Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-11-20
HUERTA READS
MESSAGE IN
PERSON
EMULATES PRESIDENT WILSON IN
THIS RESPECT - TELLS new
CONGRESS HOW He CAME TO
ABOLISH The PRECEDING BODY
OF LAW MAKERS.
IS WILLING TO ABIDE
BY ACTION OF CONGRESS

D1 HIIl UT GUNukES,
Washington, d. G., Nov. 20.-"Th
full text of Huerta's S message to tn
Mexican congress, which he will rea
in person at & o'clock this evening, il
as follows
"ln accordance with the constitu
tional provisions relative to the mat
ter, it is the duty OF the chief execu
ton twice every year of the status o
public affairs, these reports CORE
spending to the two solemn opening
Of the regular sessions OF your duties
This provision having been com
piled with by means of the extensive
reports ! read in this chamber Oh
September 16 last, and as it happened
at the time that the first of April was
far ahead at which time the govern
ment should once more bring to you1
the status of the national
it can now be understood
that this brief message cannot be SO
extensive as the other documents but
that it should be limited to giving you
an account of the political events
which have taken place since October
10th last to this significant date, in
which, by virtue of the solemn prom
Use / have made before the nation and
the world, the country is resuming it's
course under the straight and infleX-
ible provisions of the fundamental
charter of the republic and this with
in such peremptory time necessarily
so sets in relief before persons not
actuated by passion the indisputable
good faith and the uneXcelled good
will with which the government of
he nation has been making efforts to
'einstate the supremacy of peace and
he law in the midst of conditions
which, without false modesty, are of
he character sufficient to discourage
he strongest decision, if such is not
supported by great faith in the law,
n justice and in the welfare of the
country.
"The embodiment OF our political
structure having as a basis a perfect
equilibrium between the three pow
RS by means Of which the people eX-
rcise it's sovereignty, it can be easil,
Understood to that extent of difficulty
We could be dragged by the least in.
or alteration of this equili
rium.
The trainers of the constitution, un-
erstanding this to be the case, mark
d for each power the province OF
heir proper and legitimate action in
rider that by remaining invariably
etween the lines marked for each of
hem, perfect harmony of the whole
tould be preserved. The very mo.
lent that any of the three powe 5
hould go beyond the boundaries limit
ng their activity, the province of ac-
ion of the others would necessarily
u invited. the equilibrium would be
isturbed and constitutional functions
rould be altered, thus menacing the
fe itself of the political state; and
Mess the trespassing power be
rought without delay to its exclusive
rovince of action, it provokes from
he other powers defensive action,
le vigor of which is and must be pro
ortional to the gravity of frequency
t the infractions-a reaction which
ecomes necessary and salutory be-
ause without it the constitutional or
would definitely disappear
This situation, the gravity of which
annot escape the wisdom of the rep
asentatives | am addressing, appear
d before the country and the govern
tent under my direction since the last
ays of September, and its character
as so intense and alarming from the
eginning that the course of events
,uld easily be forecast.
Il refer to the attitude which is per-
APPS fresh in the memory of all Mexi-
ans, principally of the house of repre-
sntatives, which, in front of the othe"
vo powers but preferably against the
1ecutive, whose action, so urgently
I'd decisively needed at this moment,
le aforesaid assembly endeavored to
revent and defraud, Systematically.
Eere being nothing to dissuade its
purposes, notwithstand-
~ that to embarrass the action of the
secutive meant to place in danger
le life of the country itself. The exc
ltive was not lacking in the fore
ght mentioned above, but rather un-
at once the results of the
lie of action adopted by the house,
Il care was taken to avoid conflicts
nd to preserve a perfect cooperation
ith the legislative power without
hich all the efforts of the govern |
lent would be impracticable.
"The executive relinquished It's
ghts and prerogatives on more than
ne occasion and employed repeatedly !
,ntative efforts to obtain closer rela-
ons between the two powers, when |
very day became more difficult.
"The house, on account OF the as
emblage of certain elements, became
focus of ,nsurrection, bare faced
gency of the rebels, who on our
crthern frontier have devoted their