The New York herald., 1873-11-02
r r A N G E.
ELECTORAL Defeats of tn e
RoyaIists.
Dea Tia Sentence ON a Member
Of the Assembly.
"A New Rival to Adelina Patti
and Christine Nilsson.
PARIS. Oct. l6. 1879

tnern the famous Colonel Stonel, have been com.
Dromised by passages in the BaZaine Indictment,
and are TO be brought 10 trial when the Marshal
disposed or NJ. Strakosch, the trainer OF Nine.
Patti! has discovered new vocal star in the per-
son OF Mile. Belocca, young Russian lady, and
The royalist candidates have been defeated by
puoncans in the four elections held on Sunday.
such are the items OF news under discussion at
this moment and on each OF them Paris is bestow
ING suitable share OF attention and excitement.
First, TO the elections,
FOUR SIGNAL DEFEATS
ought one might think to give the royalsts timely
warning that their cause is thoroughly unpopular
IN the country, and II French politics were con-
Quoted on regular principles one might fancy the
royalist leaders meeting together at this moment
and patrioticaly resolving to forego the restora-
1ion OF monarchy, which is so evidently reNug-
nant TO the tastes OF the patton. But French poll
tics regular, and as the royalists have been
perfectly aware all along that their cause was un-
popular, sundays elections tanght them nothing
new They had discounted the event. and had
funy determined beforehand as TO what they
should say whether they succeeded or failed II
the royallsts' candidates had triumphed their
party would have chorused, ."Hearken to the pub
lie voice c,amoring for the return OF Henri ". The
nation is tired OF republicansm IL demands a
Ragr' But as the royalists have been beaten
their papers exclaim. ''See, anarchy Is lift
ing up her head again Republicans and radicals
are closing their ranks; let Us close ours We have
stnl majority In the Assembly; II oehooves US to
profit by ii while yet can and the nation will
thank us by and by for having saved IL from the
clutches OF men who would lead it straight to a
second Commune AS matter OF fact the
royalists care little what the nation thinks or how
1t votes for the present. They are playing q heavy
and II Jac;ro ipQ rms horo
majority sufficient TO carry their restoration mo-
nom Tor they well know that IL their motion were
passed by q single vote only, .MacMahon stands by
them with his army, and would see their decree
sheyed. Everything now depends. 1t did
week and month ago, on the concessions which
the Count of Chambord is prepared to make; but
even supposing the Count TO adhere obstnately to
Ans white nag, and thereby to break up the ma
,ority the wire-pullers still hope to rally the con-
servatives again ana keep power in their hands by
the new Electoral bin, when VIII virtually
ABoLrsR UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.
This bill, drafted under the Thers adminlstrds
non by the Minister OF Justice, Dufaure, pro-
poses, first, that the qualifying age OF electors
Hhall be raised from twenty-one to twenty-five;
second three years' residential qualification
Instead OF SIX months, as heretofore: and third,
the disfranchisement of all electors who, Tor any
shah have been sentenced at any time to
months Imprisonment. Now this bin would de-
prlve Of their votes almost the entire worKing
population OF large cities, seeing that few me-
ChanIcs artisans reside in the same locality for
three years consecutivey. 1t would also disran-
cnise artists, literary men, struggling barristers
and in short, that large class of persons
who, living by their brains, are compelled IN
early life to roam about from place to place in their
search after fortune, and who. even when they
have begun to make money, change their abodes
continually until they finally settle into marriage.
Furthermore 9allying as II does with the military
law which drafts 1j0 600 young men yearly into the
army and keeps them in the service till the age of
twenty-five, the three years. residential qualldca-
Gon would preclude all discharged solliers-that
ss the very pick OF the nation from voting, the
earliest TIL the age OF twenty-eight. In word
TINS bill mutilates universal suffrage and breaks
the very backbone OF 1t. Under its operation the
elections would rest with the staidest family men
within cities and with the rural classes, who are
necessarily stationary set, and the royalists, feel
confident that with such clements they might
secure the return OF monarchical ma Jorites which
IN course Of time would be strong enough 10 restore
Henri " on his own terms-that Is, even with
tie white nag, If he insisted il. But THESE cal
citations are short sighted, and the royaists may
II the suffrage were restricted TO the respectable
and we-to-do classes within cItles the members
returned would be mostly OF the same sort that
flied the Chamber OF Deputies under Louis Philippe
and Charles y. There would be fewer red radicals
tnan at present, but the number OF moderate lib
erals would be large, and Bourbonist principles
would have little to gain by the change. On the
other hand the mutiatton oil the suffrage would
Immensely strengthen the Bonapartists, VINO would
become identified with universal suffrage IN It's IN
iegrity, and find the party cry OF which, times 60
they sadly in. want. To sum up, then, royaiist
prospects will look bad II the Count OF Chambord
Is not ready on the 4th OF November next 10 put
his whlte flag into his pocket and THIS TACT becomes
go patent 10 any one who win reflect moment
fnat one cannot help recurring 10 the belief that
the Count OF Chambord has quite made up his mind
To swallow the trlcolor PHI, but that he keeps his
mate surrender all the welcome effect OF a coup de
theatre IL may be remarked that, should the
royalist schemes iall through, the people most
heavily hit by the Collapse Will be the sllk mercers
jewellers and upholsterers OF Paris, who have been
=. LAYING IN STOCKS OF LILY-EkBIAzoNED WARES
~ the iuil confidence OF restoration. The haber-
dasners are only waiting for the first CRY or "FUe e
lfotl'' 70 NJ all their window fronts with white and
blue silks embrolderedwth fes,rs de Ivs: the lew
ehers have lilies in gold and enamel ready or studs
ana sleeve links, and the cabinet makers have
given orders for furniture Of the Louis xV fashon
with scuiptured 'scutcheons and bourbon devices
I'LL they are beginning TO quake At their own bold
ness. aaere Is always something humorous in these
recently with great silk Manufacturer OF Iyons
VINO told me that he had received orders Io2
10000 worth Of royalist silks from two pariee,
houses ana that his workmen who embroiaered
these silks were all red republicans. "How oid
they like weaving to such reactiopary nnrnoeo ~;
j asked. ''On, 1t makes them augh- he renlied
But for all that they gness what is stirrlnp Nv
the nature or the work they are made ID un
and take their measures accordingly. remember
two and twenty years ago having a pattern OF
SILK, with golden bees tne Napoleonlc embeml,
set up in my looms, and the weayers sang out al
once, "Our Republic is done for; we shall nave an
empire before the years over;r and true enough
Jor the Republic lasted only six months longer u
But speaking OF the Lyons wcaycrs brings us
back 10 their parliamentary representative, NJ.
Arthur Ranc, who has been
SENTENCED TO BE SHOT.
He will not be shot, for he is at present in Bel
GUM, and VIII take care TO remain there untll
either his party return to power or until q gen
eral amnesty shall whltewash him. His trial
was scampercd Wer in day, ana Its conclu-
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