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Show 00 MEXICAN -CONGRESS FAILS OF QUORUM MEXICO CITY, Mex.. May 23. (By The Associated Press). The permanent perman-ent commission of the national congress con-gress failed to obtain a quorum on two attempts to hold sessions yesterday for the purpose of choosing a provisional president The members of the commission, com-mission, which functions between regular reg-ular sessions of congress, claim the night to name a provisional president under the constitution, following the death of the president, Venustlano Carranza. The majority of the members of the congress oppose this view because of their acceptance of tho Agua Prlela plan, which calls for extraordinary sessions ses-sions of congress beginning May 24 . for the purpose of choosing a provisional provis-ional president Failure of the commission to obtain a quorum is taken generally as indicat-. indicat-. ing that tho choice of tho extraordin-, extraordin-, ary session will be accepted. |