817.00/6850: Telegram

The Minister in Nicaragua (Hanna) to the Secretary of State

145. Supplementing my telegram No. 139, November 3, 11 a.m. Election returns have now been received from all but ten cantons and show succession of results which probably will not be changed by the final official canvass.

The Liberals have elected 7 Senators and 16 Deputies. The Conservatives have elected 2 Senators and 6 Deputies. These successful candidates will replace 4 Liberal and 5 Conservative Senators and 7 Liberal and 15 Conservative Deputies. The Conservatives have lost 3 seats in the Senate and 9 seats in the House. The Conservatives had a large majority in Chontales but failed to elect one of the two Deputies from Granada. The total votes cast were approximately 70 percent of those cast in the same districts in 1928.

I have noted no disposition to question the result of the elections or criticism of the supervision by the electoral mayors.

Hanna