El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-25
CATHOLICS BELIEVE MlDERO WILL
PERMIT FREEDOM IN SERVICES
Work Is Stopped Costly Building For Mexican Con-
gress and May Never Be Started Again-Mlions
Spent Will Thus Be Wasted-Ter
rible Outrages Committed
in Morelos
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destroyed and no record remains OF
the outstanding bills.
Even Women Maltreated.

destroyed and no record remains Of
the outstanding bills.
Even Women Maltreated.
Celso Torres, a prominent merchant
of the town, was sought by the gang,
who wished to kill him A search
of his house was made, but falling TO
find him. they demanded of his wife
that she reveal his hiding place, and
in attempting to force an answer. beat
her in brutal fashion.
In Tlaquitenango. a village in the
suburbs of Jojutla, scenes similar to
those in Jojutla were witnessed The
village priest, a staunch Maderista,
was robbed of all his clothing. even
his underwear, and was taken into
the country by the gang when they
left town and released at some dis
lance from Jojutla. AS many of those
whose establishments were looted were
Spanfards, claims will be put in to the
government through the Spanish min
lister.
+. The raiders showed no friendship for
Madero. but in the midst OF their orgy
of crime shouted, Death to Madero.
Long live president Zapata. Zapata OF
nobodyf'
Puente de Ixtla, another town in
the south of Morelos, was also sacked,
but did not suffer to the same extent
as did Jojutla-
Archbishop Discusses Madero,
'sThe essential condition" says arch
bishop Jose Mara del Rio. and one
which should go far toward tranquil
izing the minds of those who may be
disturbed by the Catholic party's adj
herence to the candidacy of Mr.. Ma
dero-a Mason and spiritualist-is
that he will not insist on rigid enforce
ment of the laws Of reform and the
church will not be so cramped by re-
strictions as in the past"
One of the applications of the laws
which grew out OF the separation of
church and state under the regime of
the neutrality-suspicious. Benito Juarez is
that which applies to the burial SER
vice at the grave. OF this both Catho-
lies and Protestants object Under the
law as it is now applied no service is
allowed at the grave and Protestant
ministers go no further than a brief
PRAYER for fear Of contravening the
law. All religious services and cere
monials, under the law, must be held
within the church. The great religious
professions which passed through the
streets of the capital before the law
giving president as Juarez Is known,
came into power, are barred. While
the law was primarily intended to pre-
vent such professions, in its wider ap-
plication it came to prevent services
at graves and naturally religious ser
vices of any kind outside the church or
private chapel
A pastor of one of the English
speaking Protestant churches in Mexico
declares that If the law would only
permit him to preach from the street
corners with a magic lantern to help
draw the crowd, he could triple his
| effectiveness as missionary. The
minister admitted that at a mission
church in one of the suburbs of the
/ capital the windows were purposely
| left open and that at times as many
as so persons had gathered on the out
| side at the windows to listen to the
! sermon, many Of whom would not have
cared to enter the church on account
of their clothes.
sMaderO Sure to VIM
| The support of the Catholic party
4 in the minds of a number of serious
politicians, makes the election of the
chief of the revolution certainty
Aside from his strength in other quar-
ters Madero holds the lower classes
| his name is as was the nanme of Diaz
| in days gone by. They know no other
and with the revolution demanding the