New-York tribune., 1869-06-09
FRANCE.

GENERAL RESULT or TIE VOTE.
PARIS, june s.-Thc result of the elections, where
tie ballot was necessary to decide is rs follows: Off
eial candidates, 2l Unofficial !; Independent /;
Opposition, 10; unknown, II. Among the Opposition
candidates elected is Henri Alphonse Esqniros, the
author and philosopher
MORE RETURNs-RIOTS.
The results in Is additional elections by ballot have
been declared. Seven Official and eight Opposition
candidates were elected Among the successful can
ddates are NM. Picard, LatOur, and Dumouln
Last night about ~ o'clock great crowds OF people
gathered in the Montmarte district The police were
obliged to use force in dispensing them, and some
citizens were injured. A number of arrests were
also made, The people finally retired to their homes
and quiet was restored. A scene Of disorder also
occurred during tine night in front Of the Hotel dc
Viie Many persons were injured, and large num-
Oeraucstcl The total number Of arrests made last
night in consequence Of these disturbances was l0
THE ELECTIoNs-sTATE OF THE BALLOTISG.
lFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
Pans, May 25-The two election days have passed
as quietly in Paris and, so far as yet reported,
throughout France, as town-meetiug day in any
New-Eucland village. Returns from the provinces
are not all in at the moment Of my writing; but
enough is known TO confirm what was predicted in
yOur Paris correspondence Of April p: The nota-
Die result far rs shown, tho benches OF tue next
Legislature, viii Jo not mHci the increase Of the
Ea'!y opposed minority the increased liberalism
Of accmpuatiycly independent minority" Evident
probable, and possible results Of a different order
shall Dc considered hereafter. To-day, occupying
ourselves mainly with acquired facts and specially
with Paris, it is well enough TO begin
by noting the following provisions Of the
Electoral law Every FrenChman Of sound
mi cf sf g
having been condemned for infamous crimes lor for
certain political ones) has right to vote which.
however he can only exercise after being registered;
the legal conditions of registry OF the whole just
and generally Justly observed by the authorities.
The requisites to a choice on the first trial are ma
ority Of all votes cast which majority must be equal
IN number to OneQuarter Of the registered electors
When Of the candidates unites these requisites
tho result is LdIlottage OF second trial when pu-
HGty decides the choice Under the Repubic-and
this is worth particular atteRtion-eaeh citizen voted
by list or ticket, for as many candidates a. his
Department had right TO be represented by. Now
the Departments are divided into distrets that of
the Seine including Paris, for example being divided
into nine disricts each elcctOr within the limits
Of which can vote but for one candidate.
This change was made by Napoleon the mo-
ment that he was invested with the power 10
eject it. Without stopping to discuss the policy of
enough TO say that needs TO be kept in mind
by the student Of the electoral returns coming
In his object is TO be 10 learn one OF the greatest
lessons they teach One Of its manifest effects which
i author has hitherto seemed 10 profit from, and is
Ike enough one day to suffer bitterly from@stO ex-
eludc to greater degree than the old system ex-
.luded, representation Of large mnorties in the
Legislature. Thus, here in Paris the aggregate vote
h elassed by Conservative DyDaguc DubIcjst, this