El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01

Mexico to Vote For Presi-
dent and Vice President
in a New Way.
CONTEST rs ONLY
FOR VICE PRESIDENT

Mexico City, Mexico. Sept. 3O.-Mex-
leo VIII hold her first three national
elections tomorrow and Il days later
the electoral college, composed Of 300
delegates will meet In the halls Of the
national congress and cast their Da-l-
lots, as directed by their constituents
for president and vice president OF
Mexico
The general elections VIII fan on
Sunday; the meeting Of te electoral col
lege viii take place on sunday, ana
one week after the latter assembly
on Sunday, October p, the Mexican
congress viii announce officially the
names Of the winning candidates Tor
president and vice president
The seven days between these two
dates, win be occupied by the congress
in verifying the returns OF the electors
and in certifying TO their votes as made
in the electoral college.
MHderO's Election Assured.
Though there are three men who as
only one is being taken seriously by
the Mexican peOple--H'ranctscO J. Ma
derO II appears that Aadero VIII be
elected by a landslide Of voters, espe-
cialy from the outlying districts.
Madero was nominated July 80, 1911
by the National Progressive party;
Bernardo Reyes was nominated sep
TENDER II BY the Reylstas, or ReylSt
party but has Withdrawn from the
contest. The Catholic party, considered
the most powerful political faction IN
gust Is, 1911 refused to make nomina-
lions, but pledged Itself TO support
MaderO for the presidency and Fran
cisco Leon de Ia Barra, provisional
president OF the republic for the vice
presidency.
For vice psSsident, the National Pro
gressiFes nominated Pine Suarez, OF
Yucatan, as running mate for MaderO.
Suerez has just been elected governor
Of Hucatan, and, II elected to the vice
presidency, win have to face contest
for the chair
No vice presidential candidate was
named by the Reyes party, which, in
stead voted q petition to the Mexican
congress to postpone the elections for
Vasquez Gzomez's Candidacy.
Then there are the ever present vas
queZ-GOmeE brothers, who succeeded
in getting themselves nominated by
minor parties, but who are now obvi-
Ously out Of the running. Emilio Vas
QueZ Gomez, former agent Of the Ma
derO revolution in Washington and
later minister Of the interior In the
been nominated for the presidency by
the old AnU-Reel ectionist party, now
calied the asq uIssas, ms was the
original Ven Thought party organ
1Zed by Madero In Monterey ia 1919.
and was one II the causes Of his iuI-
prisonment by Diaz. When Emilio Vas
Quez Gomez was forced to resign from
the de la Barra cabinet, however, the
central committee OF this party desert
ed Maderos taking about half the
members Of the organization over to
Vasquez Gomez. Now. however. most
Of these insurgents nave returned to
the Madero fold
Francisco NasQueZ Gomez, minister
Of pubic instruction In the de ia Barra
cabinet at the present time, has been
nominated by a number of minor clubs.
owing allegiance TO no party, for the
presidency. It is doubtful. however, If
MS name VIII appear on the lists on
election day, as Ii is generally under
stood that he has made an agreement
with Madero to withdraw from the
race provided he be retained in the
new MaderO cabinet next term.
De La Rarra Declines Honor
President de Ia Barra, though nom
lnaIed oy some 100 clubs for the preSi-
dencyi has positively refused to be a
candidate, and, finally, most of his
FORMER supporters threw their influ-
sented the hope Of the remaining CT
enuflcOs, the foreigners interested in
TINS country ana the upper tenth Of
the nations population, until his with
draWal from the race
Election VIII BE Different.
Inese coming elections win be diff
Ierent from any ever held in any re-
public Of the world, and the methods
to be followed have aroused scores of
protests from all parts of Mexico In
the first place, the name of the candi-
dates for seats in the electoral college
from each district viii not be printed
on the ballots
Each ballot viii be a small square Of
white paper containing the name of
the voter Above has name VIII be
printed a line, in Spanish, Il vote for
and blank space in which
the voter viii write, with pencil or
pen, the name Of the elector for whom
ne wishes to vote. Only one ballot VIII
be printed for each voter, and the
voters name viii be taken from the
rolls Of the first and last census of
Mexico, that Of 1910
re- ia
writing in the names Of his candidate
Tor the electoral college, he must erase
II with his own hand, and write 1t
over again. Rubber grows wild in Mex
leo and native erasers are cheap, but
just what use ballot clerks and judges
VIII make Of them in altering ballots
VIII not be seen until after the cleo
Nation Divided Into Districts.
The Mexican nation, supposed to
contain 100000 native inhabitants,
has been divided into districts Of 3d.
600 persons, men women and children
each. From each Of these districts one
electOr is to be chosen to sit in the
electoral college To facilitate this,
each Of these $4,000 inhabitant dis
tricts, has been divided into precincts,
roughly containing 500 Inhabitants TO
each precinct
The lines Of the celebrates follow
the state boundaries, and where a
state contains number Of Inhabitants
1ndlTistble by $4,000 a new district is
mace Tor each lU,DUU LueEeaLLer. 3 or
example If the state Of Sonora con-
tains $780, 600 Inhabitants, It viii have
eight electoral districts, six of which
viii contain $4,000 Inhabitants, one viii
have eight electoral districts, six of
which will contain $4,000 Inhabitants,
one 10000, and the eighth only 10000.
Governors Name Recorders.
The governors Of the states have
named recorders, one for each precinct
of 500 persons. whose duty 1t shall be
to distribute the ballots to each voter
eight days before election.
It should be added, IN passing, that
these 10000 recorders have been
obliged to state their political affili-
atoms before being appointed 28,463
are Maderists. Each recorder VIII have
complete charge of the polls in his pre-
cinct. and viii be the court Of last re-
sort for all questions arising on cleo
ton day
No challenges VIII be allowed at the
polls, and there VIII be no redress for
the man who loses his ballot at that
time. All such protests must be made
before the chamber Of deputies at the
time Of the announcement Of the re-
suits of tn elections.
The election OF October 1 VIII be the
GROWING triumph Of the masses. led
by Francisco l. MaderO, the COahuila
dreamer.