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Show i'ta's Legislature Ex-ts Ex-ts the Provisional dent to Remain ffice at Least for n Months More. iT APPLAUSE RECEDES VOTE ciency of Votes at the Last Elec-Reason Elec-Reason Assigned be Step; Army in prth Threatens to litiny. I " K2C0 CITY, Dec. 9. Tho Mexi-lj Mexi-lj fongrcFs nullified today tha prosi- II elections. New elections are Wor next July. fgrees, according to this action, is General Huerta to remain in residency for at least seven months and if tlio time necessary for tho ion and installation of Iris suc-r. suc-r. ib taken into consideration, it bo well toward the end of Scp-jr Scp-jr next year before he yields his to another. iroting tonight that the rccout loutial election was null, the ies docided to fix tho first Sun-b Sun-b July, 3014, as tho date for the :lection. They also confirmed the ion of General Huerta as pro-ial pro-ial president, until then. The ac-9f ac-9f the deputies was' accompanied .debate. The committee's report jiproved without a dissenting vote ioly as the articles could be read, is not until the last clause was preferring to General lluerta as jjounl president, that the cbambor jiyidonec other than that of a well td organization. Then tlic rcad-hrk rcad-hrk stopped, someone bogan aping, ap-ing, and then instantly the fes wore shouting vivas for fect New Congress. presiding officor was finally able wild ihom that enthusiasm was ry well, but that it was necessary ify the enthusiasm by votes. The res taken tonight also provide for lection of a new congress, ninco ?o elected to take the place of lissolved by Huerta is to sorvo n unexpired term, whicli should late on September J. .k reason given for nullifi-iug tho n was the iusnfliciency of the if of votes cast, Tt was Htated pe entire number of voting places i .republic is 14,225, and that ihe is wore received from 707. bough there were no dissontiug in the chamber on tho committee (it was noted that tho Catholic 'Os absented themselves from tho There had been a growing im-On im-On that the now congress might Reactionary, but its approval to-ipf to-ipf Huerta 's programme served to io tho doubting ones that the oct-residont oct-residont retains his grip on the fll situation. Thoro has been a current, however, that General ft ma' retire from tho presidency to of pressure from abroad and ayance of tho rebels from tho ition Is Grave. : constitutionalists aro within wo i miles of Tamplco. according to aation received at tho capital by gmativos of tho oil intorosts in ftistnct. A band of American p located tho outposts of tho & at Altamira, Information ob-tuy ob-tuy tho hunters led them to be-uat be-uat an attack on the citv would l fugurntcd shortly and that tho Rder of the rebels, realizing tho ptios ho might encountor, was pg forward one of tho heaviest Lyot omployod in tho cumpalgu Pj)art of tho republic. The Amer-pplalnod Amer-pplalnod to the rebels that they porely a hunting expedition, and FVitcd by the rebel officers to bo ruests at diuuor. tr were .assured that foreigners pave no fours eo fur as the oou-Knnli6ts oou-Knnli6ts are concerned: that when py was attacked the rignts of all pere would bo rospectod. Fight-gtween Fight-gtween the fodorals and robolu in (Continued on Pago PIvoJl c I i Ion's TROOPS THREATEN ITIi (Continued from Pago One.) icliiity of Htritzilac, between tho al and Cuernavaca, continued to-but to-but it was indecisive. Thoro are yarned reports that Cuernavaca, i is the capital of Morelos state, con taken by tho rebols. 3 war department avo an om-c om-c donial to this, and asserted that lavnea was well garrisoned. jIs Are Advancing. American who made his way gh tho lines from Cuernavaca to co City is authority for tho state-that state-that tho garrison consists of 300, of whom are in the hospital, icial reports from Aguas CaliontoB re that tho robols aro close to tho but that they havo been defeated to minor engagements. A short co to the north they continue to ce Zacatccas. So far aB known the rebels havo no intention of at-np at-np Montcrc3' immediately, nl-ll nl-ll they are still in that ncighbor-' ncighbor-' The largest federal garrison in orth is at Monterey, where a large of the forces "undor General ico aro concentrated preparatory to lvauce ou Torreon. o war department continues to for tho disposition of tho prospec-anuv prospec-anuv of 150,000. The now plan in-'3 in-'3 tho placing of -10,000 men in tnn and tho utilization of 10,000 general scout corps. |