Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-13
GIL IS TO Be
MEXICAN Head
Congress to Appoint
Tamaul.pas Cover
nor President Re-
ports Trens Agency

(By Trens Agency
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 13.-Emilo
Portcs Gil, called by President Gales
70 occupy the portfolio Of secretary
of state in the emergency created by
the assassination OF President-elect
Oregon, will be selected by the ma
tional congress as provisional presi-
dent for the time which lapses be-
tween midnight Nov. 80, when the
term Of. President Gales automatic
ally expires, and the date when q
new constitutional president for a
six-year term is elected and takes Of
flee, !.
President Gales answered the call
on him to remain in office IN his
message at the opening OF congress
and made il clear beyond q doubt
that under no circumstances, n az
no tirae would he again aspire TO the
presidency. While he did not say 50
in so many words, he pointed out TO
the nation the ~desirability Of get
ting away from the idea Of person
aIities and political leaders read be-
tween the lines that the president
would look with favor on the seiec-
ton OF some one who did not write
general" before his name 20 I'LL IN
the provisional presidency ms
pointed inevitably to Secretary for-
ties Gil.
made president of the congress ma
ioritv bloc and Deputy Marie X.
comex became majority floor leader
in the chamber. He from
Tamaulipas. Of which Secretary
Portes Gil when congress meets IN
electoral college TO pass on che last
elections and TO solve the quandary
brought up by the assassination 81
General Oregon.
Secretary Portes Gil fulfills as
probably no other man prominent IN
public life in Mexico today, tbs re-
uuirements Of the moment.
He is an attorney By profession.
Coming from a family in very modest
circumstances, he paid his way
through the law school Of the nation
Al university by working as q clerk
Ia enc Of the minor courts.
He was identified with the .revolu-
fionarv movement from the start. AS
a member Of the Chamber. Of Dep
mites. he was identified with the
progressive group but was noted for
his serenity and freedom from ora-
torical pedantry.
His election to the governorship o.
Tamsulipas, In which he was about to
Complete a four year term wnen
called TO his present post, he distin-
ruished himself by. being q friend
to all factions without becoming a
partisan OF any. he was an ardent
supporter Of organized labor and was
instrumental in the Organization q
many labor cooperatsves IN the state,
without becoming a laborite. ne took
the keenest possible interest = y the
agricultural development as II al
fected the small land owner, without
becoming AT agrarian.
This state offered him an exception
opportunity for a board national and
International experience. Included
within its limits is the Port Of Tam
nico. the largest petroleum export
inc mort in Mexico, and there he came
in contact wish the. leaders in the
uetroleum field. AS the second port
Of the country, the activities Of Tam
pico are not confined to petroleum
and the problems. which It presented
were many and varied. T.,
Tamaulipas borders on the United
States and takes in all Of the Mex
lean side OF the Lower Rio Grance
Valley from Nuevo Laredo TO the
Gulf Of Mexico. This brought under
his jurisdiction. the largest border
ports Of entry, Nuevo Laredo n
Matamoros, and his contact with
American authorities and. business
interests was always most satisfae-
tory. This experience is expected 70
prove particularly useful in future.
Secretary PoTtes Gil. personally
drafted and secured the passage Of tht
so-called "dry law" Of Tamaulipas-
This was intended to act as a protec-
ton to the laboring and farming
classes and prohibits the sale Of IN
toxicating liquor within a certain
number Of miles Of any town having
communal lands by federal grant and
in the industrial centers. The law
has been rigidly enforced and has
been generally beneficial Persons
violating this law were gently but
firmly invited TO remove themselves
from the limits Of the state and not
to return.