Evening star., 1932-10-30
THREE REPUBLICS
TO VOTE TOMORROW
Chile, Ecuador and Honduras
Will Elect PreSi-
dents.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 29.-Three
Latin American republics will elect
Presidents tomorrow, nine days before
the United States selects its Chief Ex-
ecutive for the next four years.
Chile and Ecuador, who have had sew
eral provisional Presidents this year for
terms limited to weeks or months, will
return to constitutional government
after their elections. Honduras, the
other country voting, has carried on
more peacefully.
A fourth Latin American nation.
Nicaragua, will elect a President in No
vember, with the American Marines. as
usual, seeing that it goes of without
disturbance and guarding against fraud.
Chosen by Popular Vote.
The Presidents to be elected are all
chosen by popular vote, directly by the
people, and not through an electoral
college as In the United states. IN
Chile the Presidents term IS for six
years. In Honduras and Ecuador 1t Is
for four. Only persons who can read
and write may vote in Chile, where the
literacy voting laws are among the most
strict in the world.
Chile's election will mark its sixth
change in government in five months.
This began when Juan Esteban Mon
tero, elected President last year, was
put out of office in the military -spon-
sored Socialist uprising of last June.
Carlos Davila, now In voluntary exile
in washington, D. c., became Presi-
dent, only to lose the office one week
later In June to his former ally, Col.
Marmaduke Grove. Davila was again
overthrown in September, Gen. Bar
tolofne Blanche becoming provisional
President until he was succeeded a Few
weeks ago by the civilian, Abranam
Oyanedel.
AIessandri Leading Candidate.
Arturo Alessandri, champion CT arbi-
tration in Latin American disputes and
the candidate of center parties, is
the leading presidential candidate, but
needs q majority of votes to be electeo.
otherwise the new constitutional Con-
gress to be elected at the same time
will decide who is to head the govern
ment.
Col. Grove, Socialist extremist. who
is returned home from the Easter Island
exile where he was sent by Davila :;
Enrique Zanartu, Agrarian candidate; !;
Hector Rodriguez de la Sofia, president
of the Conservative party. and Eiias
Lafertte, Communist. are the other con-
tenders for the presidency.
Ecuador's election has been the fruit
of one of the most bloody revolutions
in South America The President 1t
elected for a four year term beginning
this year, Neptali Bonifaz, was declared
ineligible by Congress last August on
grounds that he was formerly citizen
Of Peru. Col Larrea Alba became act
ing President and the fighting broke
out when Bonifaz tried to win back his
authority.
Guerrero Acting President.
When the smoke cleared away Alberto
Guerrero, Senate president. was named
acting President and called for the
election this Sunday. Martinez Mera,
who resigned as minister of the treas
ury, announced his candidacy. Then
the Conservative party selected Manuel
Sctomayor Luna. Ambassador to Chile
as its standard bearer. Direct election
of President by popular vote was au-
thorized in Ecuador in 1929.
The two old parties in Honduras will
60 into tomorrow's voting with Angel
Zuniga Huete as the Liberal candidate
and Gen. Tiburcio Carias Andino as the
Conservative choice. Opposed to them
is a new organization of Communis,
and radical elements which has put
up Manuel Caltx Herrera.