Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-11-26
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BY law the Mexican Congress 5is IN
session half the year. from April 1 to
June 80, and from September is to
December Is. The Congress has two
houses, the Senate and the Deputies,
modelled after ours, except that the
Senate IS elected for four; years In
stead of six. At present there are, tor
| g full Congress, SO Senators and about
|525O Deputies.
The Congress that elected Huerta
was that of the prolonged autumnal
session Of last year.; and its three
groups had different motives for CON
senting to his usurpation. The #Cleri-
cal, OF reactionary members, voted for
him because OF their hate for democ-
race; the Nj derates voted for him be.
cause Iof his promise to pacify the
country in two months !; while the
Radicals were terrorized into. acquies-
cence by Huerta's $ soldiers. IN q few
days after Huerta's installation the
Congress adjourned its session.
When the spring session opened in
April few radicals (Maderistas) were
In attendance, since most had fed
abroad or north to: join Carranza. The
remaining Maderistas, aside. from. q
few who felt Obliged to stay In Con-
gress In order to support their fam
lilies. were Gustavistas, or the more
selfish radicals, who had followed the
mercenary Gustav Madero rather than
the altruistic Francisco Madero dur
Ing the Madero regime. The main
body Of Deputies was divided into
Clericals and Moderates or Felicistas,
the followers Of Felix Diaz. The Sem
ate was almost solidly clerical and
supported .Huerta, in whatever he
chose to do, It'll \. @s = :: Sz:
After the adjournment of Congress
in July, Huerta began to throw off all
restraint and to develop the white
terror which has since prevailed
About July Is, sixteen political pris.
oners were shipped to the more Sc
cluded Cuernavaca, from the peniten-
tiary Of Mexico City, and there shot
by firing squad, commanded by Ma
jor Abrigo. The dead included five
Federal Deputies, a Liberal priest,
and Castanon y Campo Verde, a dis
tinguished lawyer from Morelos. At
the time the muzzled press gave no
hint OF this official crime; but when
Castanon was missed, they told Of his
having been accidentally shot by a
band OF bandits. III s..,.s .@.
The plight of the Liberal Deputies
when they reconvened on September
16 resembled that Of the sheep that
had admitted wolf to the fold to be
their leader. On counting heads elev-
en- Deputies were found to have been
slain by wolf Huerta during the SUM
mer. They all began to ask each
other, Who next? Huerta now found
the Deputies intractable to his whims.
They refused to allow Deputy Tam
ariz to become Minister of Public In
struction (because he was Clerical)
and they baked at the whitewashing
Of Limanour, finance minister of the
Diaz regime. sss::z S. s \ 4x
The Introduction of Tamariz espec-
tally irritated Huerta, not only as q
Clerical, but as monomaniac for
Kaleidoscope changes in his official
encourage. AS an example, the recent
governor of the Federal district, who
had retired one night in apparent high
favor, was surprised on reading his
morning newspaper next day to dis.
cover that his resignation from office
had just "been accepted"
About October !, DR.. Belisario Dom
inguez, senator from Chiapas, intro
duced in the Senate remarkable re-
solution, whose translation in full Is
as follows. q q: =.
:: "An affair, most urgent for the pub
lie veal impels me to dispense with
the usual formalities, and urge it. at
once on the Senate. 5..z.. :==:: .5 e.
T '"Senor Senator's: You have all
read with deep interest the message
of ST.. Huerta to Congress on Septem.
Der: 16. Doubtless the heap Of false.
hoods this document contained has
made you as indignant as myself. Was
Congress thereby deceived Assured.
ly not! For: are not all of us well edu.
Gated in political and current events?
The attempt was made to deceive the
nation, which, confiding in our honor
has intrusted us with its dearest in.
terests. What must we do to deserve
such confidence and not fall into the
abyss opening before us
During Sr. Huerta's government
not only has nothing been done for
peace, but the situation is now worse
than ever. The revolution has extend
ed nearly everywhere; many nations
formerly friendly, now call our gov
eminent illegal; our currency is de
preciated; our credit is demoralized
the entire national press is either ter
rorized or. accepting cowardly sub
sides to hide the truth our fields are
deserted; our towns are demolished
land finally hunger and misery threat
en- to rapidly overwhelm the whole
fatherland. What causes this sad sit
uation? S.: .zs. 81. .s=
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