Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-11
ITO DEPUTIES SIGN WARNING TO HUERTA
AND ARE NOW CONFINED IN JAIL

/ Mexico City, Mex, OCT. ll.-BOtl
branches Of the Mexican national con
gfess We're declared suspended lat
last night by President Huerta.
The declaration was made after II
members of the chamber of deputie
Lad been arrested and lodged in th
renitentiary for signing resolutions o
warning to General Victoriano lIuert
because of the disappearance of tn
senator from Chiapa Dr.. Belisar'
DC minguez.
A proclamation was issued just be
| fore midnight calling for new elec
tions of senators and deputies on DC
! tober 26, which date is coincident with
the presidential election.
! The dissolution Of the national con
eress was based on the alleged usur-
patton by the deputies and senators of
the prerogatives Of the chief eXecu-
tive in the matter of Senator Do
ringueZ.
The dissolution of the national con
sress was not wholly unexpected in
political circles, but the manner Of its
accomplishment served to demon
strate the lengths to which the eXecu-
tive was prepared to go to maintain
his grasp on the administrative af'
fairs Of the nation,
The capital was alive with rumors
~, NF In tn
effect that three deputies arrested last
night, who were most active in pro.
noting the clash with Huerta, have
disappeared.
Senator Dominguez, whose attack
on the provisional president in the
senate was the starting point of the
new row, has not come to light. He is
said to have prepared for eventuali
ties in advance Having determined
OH his line of conduct, he made his
will and bade his family and friends
sood bye. ...
The unexplained absence from his
seat in the senate and the disappear
ance from his residence at local
Lctel of Senator Belizaro DomingueZ
representing the state of Chipaz, was
what precipitated the heated debate
at the chamber of deputies secret ses-
sion. The debate resulted in a warm
ing being conveyed to PROVISIONAL
President Huerta by unanimous vote
of the body that unless the deputies
were given assurances Of their per-
sonal safety they would hold sessions
elsewhere than in the capitol
Senator Dominguez dropped from
sight Yesterday, following his speech
made in the senate chamber early this
month attacking the policies Of Pro
visional President Huerta.
The only information obtained by
the committee appointed by the cham
Ter of deputies to investigate his dis
appearance was from Senator DO
ninsuez' little son who said that po'
liceman had taken his father away
from the hotel.
Before the hour for the regular op-
ening of the session OF the chamber
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
basement and roof of the building had
been packed with troops. Scores OF !
nolice were scattered through the gal |
lery.
When the deputies We're in thelf |
places. Minister of the Interior Man !
lel Cara Aldape entered the chamber I
simultaneously several hundred red !
sral troops lined up in front OF the /
chamber. Senior Aldape ascendeu 10
The platform and read the reply Oh
Huerta to the warning lie
nad received of the deputies intention /
10 dissolve the parliament and hold |
heir sessions elsewhere and demand |
ng an investigation Of the disappear
lnce of Senator Dominsuez. The re /
Div said that President lluerta could
10 no less than consider the resolu-
ion an act of unjustifed aggression
md transeression of the rights OF the
,ther two powers-the executive ana
he courts. /
When the arrests were made lew
If the deputies were placed in automo-
,iles, while other deputies were taken
o the pententiary in street cars.
Meanwhile similar demands to re
ant had been made upon members ct
he senate who had concurred i'll the
chambers resolution. A committee OF
senator's called on President llUerfa /.
md signified their Willingness TO com
,ly with his demands. Later the sen
ltors formally withdrew this action,
In anticipation of possible trouble,
leavy patrols of troops are on the
streets tonight The rapid fire guns
which were posted in the interior
.ourts of the palace in February are
lgain in place and quantities of am
are on hand. !
Before they were taken to the peni- !
entiary the deputies were kept for /
wo hours in the chamber, from
which no one was permitted to de. !
part. The troops drove back the |
;rowds from the square about the
parliament building while the depu /
les were being held.