Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-19

ders. None ever were seen again. HUI
erta's life was orgy of eognae, women
and murder.
DomingueZ was a senator. The hor'
ror of the times seized upon him, and
he resolved, for once, not to bend be-
fore the terror, as other senators were
doing but to face it-and die. He
took out life insurance policy for his
son; he wrote a speech; he rose on the
floor of the senate and delivered that
speech. Only since Huerta, with his
boarded gold, fled, h,ye :ae people of
Mexico known what BellisariO Domin-
guez said that evening in August to the
Mexican senate. Ii is only now that
newspapers have dared to print his
burning, patriotic words.
1t was an adroit manner by which
Domiuguez secured the floor for his
speech that evening. Sanchez Gavito,
senator, had asked for leave of alb
senee, an ordinary request. Dominguez
rose to explain why he would vote
an :" 81 must vote against it, said
Domingucz. "bccause Mexico needs
such men as Gavito in the senate dur
ing these grave times" And then Bel
hsario. in the beautiful senate chamber,
under the sparkle of the great cut.glass
chandeliers, standing under the arches
on which are carved the names of Mex
leo g greatest men, smiling, raising his
head against the Terror in the Mexican
palace, began his suicide.
'DO you not see" he said "scnor
senator's, haw dark is the present situa-
tion of AIexico3 Do you not see the
weakness Of government which has
as its head an old soldier who lacks
the knowledge aud the culture indis.
pensible to the government of a pco-
pie, and who tries to make himSelf APP
pear strong by acts that receive the
reprobation of all civilization and NOR
ality? This old soldier follows his plan
Of terror because he does not know that
there are other ways by which q good
man may ascend to power. Don Vie
torian0 Huerta is controlled by an oh.
session that would unseat the mind of
q man of talent. The spectre of his
protector and friend whom he betrayed
the spectre of MaderO-hamts him
at the banquet table end in his dreams
When this Obsession becomes almost too
great for him to endure, he descends
to the depths of cruelty, saying to his
followers: Kill, assassinate, burn"
The impression which DOminguez
made as he spoke these words was in.
deseribable. 1t was as if his fellow
senators saw him standing before them
with self-directed revolver at his
head, ready to slay himself, and they
helpless. He continued:
Don VictOriano Huerta is provok-
ing an International conflict with the
United States. In this conflict every
Mexican who is a Mexican must die.
for the combat would be so UNEQUAL
that none of us could survive, and we
could save only our honor to live after
US, so that men who land on Mexican
shores in centuries to come will saw,
with uncovered heads, Here once lived
a nation of million heroes
"But first it is our duty to avoid.
If possible, such a conflict. How shall
we do iti Shall we stand idle and let
history say that Mexican men wept for
rights they could not defendi Here is
my plan;
Let every member of this body sign
a petition to Don Victoriano Huerta.
requesting him to re&gn. Vouchsafe
to me the honor carrying to Don Vic.
toriano Huerta this request. l will also
present to him this address which I am
now making before you. 1t is not i'm.
probable that, in his madness. he will
.lese his patience with me before he has
read through the papers l shall take to
him, and will kill me. But the papers
will remain there in bis presence and
his curiosity will force him to take
them from my dead body and read
them, and then, perhaps, he will see the
truth and will also slay himself
II implore You, senors, that you
make this session c1aiinuous and do
not adjourn until you have your ans.
wer from Don Vietoriano Huerta.n
Dominguez took his seat. The Mexi.
can senate sat in silence for moment
and then proceeded with ither business.
Domiuguez bad lost. He rose. walked
10 the cloak room, got his hat and went
out into the street and to his home.
within half an hour he was arrested.
or all the terrible stories that ore
told Of the hideous deaths of Huerta 3
enemies, those which detail the desth
of Dominguez are the most awful. Mex.
leans have every reason to believe that
pominguez was dragged to the hospital
of Or. Urrutia, who was a member Of
Huerta's cabinet, ard that there his
tongue was torn from his mouth, and
that, bleeding and almost unconscious
from pain, he was taken to the hos.
pltal yard that same night Of August
% and shot.
l have personally asked DR.. Urrutia
whether the story that he tore out Do.
minguez's tongue was true.
~ did not do il" he told me. GOtb.
or members of Huerta' s cabinet who
were Jealous Of me told the story about
me 1t is lie. DOminguez is dead.
That is all / know"
The facts about Domiuguez deeds
have come to light Just recently. They
mark Vietoriano Huerta as an unspeak.
able, merciless, demented murderer,
drunk and as bloody as Nero himself.
These same facts also place on the
pages Of Mexican history one of il.
brightest names. They give to the
world q new instance of the heights
which human self-sserifice may some,
times attain.