Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-30
MEXICO TO NAME
NEW PRESIDENT
LAST OF MARCH
CONGRESS WILL BE ELECTED LAST
SUNDAY IN FEBRUARY, PRESl-
DENT LAST SUNDAY IN MARCH
PRESIDENT WILL TAKE SEAT MAY
1, AND SERVICE UNTIL
DECEMBER |, 1920.

QUERETARO, Mexico, Jan. 3O-Thf
constitutional assembly has adopted an Ar
ticle whereby General Carranza author
ized to issue Il call and provide regula !
tions for the election OF members of con
greSs. 10 be- held the last Sunday IN Feb
ruary. Congre-s viii meet in extraord-
nary session on April l5.- Congress also
will act a. a sort Of electoral college
passing on the presidential election and
officially declaring the president elected.
II j. probable that the presidential elec
tion will bc held the last Sunday III March
and IL j. expected the president will take
hS seat May l.
The extraordinary session of congress
will take under consideration laws and
Will appoint Judges and other officials
who will assume office July \. when the
present officials end their terms The
term a. the next president shall be con
~idered a. beginning IN December, 1916.
- the next election will be held IN Decem-
ber. 1920. The article providing that can
dldate~ for state offices ur congress must
have resigned from the army ninety days
before the election has been amended to
permit the candidacy of army men pro-
vided the locality where they are seeking
~ outside the place where they hold their
military command.
The assembly has decided that NJ the
office Of president becomes vacant IN the
first two years "a the term, congress viii
call another election to I'm out the re-
mainder Of the term, appointing a presi-
dent pro tempore until such election IVY
held. III q vacancy IN the presidency oc-
curs in the last two years pt the term, con-
eress shall elect a successor 10 complete
the fsfHss-z 4iss Frsvs-rSr<rf-r rrrtzlairnr -irT
the former case. IS ineligible for re-elec-
tion, but the president elected IN congress
IN the latter case will be eligible for the
next election.
A discussion over th.r article providing
for separation ot church and state inn
cluded debate as 10 whether ail minis
ters and priests must be- Of Mexican birth.
The assembly finally approved the article
that provided that everyone would be free
ID follow his religious desires and practice
the ceremonies Of his denomination IN the
church or at home. but that every public
religious act must be- celebrated ia the
church. which must he always under the
vigilance of the authorities. II was de
cided also that ministers of All sect- must
be Mexicans Nv birth. and the legislator
of the respective states we're authorized
ID determine the ma aXmum number Ut each
sect in each locality.
Felix NJ. Palavoriui. former secretary
of public instruction. IN speech declared
that President Wilson was the Creates
ruler of today. that he had understood
the situation III Mexico from the begin
ming of the revolution. and that Mexico
never would have had any difficulties with
the United States except for the deplora-
bic influence of certain individuals. Sec
retary Lansing. he said wanted to settle
matters by algehraic formulate with regard
10 ideals or popular sentiment.