The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-21
Senate and Chamber Of
Deputies Meet in \,
Joint Session. Ss
PRESIDENT READS
SHORT MESSAGE
1t Is Terse Explanation of His
Motives and in Essence an Ad-
monition-Gathering Is With /
out Frills and More in :sss
Nature of Business
Meeting.
fRv the Associated pres,.l


Mexico City. November 20.--JIis face.
showing none Of that Whimsical humor
which sometimes charactcrizes him.
President IIuerta this evening appear
ed before the new Mexican Congress
and read his message. Few Mexican
Presidents have read at the formal
opening sessions OF Congress shorter
messages, and few have confined them
selves so entirely TO one subject. II
vas nothing more than y terse explain
alton OF his motives for dissolvnE tho
old Congress. most OF the members of
ich are now in the penitentiary, ac-
cuSed OF scditiou.
The Senate ana Chamber OF Deputies
met in joint session. and Congress was
formally declared convened 1T $50
o'clock in the evening.
President Huerta came to the Con-
sress through lines OF troops. and .ho
small crowds which gathered were not
demonstrntlve.
No Extrancous FriIis.
There were no extrancous frlls to
the session. 1t was more in the nature
OF little business meeting OF the
President and the men converted into
lawmakers during the recaat so
called elections. Tie message General
luerta bore them was IN it's essence.
an admonition. The incident he re-
lated to them OF the dissolution of the
previous Congress ,sas one by which
1t was intimated the chamber might
he guided.
The reply OF tho Speaker. Eduardo
lamariz. vas brief. Not all the Con-
Sressmcu we're present Twenty-seyen
OF them failed to put I'm an nppearanoe.
and most OF these were members OF
the Catholic party, 10 which Tamariz
| belongs. II had been announced that
The Catholic members had held meet
Ing, and decided not TO participate in
the session. and this gave rise to the
baselesS rumor that the Speaker him
self would not preside
The new Congress showed manv
faces familiar during the days OF Por-
iirlo Diaz-so much SO that the exiled
ruler would have fel, entirely at home
had ne stepped into the chamber. The
congress is composed. for the most
part. OF quiet lot OF men. reprcsen-
tatiyes OF the older and more conser-
Vatlve clement. and General Huerta
appeared 10 realize this while reading
70 them his message in a grim.
straightforward manner. such as had
not been witnessed in the chamber in
recent years
MHhout EIocutionnry Effort
lie induiged in no clocuticnary ef-
tort. but now and then used n char
'cte.istic little gesture with ono hand.
nor WAS no Interrupted by applause
re was applauded only upon his ar
iiNal and departure. when the members
oi congress and the spectators arose
70 'ne'r rect and added "vivas' to the
hahdciapping, One young deputy.
more enthusiastic than the rest called
iof cheer For the man who is main
tanning the rational dignity"
General Huerta drove from the Pal
ace To The chamber through files OF
soldiers most of whom were detailed
from the crack Twenty Reri-
nent whose men participated in the
coup detat nj the palace in February
He entered the building while the
bands were playing the national air.
acknowledging the plaudits and vi
vas or the congressman and sDscta-
tors. as he moved down the aisle by
a series OF military salutes instead OF
grave bows, which characterized his
old chief, Porf!rio Diaz. General IIuer-
tn looked stern figure Ligc the
congressman. hc was i'm evenine.
clothes, the only touch of rank being
Inc tri-color across his breast
United States Not Represented
me only country not represented in
The diplomats gallery was the United
states. Nelson O'Shaughnessy. the
charge d'affaires. acting under instruc
tons. WAS absent. At least two diplo
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vice and the example OF the United
states The charges OF Cuba and
brazil We're reminded by Air. OShausl-
heSsy that their government had not
recognized that OF Huerta. and sug-
gested that they remain away
It was carefully selected audience.
Tickets We're necessary to pass into
the building. and fair part OF the
space WAS occupied by police and plain
clothes men.
Technical violation OF the law Gre
ated comment. General Iiuerta's star
MED III. wearing side arms 1t Isl
specifically provided that no armed
soldier shall ever appear on the floor
oi the Housenand custom has ordained
mat officers appearing in uniform
must do so with empty scabbards
outside the building throughonut th.
session. strong force OF soldiers
guarded all the approaches: patrols
rode The streets for several blocks
around ard sim other troops were
stationed In small detachments further
out. None OF these however. had
trouble with the crowds.
From time to time as President
Huerta drove back through the lines
OF troops. there was handcIapping, but
nothing In the way OF an ovation
May Eliminate Himself.
u was regarded here today as not
Wy .i"possipic 'hdl fiuerta, atterg
having through the ratification Of TIM
new Congress relieved himself from,
the danger OF being called 10 account
for his acts by some future admin
istration might be brought to the point
OF selfciiminatiou through the efrorta
of the foreign powers supporting the
United States government
Huertas message, which he read 10,
night to the Mexican Congress was etsss
part rs follows:
In accordance with tho conStlta-