El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-27
Senator Dominguez's Speech That
Brought Death to Him, Dictatorship,
and Imprisonment of Congress
HIS address. delivered in

HIS address, delivered in the
Mexican senate, September so
- resulted, first in the mysterious
disappearance of senator DOminguez,
ana. second. in the Imprisonment of
the antiHuerta members of the Mex
lean chamber of deputies and the as
sumption by Huerta OF the functions
of the legislative as well as the eNecu-
tive division OF the Mexican govern
A day or two after delivering this
address senator Dominique was ac-
cOsted by a policeman at his hotel, and
that was the last seen Of him. He
simply disappeared as he knew he
would, having made out his will be-
fore going TO that days session OF the
house. His own note at the end OF
his address explains why his speech
had never been published in full be-
FolIbwing is a careful translation
of the address:
Gentlemen Of the senate:
You have all read with profound
interest the message presented by Don
VictorianO Huerta before congress on
the 10th of this month Undoubtedly
the many falsehoods contained in that
document have filled you with lndlg-
nation as they thave me Gentlemen,
who IS y they pretend to deceiVeE Is
it the congress of the unionE NO, gen
tlemeni All of its members are men
ceiTed in the matter and who are well
posted on the cOuntry's events. Is 1t
intended TO deceive the Mexican nation
this noble fatherland, that trusting IN
your integrity has placed in your hands
her dearest cOncerns2 In this case what
must the national house of represent
tatives dO2 It should measure up TO
the trust with which the country has
honOred it, tell the truth and not let
il fall into the abyss that opens at its
feet
This is the truth: During the gov
eminent OF don Victoriano Huerta not
only has nothing been done in behalf
OF the cOuntrys pacificauOn, but the
present situation is infinitely worse
than before. The revolution has spread
in almost all the states. Many cOun-
tries friendly to Mexico before refuse
to recognize his government on &C
count of its lawlessness- Our cur
rency is deprecated abroad Our
credit is rapidly sinking. The press
OF the entire republic is gagged, II
is cowardly sold to the government
and is Systematically conceallng the
truth Our fields are abandoned Many
towns are razed to the ground and fl
nally, hunger and misery in all its
forms threaten to extend througnout
the length and breadth of our unfor-
tunate country To what IS such a
sad situation due2
First of all, to the fact that the Mex
lean people cannot resign themselves
to have Victoriano Huerta as president
of the republic, the soldier who seized
power by means of treachery and whose
first act upon rising to the presidency
was to assasinate in the most cow
ard1y manner the president and vice
president legally consecrated by the
vote of the people. The first Of these
having heaped promotions, honOrs and
distinctions upon don Victoriano Huer-
ia and likewise he to whom don Vic
torianO Huerta publicly swore un-
breakable loyalty and fidelity
In the second place, this sad plight
IS due to the means that don VictOriano
Huerta purposes to employ to obtain
pacification- You are aware what these
means have been: nothing but death
and determination to all men, towns
and families who do not sympathlze
with his government
Peace viii be made cost what It !
may said don Victoriano HGerta- (
Gentlemen Of the senate, have you /
what those words mean in |
the egotistical and ferociOus judgment !
Of don VictorianO Huerta2 Those |
words mean that don VictOriano Huer-
IA. is disposed to shed the blood of all
to cover with corpses the ma
tons territory, to convert into one
immense ruin the entire extension OF
our country so that he may not aoan-
don the presidency nor shed one single
drop of his own blood.
In his wild endeavors to conserve