Diaz, master of Mexico . the Chamber put on his hat and left his Secretary of the Chamber approached the desk andrang violently for order. Many deputies arose andshouted, We have no liberty! This is coercion! This is intolerable! One of the deputies asked thatit be recorded that he and his friends withdrew becausethey had no freedom. A hurricane of howls, catcalls,and whistling came from the gallery. Then it was found that there were ten members lack-ing for a quorum. One of the deputies shouted: It is only the deputies from Oaxaca that are substitutes should be called fo
Diaz, master of Mexico . the Chamber put on his hat and left his Secretary of the Chamber approached the desk andrang violently for order. Many deputies arose andshouted, We have no liberty! This is coercion! This is intolerable! One of the deputies asked thatit be recorded that he and his friends withdrew becausethey had no freedom. A hurricane of howls, catcalls,and whistling came from the gallery. Then it was found that there were ten members lack-ing for a quorum. One of the deputies shouted: It is only the deputies from Oaxaca that are substitutes should be called for. In answer to this fling at Diaz and his friends, JustoBenitez, a lawyer who had gone to school with Diaz andwas regarded as his foster-brother, jumped to his feetand said in a voice vibrating with indignation: It is not true that all the deputies from Oaxacaare absent; nor has anyone the right to villify those ofthem who are absent or those who are present. Bothhave done their duty to the republic, not only in the 122. Diaz at the Age of Thirty-one Years, just After His VictoryOver Marquez at Jalatlaco. DIAZ IN A TALKATIVE CONGRESS Federal Congress, but in the darkest days of the Liberalcause. Another deputy, Pena y Ramirez, said: I propose that the absentees be sent for, which isthe only legal way of putting an end to this scandal. Letthose who have deserted, on the plea that the innocentdemonstrations of the gallery deprived them of liberty,be forced to return. Again Justo Benitez took the floor. The chamber,he said, should not regard as a slight the absence ofa deserving group of citizens who have vacated theirseats because they believe that the public is exercisingundue pressure upon the debates of this assembly[hoots and hisses from the gallery]. Turning to the leering, noisy rabble in the gallery,which was amusing itself by deriding the absent Oaxacapatriots, Benitez addressed the ruffians. Which of you, he exclaimed, is in a position toaddress a reproach to Generals S
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