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Show DIAZ BOWS TO WILL OF PEOPLE ! De La Barra is Chosen as Head of ' Government Until Election Can ba , Held, When Madero Expecta to be Chosen as President. , Mexico City. President Diuz, In a i letter read by the president of the i chamber of deputies Thursday after- noon, resinned the presidency of Mex- i Ico, which be has held contlnuouuly since 1SS4, and at 4:li4 o'clock the ac-ceptance ac-ceptance of the resignation by the deputies was announced. Kveryoue had expected an uproar and demonstration when the announce-ment announce-ment should Bo made, but within the chamber the words announcing the t event were followed by silence. The i deputies Keemed awed by what had ' taken dace. In the streets, however, black with people, every road leading to tho h:ill ' lie I tin blocked, news that Diaz was at 11 last no more the president was the signal for wild shouting and manlfes- ' tations. There was no violence or de- ' struct Ion of property. ' On the motion to accept the pro!- ' deut'a resignation, ll!7 deputies voted ' aye, while two did not express themselves. them-selves. They were lienlto Juarez, a descendant of President Juarez, and Concep lou del Valle. As their names ' were called, other legislators 0aV t ' and bowed their affirmation. In similar fashion, the resignation of Vice President Ramon Corral, now In France, was unanimously accepted and similarly Francisco I,eou de la liana, late ambassador to Washing- ton, was rhoen provisional president. presi-dent. Tho people have accepted de la . Harra as their jirovls.oual president with every Indication that they will, as a mass, stand back of him until an election can be held. If the uinnl ' mous sentiment at present holds good, that election will place Francisco I. Madero In the presidential chair. The resignation of Diaz and his cab- 0 Inet marks the complete triumph of the revolution. Maderlsts declare r that the profound conviction of the ability of the Mexican people to gov-em gov-em themselves has been proved. They were weighed In the scales Thursday night and not found wanting. 1 Marked Improvement was shown Thursday In General Diaz's heHith, ' according to an OiTiinal statement 1 Thursday night, lie had practically 1 no fever and was able to walk about In his Ik m '. |