Beneath a cloudless sky in the open-air National Stadium on the outskirts of Mexico City, the Executive Power of the United Mexican States passed from General Alvero Obregon to General Plutarco Elias Calles, peacefully elected by the Labor-Agrarian vote.
Without any military display, President Obregon and President-elect Calles left the National Palace in an open barouche, drawn by fine horses with gold-mounted harness, and proceeded along the streets amid the loud plaudits of the assembled public to the Stadium.
As the two Generals...
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