New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-04
EUROPE.
FRANCE.

YOkK-HUGOs "NAPOLEON LIE PETIT"
lFROM OUR. OWN C0gREsPOSDREFl Vu
PARIS Aug. 2l.-At q special election held IN the
Jura country, last Sunday and Monday, the opposi-
ton candidate had majority of p 900 TO II 600 votes
cast for his Government rival 1t is difficult to find
all the causes of this result which has surpassed the
highest expectations of the Liberals and bitterly
disappointed the Minister of the interior. Here are
some of the facts IN tho case In 1913, NJ. Greyy
was sent to the Republican Constituent Assembly
of which he became Yice-Presdent, and one OF the
leading members on the Democratic side OF the
House. Ii vas he who proposed the radical amehu
ment TO those articles of the Republican CONSTITUTION
relating TO the Presidency, the effect Oh which, h"u
it been accepted, would have made the Iresiuent
eligible for All indefinite term. and revocaole ~ VIII
by the National Legislature. He was reelected 10
the Legislature where he remained faithful to the
laws, and an opponent of the Frlnce fresldenFs
policy till the coup Getat Since that time ne has
devoted himself to bis profession as lawyer, Where
he holds eminent, honorable rank 1t was well
known that he kept to his early principles of pOt-
al liberty. IL was believed that he had retained
rood dead of his former personal popularity in his
district 1t was hoped by She opposition, and feared
by the Minister of the Interior. that he had some
chance of being elected. He was as you would nter
from the above biographical notes, peculiarly ophoA
GUS to the Minister, who, with his usual zeaI' sGs
all the usual machinery at Work 10 destroy this
chance. His Exceencys chagrln at the reSui' 10
OF two dynastic" gentlemen who started as can;
didates the Minister induced one TO WlthdIaW, anu
made the other NJ HuOt, the sole object OF MS anu
ordered his Project and Sub-Prefeot and their
Mayors and geusdarmes to make MN the sOlo
object of their affections attentions ana Noeos
NJ Huot is also respectable lawyer, ana was a
member of the Constituent and Republican; put
nfterward rallied to the Empire, and became hlgh
Conservative and UtTamOntane. The Minister
seems to have fanced that this last quality wonld
bring him the support of the clergy. which d. hol.
hers celebrated never" was pronounced i"st
Winter dor the very purpose OF securing -, 80
The electoral district IN question Is Iual Ylle'
The largest town within its limits, Dole counts ess
tkan I20OO Ii had not been Gerrymandered; there
was no seeming need when that process was SO
vigorously applied few years ago 10 most Oh lne
districts of which large towns made part Az rs
yery notable however, that statistics show propor-
ton of readers aud writers in its population superior
to that of most rural electoral districts The Oppo
sitOn acted wisely in the case, on plan OF pol,Gy
annarently accepted at present by most Of its able
leaders, and which If kept to until the approaching
general elections, and acted on then, may
possibly break up the detestaDe ministerial POI ICY
of "ofiiciaI candidates and will probably SEND
minority of Opposition members to the next Legsla
ture whose prepOnderance of brains must weigh
e0iciently in what will then become the delibera-
lions of that body. and the decisions OF Govern
ment 1t should have Tor anOtheI desuable result
something more of care on the Admin tratlOn SIDE
i'm the selection of its candidates. One would think
that even the Administration must begin 10 perceive
that Government itself has need OF men OF more III
teectual ability than the majority OF the actual
Legislature care seem to care TO boast OF. lhefe
are one hundred members OF that body VINO Tor the
last five Years have displayed no mgher IcuIy inan
that of silently voting yes and no as The speaking
Minister babe. and OF lnterrupung independent
snrake,S with dumb inarticulate' yOcaliZaton, and
drumming on their desks with paper knives A
Government like this. inevitably sliding INTO Pafa-
menary developments or rocking t9WaIe thS Any
reyolution-must one would say, decide TO call IN
intelligent auxiliaries to take the place of stod par
tisans True the intelligent auXllales Will, just IN
proportion to theiI intelligence as general rule,
N have tnctuTe of Independence III their thought anu
III action That mischief Is what naturally reyoIts
French Minister; and there is at present patent
and visible sign that Minister Pinard OF the Interior
stouched with the st tani Of doubt as 70 te SAVING
reau aud sending out the definite prescription 70
be filled up 10y the nation. but LOUIS NAPOLEON rs
throw over Mr.. Pnard any day between now, WAen
he is letting him experiment and watching ms ex-
periments the old plan, aud tho general elections
The LIpterne No 10 was printed in Belgium and
not suffered 20 pass the frontier or tins strongly
srned France It's author and editor Henri Roche
fort has returned to Paris from the capital Of that
free country, and announces that No. 10 shaA DC
printed here, and, police providence permitting he
week of absence at Brussels he was condemned. on
the charges noted in my last letter. to one year OF inn
pTisOnment aud 1900 francs hue. rom tins decision
Of the lower tribunal he appeals TO higher as does
also the prOsel uing States attorney-the omcla APP
pealing nnini@a as the technical phrase goes th9t
ties too low. To what lights the letter OF tho law
lets them arrive. nay last letter tells.
1t wOuld take more space than belongs to yOur
Paris correspondence TO give full weekly record OF
the press, and its trials before and under
the tribunals here. The moral OF them oil is briefly
and pungently summed up in the display heading
that constantly prccedes the abbreviated report OF
of them in La LlOdte, LA PEUlE, IItEAloIlBLk,
say. in free translation, The Down NIL ROAD.
This display heading concenters the significance
of long speeches and octave volumes of polite
prophecy and historic record. All French Govern
mons tri try their strength with the press, and all
20 down III the trial They all prelude their fail by
variations of prosecutions Of the press There is
fatality about il. Charles X. had the journalists
prosecuted and Of course condemned. and cOnld not
conceive that their condemnation was thcH triumph
Louis Philippe had and failed to conceive Likewise
And now this Experlmenter Is going over tbe same
ground No. IL of LGHtere priIUed IN
Belgium, is stopped at the frontier. Now
mark, primo, you ready TO pay
a son or two extra per number, I can furnish you
thousand copies OF that political Lqntane here IN
Paris. day after Tomorrow. bride of hundred
cOmplicty in the importation. NO.l3 of the LGRene
RochefOrt is printing On-hls account, as clause
in the last of the numerous laws against the press
permits him, at his risks and penis, TO do. Henri
Rochefort is not 30 be stopped by risks and
perils Let respectable folks who never
rsked anything for principle, try TO
accept since they cannot comprehend that fact
and trait in Roeheforts acts and nature. There is
certain appreciation OF his somewhat rare self-re-
spectng Independence, OF which the stranger ylsi-
tor TO Paris is struck with the street Indications
Doing the BOuleyaTds yesterday with an American
who. by grand exception Is both an American and
sympathzer with FTenchmen who sympathized with
in struggle for HUMAN rights from 1861 to 1866
i was amused 10 note his quick discovery of these
street signs. There We're IN the fnTnlsheTs shop
windows, handkerchiefs with lantern stamped IN
cOOrs in the corner there were breastplns aud
brooches, initiating In enamel and metal the diInin
ished fac-simile of the cover OF la Ldntel1e; there
were packages of sweet biscuits inclOsed IN paste
board boxes, Initiating the form OF lantern, and re-
producing the cOlOTs La LaDeTne; there besides
this and that other sign that caught his Watchful
eve and there mould have been yet another at the
cigar shopsEbut the high aud solemn central police