The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-27
Indications That Not
Sufficient Number
Of Votes Cast.
TOTAL WILL NOT
EXCEED 10000
Leaders of Catholic Party Claim
Long Lead, and Expect to Have
Majority in Chamber and
Senate - Choice of Con-
gress Assured-No Sem
blance of Disorder.

Mexico city. October 2s.-At tho
close of the elections to-day, tho In
dications were that not sufficient votes
hnd been cast In Mexico to constitute
Icgnl choice for the presidency to-
succeed General victoriano Hucrtn.
No official announcement wns made
Tonight. Int 1t WINS unotlicinliy cnti-
mated, Judging from the results In the
capital, where II WAS expected the
vote would he up to the average, that
less Ihnn 10000 OF the $4,000 eligible
voters I'm the Federal district went tn
the polls. There nrc snid to be more
thnn ao0o,oNO eligible voters In the
republic.
The leaders OF the Catholic party
claimed long lead. although they
were unable to estimate the numbcr
OF votes poiicd for their candidates.,
Federico Gnmbon md General Rascon.
Ir THIS claim TX correct. IL is general
ly thought that General Felix DInz and
Senor RcTutnn ran SECOND.
Presidcnt Hucrta did not vote. He
spent the day mt hts suburban home.
4 decree will bc ISSUED by General
Huerta increasing tho nrny from So
600 men, It's alleged present number. to
100000 General Hucrtn proposed such
on increase some time ago. hut the
Congress which he dissolved limited
him t0 10000.
Since the Deputies aud Senator's are
not subject 60 the election provisions.
governing the presidential elections. 1T
Is snid Tonight thRt tho choice of
Congress IN assured. 1t is assumed, on
the showing far known, that tho
Cntho.ic pnrty Will have IN majority
in hoth Chamber nnh Senate.
No Scnibiance OF Disorder.
n.sff H..
tions promised by Provisi, nal Presi-
dent General Huerta were held to day
and there was no semblance of disorder
IN any quarter Of the city. A few pa
trolls were on the streets. but neither
police nor troops had any but their
usual duties to perform.
The polling places opened at o'clock
and remained open until noon, when
they were closed for lunch. They were
reopened at and closed again Mt D.
From TO o'clock, officials were in
attendance ut each polling place rep
resentinG the various parties. They
assisted in the preparation OF ballots
! when necessary. but offered no coercion
should vote.
The election officials appeared to be
representative class of citizens
clerks. small business men. railroad
employees and shopk eepers of average
Intelligence. SO far as could be asccT-
I
In this capacity.
Fhe polling places. of which there
We're SAID 10 be 9S2. averagine, one 10
y city block, We're located in the en-
.la.ic1 or buildings. generally. but in
some instances were set upon the side
walks or the corners OF public sonaras
Each had table, on which were spread
tickets or the various candidates Eron,
'nese the voter made his selection
signed. folded and delivered IT ~ ,hs
tt-l,,,
me presence of the voter in the ba,lor
box e "@iioI
No Secrecy About Voting.
naiiot boxes consisted OF all sorts
Ieceplacies from shoe box to a
push covered jewel casket or pIass
jar borrowed from n neighborinr 5,.,s.,
| store. There was no secrecy about tba
Voung All the world could looI, on
| anu observe which ballot was selected
As the vote was deposited the name
mas ,., eiecNea on the registration list
previously prepared through personal
visits OF designated official tn the
| houses in his Jurisdiction.
Manuel Calero. Liberal candidate
dia not vote. Tonight he said: II un.
derstand the voting was exceedineTy
dull. Nobody appears to believn ~ ~
seriousness OF the election. On az
| count or the political conditions many
refused to vote. l myself did not vote
RAD We had indirect ballotins | would
.
Fredarico Gamboa, candidate Of the
Catholic party. on the other hand. cast
a ballot for Senior Calero. Neither of
these candidates cared to express an
opinion as to whether n sufficient mum
per or ballots had been deposited to
make the elections effective
Few OF those who went to the polla
took the trouble TO vote for either
Senators or Deputies
In Constant Touch
:, Washington. October 26.-Omcials in
touch with tho State Department for
news from the Mexican elections, and
president Wllson though absent. en-
gress in Mobile. was kept advised of
the situation as IL was reelected from
Secretary BRYAN was in communica
ton with his office until late Tonight.
lie received n long cipher cablegratu
Lind. in Vera Cruz. This message, the
contents OF which were not made cub
nc. was reported 10 contain summary
OF instructions sent out 10 the Mexican
governors from the Huerta government
for tho conduct ar the election To-
Nelson O'Shaughnessy. tho America,,
charge at Mexico City. stating that the
sIeetlons' in so far as reported TO the
quietly. and that the voting was ex -
tremely light, Mr.. Tumulty. seoretary
Of the Presidsst conferred with Mr.
later announced that nothing OF impor-sg
,ance had been reported.
The slx- months limit under which
American battleships have been IN
Mexican waters by permission of tf,a
Huerta government. expired to-day
be reaewca We and and o'He Mexican L mo1aa n,a,pas p9s
forbids tho presence OF n foreign afiif,s
without permission more than 4 monIi.
will sail this week from Hau,r,f.~..s