The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-27
Expected EXPLOSION
WAS ONLY A FlzER
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from the army to General Huerta late |
yesterday. Authorities arranged today
to try Leandro Alcolea, notary pub
lie, and Diazs brother-in-law, who
created the only election disturbance
here yesterday. F1ourishing revol-
yer he protested the election at one of
the voting tables and took forcible
possession of all the ballots. Con-
stables overpowered and disarmed him
and locked him up.
The election here was very quiet
and less than 800 votes were cast.
The people seemed apathetic. No
crowds collected during the day and
apparently there was no interest at all
in the result. No Diaz people voted.
Diaz remained close within the Ger
man hotel adjoining the American con-
sulate. The belief that he would again
be summoned to the capital was based
ION the fact that he defied Huerta be-
| fore telegraphing his resignation from
the army by refusing to go to Mexico
/ City. General Vidaurrazaga, who
took Huerta's special train back to
the capital last night, vowed that as
soon as he reported to his superiors,
Il Diaz would answer for his informal
j ity.'' It is therefore expected that
Diaz will be ordered today to report
to General Aureliano Banquet, min
j lister of war, for reprimand His
, friends say he will again refuse to
go and may be arrested and court
martialed.
Diaz gave as his reason for refusing
: to go to the capital that his wife was
sick and he wants to remain near her
She is at the home OF her brother
Diaz has not seen her since his
escape to the hotel German.
+ No Excitement.
( MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27.-Returns
I from the Mexican election toda,
. showed that less than $4,000 vote
were cast in the federal district, In
a cluding this city, where there ar
& 10000 voters. In spite OF the meagr'
i vote it is expected the congressiona
0 candidates with the approval of Gen
J eral Huerta would declare themselve
: elected and organize. -.neir first &C
}. it is said will be to declare the pres
y idential election of yesterday nul an
i. void because the total vote cast wa
not sufficient to make constitut ona
o majority for one cadidate. They the
$ are expected to request Huerta to re
n main president ad interim until ar
Y other election can be held which wi
L be whenever Huerta sees fit.
The stumbling block in this prt
: gram is the difficulty of calling tn
congressional election legal and sati,
g factory while declaring the presider
1t tial election void when the same ba
n lots were used in both. The oppo.
T. ents to Huerta say little thing k
le that will not Tease him. The const
g tuition sets forth that there are 5000
s. 600 voters in the republic and on
le third of them must vote in order
+ make a presidential election binding
% The Diaz leaders and the Cathol!
party, of which Frederico Gamboa W.
is the candidate requested their part
at sans not to vote for them.
in Early returns showed very fe
a votes in the federal district were ca!
III for Huerta and Banquet. Huerta lie
the capital early yesterday and WE
40 away all day but Banquet was G
d. guard at tne national palace. Whetht
,r- from apathy or fear, Mexico City W:
he quieter yesterday than on the ave
nj age Sunday. The mounted patr i
g who guarded the streets and tt
troops On guard at the national palat
&C. and the home Of Hue-ta had litt
d" trouble in the few street gathe inl
M that were seen and quickly disperse
1t In some of the polling places I
on votes were cast all day and it W;
ly. reported that at several voting tabl
even the election officials failed
show up.
az Returns today showed that votil
ed