Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-10-27
Out of Eighty Thousand EIig-
ibIe for the Franchise, Less
Than Ten thousand Cast
Their Ballots,
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
DECLINES TO VOTE
Polling Places Open at Nine
O'Clock and Close at Five,
With Three Hours OFF for
Dinner

or NoHsiHa Journal SPECIAL trAstn N,srl
Mexico city Oct &c. The election
promised hy Provisional President
Huerta was held today and there was
no semblance of disorder I'm the city.
The polling places opened az
O'Clock In the morning and remained
open until noon, when the attendants
closed the booths until 3 y. m At
that time they We're reopened and
closed finally at p. m. From three
90 five officials, one Of whom was
designated president We're in atten-
dance at each polling place. These
Officials represented the various par
ties and assisted In the preparation of
me ballot when necessary, but of-
lvIcu uo coercion ur suggestion us 80
how the applicant should vote.
The election officials appeared to
DE representative class Of citizens
$50 far as could bee ascertained no gov
crnment employees served in this ca
paclty
The polling places. Of which there
were said 60 he 92S. were located In
the entrances of buildings generally.
but i'm some instances were set up on
the sidewalks or on corners Of public
squares. Each had table on which
were spread the tickets of the various
candidates From these the voter
made his selection. signed. folded and
delivered il to the president, who de-
posted it I'm the presence of the voter
in the ballot box. There was no se-
crccy about the voting
AS the vote was deposited the name
was checked on the registration list.
prepared through personal
visits of "a designated official to the
houses IN his Jurisdiction II was not
left TO the v0lition of the eligible Citi-
zen TO register his name was on the
list If he was entitled by residence.
age and other requirements TO cast a
vote.
Manuel Calcro. the liberal candi-
date. who was once Ambassador at
did not vote. Instead
he took his family into the country.
After he returned he said;
"T understand the voting was exc
cecdinglv dun Nobody appears TO
believe in the seriousness Of the cleo
tion. on account Of the political con-
ditions many refused 10 vote. ! my
self did not vote Had we had lndi-
rect hallotnE ! would have done so'
hut since it was otherwise I did not
care TO cast vote either for myself
or any other candidate
.ho Catholic party on the other hand.
.ast his ballot for Senior Calero.
Neither of these candidates cared to
express an opinion as TO whether
sufficient number Of ballots had been
deposited to make the elections ef-
rcctive.
Fcw Of those who went to the polls
.ook the trouble to vote for either
,crators or deputies
AT the close of the elections today
.he Indications were that not sutti-
,lent votes had been cast to consti-
ute legal choice for the presidency
10 succeed General Victoriano Huerta.
No official announcement was made
.onieht. but il was estimated, judging
rom the results in the capital, where
h was expected the vote would be
Ip 10 the average that less than ten
thousand Of the eighty thousand ELI
,iblc voters in the republic went TO
he polls. II would be no surprise II
congress. the members OF which also
we're voted for today, declared the
lection void when the body is organ
2ed and revises the returns.