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the other three provinces and tried constantly to gain an improve-
ment of conditions in all of them. Perhaps if Jos6 Clemente
Arocha had been as audacious as Ramos Arizpe, Texas would have
been heard from in the Cortes. Certainly another voice there
would have aided in the struggle to gain improvements in the
government and the conditions of those almost forgottell prov-
inces and especially Texas.
The proceedings of the election of a deputy from Texas are
interesting for the light that they cast upon the political life of
the province at that time. In the first place, there appeared to be
a certain amount of freedom of action among the citizens. At least
in the matter of that election they did not seem to be bound by
strict observance of the law. It clearly stated that the choice of a
deputy was to be made by the members of the municipal council.
They were Jos6 Luis Galin, Tomis de Arocha, Juan Martin de
Veramendi, Mariano Rodriguez, and Francisco Ruiz. The elec-
tion was made, however, by those five plus eleven other citizens.
Manuel de Salcedo in his report to Nemesio Salcedo on the
proceedings of June 27, 181o, said that he had instructed the
mayor, Galin, to call together the municipal council and the
most notable citizens for holding the election.43 Whether Manuel
expected to be elected deputy contrary to law and hoped that
his election by a larger number of citizens would support his
nomination is not known. It should be remembered, however,
that the audiencia of Guadalajara rejected the proceedings not
on the grounds that they were illegally held but on the grounds
that the person named was not a native of the province and hence
not eligible to hold the office. Apparently the unorthodox man-
ner of holding the election was not questioned.
Furthermore, when the second attempt was made to choose a
deputy the same unorthodox procedure was used and never
seemed to be questioned. When a native was finally elected, it was
action by the majority of the council, however, that prevented his
being certified. Galin, Rodriguez, and Ruiz, a majority in the
municipal council, had voted throughout for Manuel de Salcedo,
constantly maintaining that the province could not afford to send
48Manuel Salcedo to Nemesio Salcedo, San Fernando de Bjar, June 28, i8io
(MS., Bexar Archives, University of Texas Library).
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