Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-19

! VI III ~ III EtllliE bui tl AHui~
Galleries. difficulties which ! al~oi expert
enccd. On the 18th OF October Villa ar
rived ~ AguaS Calicntes. assisted al the
convention and promised ~ respect II and
signed the flag. congratulated him on
his attitude, Ia compromise hi> self respect
That very day | wanted 10 20 To Qucre-
taro. and Villa ordered his soldier Ia de-
tain my train. taking no account of my be-
lng president of the convention. lie made
ms come To- hi> Pullman. and said II Do
not knew how YOU stand with me. friend"
That !, very simple. General Villa
replied. raising my voice. because hi tone
and manner 81 putting the question were
dI~agreeablc. II will not submit 10 YOU.
nor To Cprranza, nor To Lapata. shall
act according Ia my own convictions
| had just finished talking. when from
the adjoining room there appeared thea
trically upon the scene the Iron Colonel.
a. he i called. professional ASSASSIN uf
Villa, and who acting under order, from
hl> master. had put L. death Benton. the
Eneli>hman. the deputy Garcia de la Ca
dena. and many Others. Villa then said
10 me-and let me remark that this was
Just after he had signed the flag and
sworn a. submit ~ whatever The convcn-
tIon might decrcc-"l "a not know what
YOU are going "a confer ahoa;. hut 1T me
tell YOU one thing: If Carranza does not
withdraw there will BE- trouble" Another
proof that Villa had no intention to sub
nit to any decision. except what might
favor hi own interests.
At length. after much trouble. ] was able
Ia enforce my rights. and 10 leave Aqua
Calientc~.
A. may be easily understood after these
incidents, there reigned ID the rity q sini>-
ter atmosphere 81 Encouragement. fear
and panic. Only the Nilli>taS and Zapa-
tista~ III conjunction. smiled with pleasure
al their triumph>, and felt satisfied.
II j. to be- noted that Zapati~taS were
granted an exceptional privilege: that Of
giving vote 10 their civilian representatives.
when II had been arranged T. Mexico that
only military mcn would be- accepted nj the
convention. thus di~carding valuable clc-
ment> which without doubt, would have
brought 10 the meetings y better Judgment
and more patriotism and honesty than the
Sotos and Maritime.
The most solemn moment Of the cnnven-
tion and it, most tactful determination was
that oi the 9TH of November when the
withdrawal of Villa and C%arranza was de-
creed.
Had the convention maintained this de-
cree firmly and rclcntlc~~ly. the conflict
would have been solved. but unfortunately
this was not done. The Zapati~ta~ de-
mandcd the nomination Of u provisional
president NJ the republic for twenty DAYS.
Ia enter the convention IN car;c~t and sub
init ~ it, decisions. was entirely OPP
posed Ia such 4 ridiculous arrangement
and NY Il protest against ~. and also be-
cause 81 soto y Gama'~ charge, that was
taking advantage of my position to bring
about my nomination "a provisional prc~i-
dent. ! resigned the presidency of the con
%vcntIon, and did not assist at any more Of
thc sessions. Nevertheless, | wa~ deter
mined "a uphold the convention III it, de-
ci~lun regarding the withdrawal ot Villa
and Carranza. and also Ia try a. eliminate
Zarata.
The non-Nilli>ta and non-Zapati>ta clc-
mcntS Of the convention formed Il group
Of 100 votes. assuring a majority. This
group appointed one Of their own number.
General Eulalio Gutierrez. rrServing Ia
them~elyc~ the right To- ratify this appoint
mgpf gf fH. ftnt. AZ "a Euul al..ft.p -,
favor ~ the candidacy which this group
had beforehand agreed t. uphold. Gen
cral GutlcrrcZ-who>c action ! DO not want
e. Judge a~ vet. n | hope t. see him return
IL the right path-had formally
bound himself 10 fight against Nili~mo. III
he does not fulfill hi> promise. and con-
TIMES 10 serve n a tool 10 that ambitious
faction. We shall then have a right. a. will
the whole nation. to pass Judgment on him
which hc richly deserves.
After the absurd election uf General Gu
I%tlerrcz aud nf the reasonable decision to
have Carranza and Villa withdraw. We
were commissioner to - notify the First
Chief. Generals nbrcgun. A.uirrc Bcnavi-
de-, Hay aud myself. We spoke with Mr..
Carranza and obtained from him notable
concessions on the condition ~ made to
resign hI~ position. We would have surely
obtained hi complete elimination soon
after. u General Gutierrez. precipitating
his action under pressure from Villa. had
not called Villa To Agua> Caliente~ and
put military forces under hiS command.
ithu~ violating the decision al tho ,onva,
tlon and actin. entirely IN contradiction
70 IT. opinions. or rather to the opinion of
that which was LETT . fthe convention. for