The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-13
rHE MoRNa STAR AND MEssENGEB SUNDAY DECEMBER
YoRRIeN NAL NKws.
dates to Nov. 2l.l
THE ELECTIONS IN ITALY.

day fixed for the first voting for members of G
the Chamber of Deputies throughout italy
About l25 members were definitely elected,
and among them all the Ministers OF the
Crown. succeeded in gaining the one third I
msjority necessary to save the trouble OF
a second voting or ballOftagiO. Looking !
over the names with the political designa-
ton attached, it would appear indisput- | {
able that the Ministry has, on the whole, {
obtained q victory over the Garibaldian or {
Left party in this, the first, scrutiny, which !
contains only the members of whose return
there can be DO uncertainty. Inc yass
number, however, of the elections resulted
in ballotage, which will be decided on sun
day, the 18th, and both sides expect the
victory in these second scrutinies. No de-
fuitive returns were made in Rome, but 1t
is easy to guess from the first voting what
will be the result of the second voting In
the capital of Italy. The Government or
!! gans are forced to acknowledge that they
have suffered defeat in Rome and In tue
Roman province. Their ILL successes they
attribute to the want of discipline and or
ganization among their adherents and to
the magic of the name Of Garibaldi. Every |
| effort was made by Government to insure |
success. Gadda, the Project, put, Illegally
it is believed, the nance of nearly two
thousand employees on the register, l,4oi
names being added under one category
alone. The Garibaldian p, 'oards were pull
ed down by the police. Yet with all this
| precaution the Government candidates IN
the FIVE Roman colleges obtained only
total of 1872 votes, being less than the
number of names added by Gadda to the
register. The total numbers of electors
being 9,OSl, and that of those who voted
being 3,575, it follows that nearly two
thirds, or 5, SOC. of electors abstained from
voting. The Garibaldian candidates re-
ceived 1895 votes.
The election speeches of some of the
3 Ministers were remarkable for hardihood
of assertion. Among other false state
J. ments offered to constituents may be no.
! ticed that of Bonghi, the Minister of Public
instruction, who quoted the eloquence of
figures to show the prosperity OF Italy,
o and thus demonstrated his thesis The
Q exports from Italy were--so he alleged
1883 millions, and the imports were ], 1S3
D. millions, giving difference in favor OF
NJ Italy to the amount of $50 millions! The
official documents in the Office of the Min
p lister of Commerce state, on the contrary
st the imports at 1886, $50 ,965, and the ex
IT ports at / ,133. l6I ,l37, thus showing bal
to ance against Italy to the amount of l53,
49l 1913 lire which Italy pays to foreign
70 countries, Bonghi's argument recoil agains
~ himself. The revolution has VIGOROUSLY
T. impoverished, instead of enriching, Italy
y. What sort of language towards Minister
es will be employed By Garibaldi in the new
as Parliament may be Guessed from his inso
IN lence to Cavour in the Turin Chamber, ant
no September, 1874, from Caprera, in whic
he denounces "corI upton in the publiciste
go corruption in the plebiscites, in the elect
in toral colleges, in the Chamber, in tn
of Ministers, in the tribunals, in the employee
49,, in the army, in the marine corruption !
u" bargains and contracts, in the commercit
60 associations, in the banks in short,
7as every branch and in every department
His Corruption was raised to o system of Gov
to eminent. Every soul that has been sol
f>f ha wa
:, vigor and propped mp by espionage ar
IN calumny, which form the brutal strength
ia successive Ministers, such as those while
ian for twenty-six years successfully have go
ole erned u.s."
ON THE NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE IN FRANCE.
Az afflicted nation has just accomplish
y" a collective act of penance and devotio
ing The great National French Pilgrimage
sue the tomb Of st. Martin, at Tours, b
ing proved gratifying success. The pia
was we'll chosen as rendezvous for Cath
nm lies. Around the name of ST. Martin clust
all the best memories of the monarchy
n'S' France the history of the nation being,
ut to speak, bound up with that of its gre
ton, apostle. His tomb, indeed, is empty; t
'ub. sacred relics were torn from their dee
,rts Grated shrine, burnt, and scattered to
~. winds by the anti national fury of t
'0"" Calvinistic zealots Of 1862, whose work "
a followed up by their worthy snccesso
his the propagandists of the principles
title 49," These last sacked, destroyed,
les SOLD oy AUCTION the ancieuS oasilca u
80 had been sanctided by the presence of
W W.. Martin, living and dead. Nevsrthele
nifty Tours belongs to him still, and the de'
APPEL ton of French Catholics turns thither WI
d, o religious act is to be carried out on a I
tional scale-turns as naturally to To
and st. Martin as our own, under like c
nro. cumstances, would turn to Canterbury q
p a. st. Thomas. The Pilgrimage began
nU. Tuesday week, the vigil of the Feast of
u'eS Martin, and continued during the octa
q anu Within those days fifty thousand pilgri
'| ,Sn must, on the most moderate calculate
~. =. have visited Tours. They came fr
Wy a Paris from all parts of France, but chic
ut In ~. S tP.Itr - -; plontonat,at l.; n
n nn's From every a. canton" in Touraine
tuAs nrncessinns arrived. each headed by