The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-10
HUERTA THINKS
ELECTION ILLEGAL
Will Under No Consideration Recognize
Votes Cast for Him and No Mat
ter What Congress Does Would
Not Accept the Presidency.

Mexico City, Nov. lo.--In formal
note to the foreign diplomats, General
Huerta after calling attention to the ef-
forts he has made to pacify the country
land dwelling at length upon his reasons
for dissolving Congress, makes the di-
rect statement that the newly elected
Congress will be installed within few
days and will pass upon the elections of
the president and vice. president.
General Huerta reminds the diplomats
that prior to the elections he told them
that neither he nor General Banquet
would accept an election on the ground
that his own election would be illegal,
and he calls to the attention of the dip
lomatic representatives the conference
which he had with the presidential can
didates, at which he secured their prom
ises to abide by the result of the cleo
tions, even should no one obtain the nee
essary number of votes.
Nov in view of the fact, according to
the reports which the government has
received" continues the note, "that there
exists an earnest presumption that
the elections fail to be considered a
true manifestation of the will of the
people; and because it Is foreseen that
said presidential elections will be de-
clared null, the executive wishes to make
known once more to the country and to
the whole world that in accord with this
determination he shall continue exerting
himself for the pacifcation of the coun-
try, in order to be able to guarantee abb
solute freedom and efficacy in the new
elections, which Congress must call as
necessary consequence of that declara.
tion.
"In the same manner he wishes to
make known once more before his
friends and those outside the republic
that being regardful of the law and per-
suaded that by virtue of his having oc-
cupied the post of president of the re-
public while the elections were being
held, he considers himself constitution.
ally impeded from being validly elected,
and he will on no account take into con-
sideration the vote which may have been
cast in his favor, and no matter what
may be the resolution of Congress he
will not accept in this case the consti-
tutional presidency of the republic.
HE relies as president on the solemn
promise of the honorable citizens who
figured as candidates for the presidency
and ce-presidency and who represent
all the political parties of the republic,
and is sure that perfect harmony will
reign between the three powers of the
union, and that the governments of the
world will recommend without exception
that only the present government can
call new elections and guarantee their
freedom and efficacy.
'sHe hopes to be able to fulfill easily
within the period which Congress shall
designate his sacred duty, consulting the
national desire to consecrate by the suf-
frage of the people the executive who is
to rule definitely the destinies of the
country. Otherwise the realization of
the executives program would not be
possible within long period of time.
'sThis program consists of peace and
legality, which are the only medium in
which elections may become an express
sion of the free popular will and in
which the individual, native as well AS
foreign, may enjoy full guarantees.
Only under such conditions can the eco
nomic developments in the republic per-
nit all social classes to gather the fruits |
of their labor and the product of their
capital" =