El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-14

only one suitable for the presidency OF
How could senior Carranza have
recognized the acts Of the Aguascali-
entes convention when il is a well es-
tablished fact that when the delegates
were assembled. there dropped into
town villa with several thousand sol
diers?
What business had he there? Who
called him to Aguascalientes2 Was this
not to be a neutral point for the dele
gates TO the convention TO assemble
with an escort named by both factions,
far from any oppression
And what liberty could they have had
(the delegates) after Villa dropped IN
and had everyone Of them at his mercy
With these facts in view, il is a fore
gone conclusion that the acts OF the
Aguascalientes convention were illegal
and unconstitutional in every respect.
as they were dictated by fear and not
spontaneously and freely.
From that very moment senior Car
rama, the first chief" freed himself
from any bonds to the convention, Tor
the delegates We're not and could not
express or represent the Will OF the
revolution They were from that mo-
ment representing or doing the viii or
villa and nothing else. and the viii OF q
single person. acquired by force and
especially the viii OF an immoral and
ignorant individual, can not be the viii
of a nation or Of a revolution Villa
proclaimed himself the sole authority,
civil. social, military and political.
without the consent Of and against the
deeds OF the above convention, which
was controlled by himself, for what
happened to the socalled convention
ist'' president. Eulalio Gutierrez. who
was chosen and named by the Aguas-
calientes convention2 Was he not on
the verge Of being assassinated by villa
when he had to flee in order to save
his life2
Who named his successor. Rogue
Gonzales Cara, and who deposed THIS
second president chat is, Villas presl-
dentsl or did not depOse him, but named
Il third president, senior Lagos Cha
Zaro2 As a matter Of presidents. there
can be a dozen or more at time, Just
to suit Villas will: what does he care
for national or international laws or for
the constitution of AIexico2
Now. I ask the Mexican people IN
particular and the world in general,
who conferred upon him these supreme
pOwers2
Now, on the other hand, we have the
first chief" senior Carranza, who at
the beginning Of the present revolution
was elected by the tacit consent Of all
the revolutionary elements, who bound
themselves TO recognize him as such py
the treaty Of Guadalupe. This treaty
was acknowledged, approved and signed
by all the principal chiets, representing
the different elements of the revolution
BY this treaty the first chief bound
himself to be the head of the revolu-
tion until the downfall of the Huerta
regime. which was the main object; at
ter the downfall Of Huerta the first
chief was to assume the power as
provisional president until such time
a s he could call a general election
The first chief" senior Carranza-
fulfilled his duties and compromise to
the letter.sbut the opportunity was not
given him whereof he could call the
election. for Villa would not submit
himself to order or abide the law and
was playing all kinds of treachery- He
tried to assassinate Gen. Obregon when
this general came to the north to confer
with him
Now nothing was more proper and
just than senior CarranZa keeping at
his post as first chief" unfolding the
ideals Of the revolution and the disci-
pline OF the revolutionary army and
not to yield to the demands of re'eI
bandit who has no notion of what a
mother country is c. SenyaraL