselves as satisfied with
the progress being made in the re
storation of peace. The only serious
report received is that from Tapa-
chula, town near the Guatemalan
frontier There state bordering on
anarchy is said to prevail. Mobs are
reported in possession of the place,
the old authorities gone and none yet
named to replace them. The Ameri-
can consulate has been used as
reauge by dozens of frightened Chi
nese, who fear such fate as befell
their countrymen at Torreon. The
Chinese colony at Tapachula numbers
500.
The Chinese legation has lodged
with the Mexican government claim
for 100000 pesos, alleging this
amount of damage was incurred by
Chinese residents of .Torreon. His re-
ports show that 303 Chinese were kill.
ed in Torreon and so in the surround
ing country.