The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-29
The Late Elections in France-Thc
Republican Prospect In Europe.

attaches to the radical triumph in Paris.
The result in the capital has caused, it is said,
the greatest excitement there, and the prov
inces have echoed the surprise. A panic has
fallen upon the Bourse, and when the purse
holders and purse jugglers become fearful the
political barometer is generally falling in
anticipation of bad weather for somebody.
Taken altogether, however, it is impossible to
refuse to admit that the results of these cleo
tons indicate with tolerable distinctness, as
well as with some emphasis, the tendency Of
the current of popular sentiment in the great
cities Of France and in some Of the more popu-
lous departments. For some weeks past the
eyes of the outside world, as we'll as the eyes
of France herself, have been turned upon
Paris for it was universally felt and con-
fessed that the election contest in that city
President Theirs Nay, more, it was the uni
versal conviction that the result of
the election would have o powerful
effect in determining the future policy
Of the government M. de Remusat
has been prominent and useful member of
the government, although he has not had
seat in the Assembly. When one of the seats
for Paris became vacant it was natural enough
for the President to desire that the place
should be filed by his friend and fellow
laborer, M. de R6musat M. de- Remusat
was accordingly nominated by the Mayors of
Paris, who are the creatures of the govern
ment The subsequent appearance in the
field of M. Barodet, ex-Mayor of Lyons,
pronounced radical, and of Baron Stofel, q
we'll known conservative, so diminished M.
de Remusats chances of success that NJ
Theirs was advised to withdraw his candidate
This, however, he did not deem it proper to
do and so the decision was left to the ballot
box. The result is now before us. The vote
is as follows:-For NJ Barodet, $50, 146;
for the Count de RemIsat, ls5, 400
for Baron Stofel, 27O58 An error in the
transmission of the cable news from Paris On
Sunday made Baron Stoffel second and the
Count de Remusat last in the field. 1t is
quite clear that Paris put forth her strength
on the occasion, for the vote is unusually
large. In spite Of all the strength which the
government could put forth M. Barodet,
violent radical who caused the red flag to be
hoisted in Lyons, is now one Of the members
for the city of Paris in the Assembly.
| We are not surprised to learn that the result
has been accepted by the government as
defeat. The election in Paris has demon
strated that the radical sentiment in Paris is
much stronger than was believed by the Presi-
dent and the other members of the govern
ment With a similar radical triumph in
Marseilles and another in Bordeaux, it has
now become a necessity for the government to
look facts in the face and so to shape their
course as to meet, as far as possible, the de-
rumor in Paris yesterday that the Ministry of
NJ. Theirs would be considerably modified,
but our latest dispatches declare no
change to have taken place. 1t was
considered probable that the Count de
R6musat, Minister of Foreign Affairs; M.
Leon Say, Minister of Finance, and NJ. Jules
Simon, Minister of Public Instruction, would
resign, and that NJ. Casimir Perier, formerly
Minister of the Interior, and M. Grevy, late
President of the Assembly, would take places
in the new Cabinet. 1t may be difficult
to induce such men as Perier and |
Grevy to accept Office, but the fact
that rumor of this kind is put in
circulation is itself proof that the members of
the Left are jubilant because of the victory
they have won and that a more pronounced
republican policy on the part of the govern
ment has become a necessity. Latterly the
Right have been led badly. Since the Treaty
of Evacuation was signed they seem to have
lost their wits All the glory of the treaty was
theirs and they might do as they thought
proper. They supported speakers like M.
Temple, whom President Grevy had to call to
order; and they sustained the Marquis de
Grammont, who refused to withdraw an insult
launched at one of his colleagues in the
Assembly, even when ordered to do so from
the Presidents chair. 1t was not wonderful
that NJ Grevy, whose heart is bound up in the
Republic, and who has as earnestly labored as
he has ardently longed for its success, should,
in such circumstances, resign his position. 1t
was not only as he said, that he felt his Office
insulted. but that he could not resist the con-
viction that the Right were Juggling away
the Republic" M. Grevy refused to return to
the chair Of the Assembly, because, as he said,
he wished to devote his whole strength to the
advancement of the republican cause. The
Right were evidently resolved to make an end
of the present uncertainty, and NJ. Grevy was
also of opinion. in view of the action of the
Right that the time for conclusive action had
come. The result of the Paris election goes
so far to show that the Left are also of the
same opinion. The Right are to blame for
precipitating crisis; M. Theirs is so far to
blame for forcing his candidate upon the peo-
pie; but the Left have no reason to regret the
conduct Of either as the victory is theirs.