Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-29
MEXICAN PEOPLE
OUT EN- MASSE TO
SEE FIRST CHIEF
HEAD or MEXICAN DE FACTO GOV
ERNMENT HON0RS BORDER CITY
THAT GAVE HIM FIRST PORT.
SURPRISES AND PLEASES PEOPLE
BY DEMOCRATIC WAYS AND
HIS QUIET DIGNITY.

General Nenu~tiano Carranza. head w
the dc iacto government in Mexico. i, the
distinguished guest WI the people NJ Matn-
moro~ today. and the first port On the
American border to tall INTO the hands nf
the ron~tturional~t- at thr outset uf thr
Carrunza revolution again.; the IIuerta
government. j. doing full honor to their
"tr~t chief"
Amid the cheers NJ some three thousand
people, and the shricklng oi the whistles
of half dozen railroad engines IN Tire
yards. the train bearing thc honurcd yi-i-
tor and his party rolled into the Mata-
moro> passenger station at o'clock.
American time. sunday afternoon. II had
been preceded IN one train bearing hi-
e~cort of 1900 soldiers. and the supreme
chiet'- military band. The Matamorn-
band played the national hymn WV the train
came Ia stop.
At the station to receive General Car
rama wa~ \ committee composed ni Manru
Tribe. collector vi customs at the port WI
Matamoros; f. = Schreck. I~idoro Perez
l~doro Cara. Jose Tiierina. ronrado Gu
tcrrez. Felix Acuna. Ernc~to Montemnynr
y. T. Canale~. +. Ramirez and r. Valdez
Narela The first chief stepped from bin
ear at INV rear end w the train. and WA
immediately welcomed To the city w thr
spokesman of the committee. Mr.. Narrll
This wa~ followed I'M further airs hy tlr
band and THE formal utrodHction- of thr
reception committee "a General Carranza.
Among those M the train were United
States Consul y. I'LL johnson and Wee CON
sui r. j. Pug
Then came surprise for the porularc
of Matamoro~ II had been expected ihai
General Carranza would ride to thr pIlza
in an automobile held at his disposed ~
stead the "fr~t chief Of the constitution
ali-t-. with Governor Luis Cahalcro ot ihr
state ~ Tamauipa-. and Governor cam
dido Aeuilar of the state of Vera Cruz on
either side. walked ur The middln "t thr
dusty thornu.hiarc ~ thr plaza. W .u"I
halt mile
half mile. nm evidence Of the very genuine
democracy which charactcrize- thr -rrl-
eral and hi leading supporters.
Crowds lined both sides of the ~ircei
while the procession of military and ritiI
iunS passed toward the city. The lir, ri
march extended along Tenth street i'..t
the station to Aha~ola. thence in SiNl
street IN thc municipal huildn. ur th
balcony ~ the municipal building ih..
hundred Matamoros school children ~'nnd
for several hours. awaiting the arrival u
the '.lir-t chief" An address WI wrlrrr.
was delivered from the balcony hN ltt',.
Mis- Dorotco Loneoria. who dc-ntr f'in
noise MI the crowd and the general ry
citement succeeded n MAKING hr,.rlf
heard to the street below. where Grrr~ A
Carranza stood with hi head barred Hrd
listened This was followed hy chu-r
of the three hundred voiceS. -in.in. ilu
national hymn. and accompanied hv fNr
band a patriotic address IN IN vrrr nii
Daniel Marines was then delivered with uu
usual oratorical effect
| Leaving the municipal palace General
\ Carranza. still afoot. was escorted to fhN
customs house. where his party and th'
reception committee ascended tu tlr hrl
cnnv for series WI addresses of wclrnmr
aud patriotic talks These were drlivrrcl
I hv Colonel Gonzalo Of Mier and lIerhcrtu
Barroun. lawyer WI Mexico City and uf
fetal spokesman Of the Carranzo tour un
the border
The final address If the afternoon wn-
made IN General Carranza to the crowd.
lie first expressed himself rs being gre: ~
pleased with the opportunity afforded "ri
Itu visit Heroic MatamoroS. recalling l.r
fact that the city had been loyal y" Wy w
and had provided him with hi first '".ri
on the American border. and had thcrn'
been great benefit ~ the campaeH
finally achieved for him recognition h'
American government. followed hr
other governments NJ the world
viewed HI trip through the rcpnhii"