New-York tribune., 1873-05-12
FRENCH ELECTIONS.
THE RESULT IN PARIS.


NAPARTIsTs-MEANIN0 OF THE RADICAL IRI-
UMPH.
pRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rR1BUNE.l
PARIS April 9S.-The elections of yesterday are
the only topic of talk and thought to-day. They
were held in eight departments. OF the seven pro-
yincial ones, though the returns are yet but i'm
perfectly known here at the hOur write certainly
Eve, IN all probability six, and quite possibly ALL
have chosen Republicans. But this letter viii be
principally taken mp with the principal one, that OF
the Department of the Seine, including Paris which
gives it especial Importance The whole number OF
registered electors is 457 7S6 of whom all but 74ooS
are Parsian and of whom 345 70S, unusually large
proportion, went to the polls About these rom
sarly morning to o'clock in the afternoon IneIe
was an unusual press, and animation ana abundant
distribution Of printed tickets by the agents OF the
different committees but as is usual IN all trench
popular elections there was no rowdyism, not the
siqhtest breach of the peace. The as yet unpub-
bshed returns Of few sections viii hardly modify
HE following table of figures showing the material
resuIts Barodet, 1SO146 votes Remusat, 1S5,407
votes StofIel q 0s7 votes scattering S56 votes
Here are several surprises l should say that
hardly any one anticipated so large total and
few. whose wishes had not run away with their
judgments expected so numerous vote Tor their
party candidate, although all parties, most cred
ltably in this respect to themselves, worked with
unwonted vigor Throughout the canvass In no other
sne of the many electoral campaigns which 1t has
been my business to study IN the last 20 years have
/ noticed such robust vigor Of public life, such
marks of healthy political vitality, as IN this But
he greatest surprise TO parisans to calm by-stand-
srs. and especially TO the Government, Is the tri-
nmph Of the Radical over its Republican candidate
BY more than 10000 votes. and the surprising ma
,Ority over all Of more than 16OCO
If the coalition Of Legitimists, Clericals and
Bonapartists could muster as many as 10000 at the
polls thew were more than confident, while their op-
oonents were IN deadly fear, and Indifferent OBJ
servers were persuaded that they would surely at
their chief purpose Of breaking the first election
and driving it over TO q second trial next Sunday
The law Is thai no in the first trial un-
ess he obtain an absolute majority Of all sufrages,
which shall amount to at least one quarter Of the
whole number;of registered electors. This Last pro-
vision Of the recently modified electoral law should
be kept in mind. 1t will explain the smallness OF
he total vote in some of the provincial departments
where Monarchists ayeTse to universal suffrage on
principle and, as a matter of genteel taste, per
Ionally TO the degrading practice Of it, stin regard
IbsteRtiOB as ingenious, profitable, facile, and
ignifed polite device.
The immediate and future meanings and bearings
# Yesterdays election are grave and manifold That
; sunQuestionable. What they are, and what they
sill become under the Interpretation of time and its
sveuts are intensely interesting questions, of which
ame alone viii give the net solutions. Meanwhile
We may annOtate some facts and venture con-
ecture OF two as schoia, without too much bold
,ess Count de R6musat, the Government candi-
late was first nominated for Paris representative
sy the Mayors Of Paris-ofcials appointed by Gov
A. 0aa q 1at4 ~
s suggestive nomination on occasion of their going
mt that day to Versailles in their official capacity
o congratulate President Theirs principally and
as Minister Of Foreign Affairs implicitly and eOl-
ateraly in the happy termination Of the negotia-
ions for the final treaty with the German Empire
or the definite liberation OF what remains OF French
eTrlt0ry from foreign military occupation.
II is certain that VI. Barodet could not have been
nominated it. between the date of NJ de Remusat's
louAnatiOR and the 4th of April, that Minister ad-
rised by N. Thiers instead Of lowering in vague
mspense had frankly clutched the candidature If NJ
Thers had positively pronounced the opinion he had
previously often expressed, that the bll begOtten By
be aonarchists Of the Right for deriving Lyons Of
apart Of It's municipal rights was unreasonable un-
sSled for, and cOndemnable, instead Of letting the
Minister Of the Interior at the last moment accept H.
approve H. and its passage the 4th Of April
u
diaely issued a decree which laggardly ungracious-
y, and under outside Republican pressure it has
hsned-but, for the saving Of appearances TO its
dignity, with a difference Of date, convOking the
electors Of that department which includes Lyons
for he same time which the electoral colleges of the
Department of the Seine were cOnyOked; If. even
after the three gross political mistakes-blunders
OF commission and Omission-Of which M. Thers,
u bis TOO subtly shrewd, self and class conceit.
was guilty. the President had promptly advised his
friend and candidate 10 publish, as If voluntarily.
the 9th Of April The profession Of political faith,
which he and R6musat under the pressure Of their
best supporters among the moderate old Repubh-
cans published just few days too late. II is doubt
tu 20 the verge of impOssbility that any candidate
would have been named by the Radicals. 1t is
patent 70 any time-6ld student of French-Paris
French-pOites that, if nominated, he would have
been defeated, despite considerable vote from the
misehievous, passionate partlsans Of Bonapartim
and Legitmism
The intelligent chiefs of the Radicals of whom
may take GsmbetIa a. a type have constantly
throughout thus campaign serupulcusly abstained
TOm personally attacking President Theirs, and
while enthusiastically lauding in a snowy, rather
vague, and sentimental rhetoric some sham, i'm
possible ideal republic have constantly and con-
Ssteutly preached and practced the strictest use
and observance Of legal means, sneh as universal
suffrage offers. for the attainment Of the desired
end Among the better sort Of Radicals the
theory so far as can be put in practice, of
the radical candidature, BarOdet, was this: frank
declaration of hostility TO the Assembly and an
sarnest friendly warning TO President Thiers 1t
Wa 70 tell this Assembly, the majority of whose
AOnarchist members, accidentally chosen for a
special purpose, do not represent their occasional
constituents OF the needs and aspirations of the
French nation that they lag superhuOus the Yer
sAilles stage 70 advise NJ. Theirs. whom, head of