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Show I v NO OPPOSITION i. TO MADERO MUCH ENTHUSIASM OVER THE OUTCOME 1 , Lender of the Mexican Revolution Is -' Unanimously Nominated (or The '.' , , Presidency Dltter Fight on Dr. Jfe. t Gomer for Second Place. H -., ;- H -,'" ' Mi-xlco City, Auk. 30.M: With no ills- H r KPiitiitK voice, Krnnclsco I, Mnilero H ' 1 !,", twlny whh nominated by the Profiles- H 4 ' hIvu party for president of Mexico, hut H i ' ' I-'innclsco Vnaiinoz flotnpz, his old B ' running ninto mid erstwhile agent of H the revolution at Washington, was H i prilled by pni'tlsans of three othet H I t candldatcR for the vlcc-prcsldcncy. H j! v When the convention adjourned to H night the cnndldary of three other B men for tho vlco-prcsldency had been m considered. .Ioko Pino Suaiuz ron H tinned the favorite In the hotting, with H Alfredo Hollies Domlnguez second H choice. A ballot tonight probablj I H would hnve resulted In a dtvlslnn of ' H ' i honors for third )1iicq between (ionic 1 H' nnil Fernando Iglcslas Calderon I H ' Mndero was the only candidate for H tho presidency whoso naino wiib plac- B -d beforo tho convention. No speeches BB t I were made. Tho chairman tmnoiinc- BB ed Madoro's candidacy, went through BH tho formality of asking If there were BB others, nn (I was greeted by n chpry BH of noes. One delegate seated on the BB stage attempted to make n speech in BB .Vnilero'fl support. , The delegates BB shouted him down and called for it BB vote. It was unanimous. BB Cheered Ten, Minutes. BB An Instant later every delegate was BB on his feet and to the chorus of BB "Vivas" Vas added the cheers of the BB spectators In the galleries. For fully BB ten minutes thy uproar continued. BB At !) o'clock tonight the committee BB which had been sent to advise Madcio BB of his nomination reported that he BB had accepted and hud agreed to ap- BB pear beforo that body tomorrow BBJ The delegates seized on this as an BBJ evcuse for an outbreak of apphiuse. BBJ which lesulted In an iidjoiirniucut fol- BBJ lowing the adoption of a resolution BBj that tho entire body should Immediate- BBj ly march to Madeio's home. BBJ Impromptu speeches weio then ex- BBJ changed and It was latu In the night BBJ before tho newly created politicians BBJ left for their hotels. BBJ The announcement of .Madro's ac BBj leptauco came lit the conclusion of a BBS I ' '' unuoch which brought about the most BBY ' dramatic moment of the convention BB Hy ngieenient the names of the can- BBf dlilates for lce-piesident had been BB drawn by lot to be discussed In lot.i BBa tlon. ViiRiuez (ioiue was the fllsl BBJ name BBj For and against a nuiuber of dele- BBX' gates had spoken when Jesus Fiuetn BBa began a speech In opposition. Renown- BBs ed as one of Mexico's most brilliant BBJ orators, he had little difficulty In BBX swaying an audience already opposed BBS to (lomez. lie used sarcasm without BBS stint. Tho greater portion of his In- BBa vecttve was based upon tho title BBM "Mains of the revolution" given Vas- BBs ipuis (ioiiuv. during the war. BBS Sarcastically he repeated tho phrase BBa and then followed It by Instances ril- BBfl ciliated to show that the candidate's BBfl actions were far from those which BBa would entitle him to such dtstlnc- BBs I.ouls Cabrera, a writer of national BBfl fame and better known as lllas Urren BBM undertook to answer the orator's ar- BBfl guments. Without the aid of elocution- BBI my tricks Cabrera piled fact upon BBM fact to show how really valuable Vas- BBS iiuez's services had been, especially In BBh bringing money to the cause of the BBfl |