1894 
Oaxaoa 
(Oaxaoa) 
knosm to be in opposition to the present administration and he knew 
enough to take the hint, and stayed at home. In this way the elec¬ 
tions are made practically unanimous. In the state of Hidalgo this 
condition of affairs has been going on for years and the family of 
the present governor has been in power without a break. Despite the 
fact that there are many people in the state bitterly opposed to their 
rule yet every succeeding election brings out the report that the 
present governor has been re-elected "unanimously". In voting, each 
man is required to place his name on his ballot so that there is no 
chance for a voter to escape having his way of voting known. The re¬ 
sult is that few people of the opposition like to put themselves on 
record. The last of June, when leaving the City of Oaxaca, I was sur¬ 
prised to see a few posters on the walls of houses in out of the way 
corners at the edge of town announcing someone for governor in opposi¬ 
tion of the official candidate, Gen. Gonzalez. The bills read that 
the opposition candidate was proposed by the "Workmen*s Club" of Ctexaca. 
Mount June 27th: Today I managed to get started for a trip to I.ft. Zemn- 
Zempoatlepec r 
oatlepec. I have been trying for over a week to get a man to go along, 
without success. Three different men came, two of whom saw me first 
and agreed to return, but failed to oome. Another stayed 5 or 4 days 
and then left. The fourth one I found yesterday and he stayed but 
wished to take along his wife, or mistress. I agreed to let him do this 
as both of them are to walk. The mule I have for paok animal proved to 
be unaccustomed to packing and the bulky, heavy load I took was very 
awkward to manage. Every little while the load had to be repaoked so 
that it took us all day to get the first ten miles on our road to the 
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t where we were all very glad to arrive. 
The woman with lay man proved to be very much more aotive and useful than 
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