The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-21
CONFINES THE MEXICAN CON- GRESS IN SESSION AND READS
 HIS MESSAGE
LITTLE ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
Huerta Made His Way to Congress Hall Through Lines of Troops Many Old Diaz Followers Among the New Congress.

Mexico City Nov. 2O-His face
 showing none of ahat whimsical 1 humor which sometimes charactsrizes
 him. President Huerta this evening appeared before the new ,1exican con
 gross and read his message Few ! Mexican presidents have read at the | formal opening sessions of congress 1 shorter messages and few have con
 fined themselves so entirely to one | subject. It was nothing more than 1 terse explanation of his motives fan | dissolving the old congress. most of
 the members of which are now in the penitentiary accused of sedition. 1 The senate and chamber of deputies met in joint session and congress was l formally declared convened at 53O o'clock in the evening
 President Huerta came to congress
 through lines of troops and the small crowds which gathered were no. 1 demonstrative.
 1 There were no eXtraneoHs frills to | the session. IL was more in the
 nature of a little business meeting
 of the president and the men con ] yerted into lawmakers during the re. cent so-called elections. The message
 it's essence an admonitlon The ia- cident he related to them of the dis. solution of the previous congress
 was one by which it was intimated
 they might be guided in thier con.
 duct as congressman.
 The reply of the speaker, Eduardo
 Tamariz, was brief Not all the con. gressmen were present Twenty seven of them failed to appear and most of these were members Of the Catholic party to which Tamariz be- longs. It had been announced that the Catholic members had held a meeting and decided not to participate in the session and this gave rise to the baseless rumor that the speaker himself would not preside
 The new congress showed many faces familiar during the days of Porfrio Diaz-so much so that the exiled ruler would have felt entirely at home had he stepped into 4ha chamber The congress is composed for the most part of a quiet lot of men, representative of the older and more conservative element, and Gen. Huerta appeared to realize this while reading to them his message in grim. straightforward manner such as had not been witnessed in the chamber in recent years.
 He indulged in no elocutionery rt fort but now and then used a charac- teristic little gesture with one hand; nor was he interrupted by applause. He was applauded only upon his ag- rival and departure, when the mem bers of congress and the spectators arose to their feet and added 'Viyas" to the handclapping One young de- putty more enthusiastic than the res.. called for cheer flor the man who is maintaining the national dignity"
 General Huerta drove from the palace to the chamber through files bl oOiuiSi6, llOSL or WHOUl NtFb uI~
 tailed from the crack twenty ninth
 regiment whose men participated m
 the coup d'etat at the palace in
 February He entered the building
 while the bands were playing The
 national air.
 Acknowledging the plaudits and vivas of the congressman and spec tators as he moved down the aisle 1 by a series of military salutes instead
 of grave bows which characterized | his old chief. Porfirio Diaz, General | Huerta looked a stern figure. Like i the congressman, he was in evening
 clothes, the only touch of rank being 1 the tri-color across his breast In q
 half circle behind him on the platform sat his staff. resplendent in gold lace
 and full dress uniform and grouped | just below on the floor Of the house
 the members Of the eaDlnet. ] The only touch of color in the house was to be observed in the gal l lery reserved for the diplomatic
 corps most of whom were in uniform. | The only country not represented was l the United States Nelson 0'Shaugh messy, the charge d'affaires. acting under instructions was absent from l the session Sir Lionel Garden. ------------------~