The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
GREAT INTEREST IN .GOMEZ-SUAREz RACE Madero Worrying About
 This Election DE LA BARRA STRONG Politicians Believe That Both Vice Presidential Candidates Will Fail of Election by the Electoral
 College
DE LA BARRA STRONG

| Mexico City. September A.-After the l withdrawal of Bernardo Reyes, interest in | the presidential election which should i, take place Sunday, Osctober 1, now cen | ters in the election of the vice president
 The election of Francisco I. Madero 1 Jr, to the presidency Is foregone con cusion, although in spite of his refusal | to accept the honor, there are persons | who persist in booming the candidacy | of Francisco L. de la Barra. provisional | president.
 I Ill two column plea to it's readers to-
 day, El Diaro again insisted that the only salvation of the nation is the retention of 1 De La Barra in office.
 1 What is worrying Madero and his inn mediate supposters much more than this, | however is the vice presidential ques- l tion Jose Pino Suarez is the official 1 candidate on the Madero ticket, but pr. F. yasquez Gomez following appears to | be growing no less and probably great | CT, while De La Barra stands in the back ground as the candidate of the Catholic party.
 1 Popuarly the race is supposed to be be- | tween Gomez and Pino Suarez. and in no | newspaper of the capital has anyone cl- | pressed fear of De La Barras election; 1 but it became known today that the Ma ] derista headauarters is far more ser1- l ously alarmed over his chances than over I those of Vasquez Gomez.
 1 One politician high in the councils of 1 Madero frankly expressed his belief that l De La Barra would be named vice pres- dent but not as the result of popular vote next Sunday
 Under the law a majority Of the cleo 1 AIA LN.f | ing in this, the choice is made by the chamber of deputies. Since there are three candidates in the field. one of whom has the personal backing of Madero, an- other a popular backing of the insurSent element of the revolutionary party, and the third that of the Catholic party. | whose potency is generally admitted. it is almost certain that no one will receive the necessary 51 per cent of the votes. l The chamber of deputies can be counted l upon with reasonable certainty to name | De La Barra, since a big majority of | that body is strongly anti-Madero, | It will be no surprise if during the next sepen days Afadero or lis supporters ap- 1 peal 10 the provisional president to fe- nounce his candidacy for this post. If | they succeed the race will be between Vasquez Gomez, Pino Saurez and one CT l wo others who will doubtless get scat tering vote.
 Close friends of Madero do not deny the | ability of De La Barra nor his ftnes for the position. In fact. their oppos- | tion is based on the belief that he will prove too strong a man for the place and l will overtake Madero. thus weakening his | administration.
 The feeling is growing in the Made rista camp that a mistake was made when the convention saddled upon the presidential nominee the burden of l Pino Suarez. Speakers and party or gans are finding it rather difficult task to gain for the Yucatanean the good will of the public.
 This is campaign without issues. It is being fought out on personal Hines. As such the Pinista element is attempting to beitte whatever work was done for the revolutionary cause lby Francisco Vasquez Gomez, painting him in ridiculous colors and otherwise depending upon vituperation to defeat him.
 That the Madersta organ had not openly attacked the candidacy of De La Barra probably is due to the fact that they do not care to be the first to advertise him.
 With the question of postponing the elections still in the balance work pre- liminary to the voting was done in the
 posting precincts of the names of those eligible to vote. Precinct organiza tionS
 also continued manifestations or rallies
 in many quarters of the city and in numerous places mock elections were held to familiarize the people who have not exercised the franchise for 35 years with the use of the ballot Madero will be the object of enor- nous manifestations upon his return from the south and the remaining days of the campaign may be expected to
 furnish MeXicans throughout the re-
 public with more interesting moments
 than they have had since the close of
 the revolution.
 Jalapa, V. C., September 24.--Fran- cisco l. Madero. Jr.. who arrived here this morning with his party, including Jose Pino Suarez. his candidate for vice president, found a difficult task In per suading the community that they
 should vote for the Yucatanean. The
 ma jority of the people were open in their support of Dr. Francisco Vasquez Gomez for the vice presidency. Posters
 declaring the candidacy of Pino Suarez were torn down and Madero and other speakers were interrupted repeatedly | by shouts of disapproval. Before the l speaking was concluded the orators ap- l peared to have won many friends. Pno l Suarez then gained strength. Late
 tonight the party left
 
 Pupsley Elected