Evening star., 1928-11-04
NICARAGUA ELECTS
PRESIDENT TODAY
150,523 Voters Are Regis
tered Under Supervision
of Marines.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ballots and not bullets are depended
on to decide today's presidential elec-
tion in Nicaragua, which promises to be
the first bloodlesS contest to be held
in that country in many years. On
the eve of the election State Depart
ment officials view with satisfaction the
completion of months Of preparation
for what is expected to be the largest
and most orderly poll in Nicaragua's
history
Registration and organization of the
electoral machinery have been carried
out under supervision of Brig. Gen.
Frank r. Mccoy. who has reported to
the State Department the enrolment
of fully IS per cent more voters than
the total 1924 registration. Supervised
by United States officials, the electoral
organization in every part of the coun-
try is reported to be prepared to handle
q record vote.
Heads Ticket.
Heading the Liberal party ticket IS
Gen Jose Maria Mongada, leaoer OF
tha sacasa revolution of 1861. hlS
running mate is DR.. Enoc Agaudo can
didate for vice president.
Adolfo Bernard, wealthy sugar piatlte'
is the Conservative party candloale
He has taken no active part III Pas'
national political activities. Julia car
IenoI is the Conservative vice presi-
dental choice. 49,.
state Department officials state tnat
Gen. Mccoy. seeking to avoid hostile
criticism from either faction, has select
ed a stan of 30 ensigns who were most
proficient in Spanish in the last Two
classes graduated from the NaVal
Academy. to act as chairmen OF the ~
ELECTORAL departments. A corps OF SoS
non-commisSioned officers will act as
precinct chairmen.
Charles G. Eberhardt, American MIN
lister to Nicaragua, has ,telegrapneo
the State Department reporting hlgniy
satisfactory conditions for an oroeriy
election. His report states IN part:
"The electoral machinery Is rune,
tioning smoothly and the departmental
boards almost without exception have
conducted their work without irrlta-
tion between representatives OF the
two paries. The leaders OF both par
ties have expressed themselves as salts
fed with the manner in which the
electoral supervision has been con-
Quoted"
Charges as to Registration.
Following the recent publication OF
registration figures showing total
enrolment Of 150,525, as against l2O,S4o
for 1924, both parties claimed the ex-
istence of multiple registrations. These
accusations are discounted by the
American authorities as election propa-
eanda and both parties have assured
their followers that II frauds have been
committed they will be Of no avaIl be.
cause Of the practice to be followed OF
marking the hand OF each voter to pre-"
vent repeating!
The disposition of American au-
thnrities to favor neither party IN the
contest is embodied in Gen. McCoys
instructions to his stan OF assistants
whsrein he said in part:
Maintain scrupulously neutral ab-
titude between Liberals and Conserva-
tiveS and remember that the slightest
evidence of spartiality toward indi.
viduals of one party wiIlTbe magnified
Immediately by both sides as an evi-.
dence Of bias. . ;. The spirit OF
friendship and good will toward Mica
raguans is to be cultivated by all proper
means. but in an exact equality with
both parties"