The sun., 1913-10-27
HUERTA DETERM MINED
TO RETAIN CONTROL
Washington Thinks llc Will
Cause Election tu Hc De-
ciarrd Void.
CONGRESS- NOl I.D .\tT
Provisional Executive Would
Then lT Appointed Con
>titutiOnaI President.

WAshiNGTo,;. oct &c tdvicta eccivcd
IN Washington to-night from MeNico
seemed to confirm the previous prcdic.
lions OF general apathy toward the cleo
tions for the Presidency held IN that
country to-day. only It IriN '.ghi vote
Was casl, the report stated. ard the
people as u whole showed lttl. interest
IN the elections
Whiic none but gursscs could uo mace
here as To- the outcome of the elections
the nrcagr' reports received VIZ. inter-
pietcd as indicating that IN" forecasts
of mo election would 10. verified by the
result should III" elections h. declared
uuil aud Noid this. II has bc'u pointed
out wusld leave the way open FOR iIurrta
to do one "f several things. all of which
might he made to- inIrc to his own adj
vantage
According to the understanding here
4 liu"rta may declar. all tn. elections void
and continue ON tor an indefinite period
az provisional President and dictator of
McNico This would 10. the simplest
cours" for Inn {" pur>u-. hut would lay
: him open To- charges of absolute breach
"f ia,th IN every particular aud would
, undoubtedly str, ngthen the opposition to
, him.
Another course which Will lie before
declared void IS tina, II may be- ruled that
III" elections for Deputies wer" all they
should be and thus new Congress would
be- set up These new Deputies will OF
course he Huerta men and tn. congress
AS a whole will undoubtedly he prepared
to cooperate with Huer,a instead Of OBJ
structing him as did the Mad.ris,a Com
cr,se h. dissolved recently.
Conwr~.. May lrsc R"cr,n tn stay.
tiuerta might then tender 10 ;nc Con-
2rcSS MS resignation as provisional
President. Congress might refuge 20 ac-
| cept it and instruct him to continue as
/ provisional President. though of course
not as dictator iutil another election
for the Presidency could he held. This
election nigh; ne postponed Indefinitely.
say until the complete pac!h,ttiun of the
/ county, thus leaving iuer,a in control
for n long period. This time, however. h.
would have grcatcr SHOW nf LEGALITY
! IN MS position than l. accorded him at
present. thoush as a matter OF fact he OBJ
, served the constitutional forms in becom
! Ing pro-, !slona, rres.drn las; February.
7 Ru' siill another course lies oU.n to
3 Huerta should thc Presidential elections
= be- declared failure. iIo might resign
as provisional President. 10 take effect
/ upon the qualification If a constitutional
7 President 10 bs uhos.n by Congress This
, conersss might then. aud probably would.
happen and tn many uuaitcrs especially
wei! informed her" IL j.. tn" outcom. that
~ mos. expected. Hucrti could then say
to the whole world that he held his office
not as an ad interim President nor as
PrcSiden: by coup d'etat hut as elected
by Congress. that body acting in the
fallur" OF ihe popular electorate to choose
/ candidate.
( There are some IN Washington VINO in
sist that Hueita Will prcfer TO insist
+ that the elections be regarded ~ fulfill
mg all the Constitutional requirements
and that the nau with the most votes ie
, usnrrcd into office TINS theory j. based
on the belief tina; he will prefer thus TO
establish a record for good faith and reg
ularItN rather than draw ON himself sus
r"ons h, announcing that the elections
hay" been - failure and continuing IN
Office. II il admitted. however. that va
I'll further reports az" received nothing
but specuial ION is possible. as HucrtH ha :
withheld even from his closest advisers
all knowledge of what IL his plan of aC-
ton.
Uuerta Ready TO Act.
The Administration - con,inc.d that
he has mapped out a comulett course of
procedure. which he Will disclose and put
in operation, when the time comes for
passing Oh the results of the voting.
Mr. Bryan returned to Washington late
last night and was in touch with the state
department duf'hR inc cay. tie sad To-
night that only the most nlcagre and un-
important messages had been received.
merely to the effect that the voting
seemed to be- light. Whether tins voting
is light according I" american standa rds
by Mexican standards was not indicated
in tn. departments dispatches.
II was recalled tonight that only |,
ooo votes were east in tn. election, by
which Madero was brought into the Of
f.. OF President The people of Mexico
outside the army, office holders and po-
litical workers have not been educated
up to the idea that the ballo, is for every
one
tiow little the conditions in Mexico ar.
understood was demonstrated here to-
night. soon after sunset members OF
House and Senate began calling up the
ncwspa per offices TO ask
who was elected in MeNico?' Even
were the exercise of tine suffrage n Mex
leo Oh anything approaching the plane
OF the same function in the United States
the lack of communication in that coun-
try. to say nothing of the disturbed con
dltions. would make it impossible for the
result to he known for many days. Pre-
dictions vary from three or four ays
to more than week as to III. time which
must elapse before any result of the elec
, tions can be known.
Administration officials were silent to-
; night as to the immediate policy of this
J Government Again the suggestion was
; heard that the proposed circular note
to all the Powers defining clearl, the
policy of this Government for the spec
benefit Of Europe Nigh, not be sent. In
any event, 1t was made clear that moth
ing will be done in the matter before
Wednesday, when the President takes W
his work at the White House again
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