William Jennings Bryan to Woodrow Wilson
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address official communications tothe secretary of state, washington, DC
I enclose a copy of a telegram received from Governor Lind. He seems to share our confidence that Huerta will not be a candidate. Every day, I think, adds to the certainty of his not being a candidate.
The entrance of the church into the campaign tends to invalidate all former calculations because realignments are quite likely. The contest between the clericals and the anti-clericals is a deep rooted one, it having resulted in the routing of the clericals at the time when Juarez executed Maximilian. I would not be surprised if on both sides the feeling tended to obliterate the lines between the Constitutionalists and the Huerta Government, so that it would be difficult to calculate the result of an election where candidates represent the two sides.
You will notice that the President does not think it worth while for Lind to return to the City of Mexico at present. As I suspected, they are a little sore over our failure to receive Zamacona, and yet I do not think that we could have done other than we did without the granting of the concessions which we asked. It seems to me that things are going along wuite well at present and we have only to sit tight and await the election. The hostilities seem to have decreased and we do not have so many reports of trouble down there. Our own Senators seem to be quiet, too, since your message. In fact, I feel that we are making as much progress as we could well expect.
With assurances of respect, etc., I am, my dear Mr. President,
Very sincerely yours,
WJ Bryan
The President.
The White House.
PS I enclose a telegram from the Treasury Department in regard to allowing some horses and mules to be sent into Mexico. As this is a commercial shipment, I think we had better let the horses go in, although, of course, horses and mules can be taken and used in the army if either the Government or the Constitutionalists see fit to take them. I refused to allow the Government to take in one thousand horses from San Antonio. They were so clearly for army use that I was sure you would object to their getting in.