New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-08
THE ELECTIONS IN ITALY.
GAINS OF THE RADICALS.


MILAN, Nov. t7.-Never since the first days
Of enthusiasm for indep sndeuce have the Manese oeo"
50 busy engaged in politics during the present eec
toral contest. Milan, the stronghold OF tue LINN
arstOcracy and at the same time the center Oh coui
merce, has been. since the annexation the sano'"
sanctOrum OF those who have governed the cou"'i'
from 1866 70 the present moment. So certain "elo "
Moderate candidates OF an triumph that tncS go
themselves very little trouble to secure their So
When Mnghctt, unable to carry through any measure
in a house half hostile and wholly Indifferent appea'u
10 the country the Moderate newspapers OF Milan
scarcely degned urge the electors To the contest %
especially whose editor, the famous ~
CHI, had been named during the recess Minister "
Public instruction. simply insolent IN deri'iHs ~
pretensions OF Radical candidates in other clle' VI '
realm-especially OF Garlbadl in Rome-and trea'eu
the idea OF a Radical in Milan something exceedingly
ridiculous. However Of the parliamentary opposF
ton ncensed by this demeanor, formed Centra De'no
cratic Committee, with the Gd=-etd d. Aa"o auu INV
SeeOo for their organs, and appealed TO the Lloci'
throughout Lombardy risk failure, as they had doue
in the old revolutionary days.
The candidates thus proposed by the Opposition LOT
Milan were Garibadi Ferrari. the Federalist Repuoi-
can and philosopher AntOngini well-known Carl
baldan; Col MIiocchi. who left his right arm on tue
battlefield OF the VlturnO. and Mlrcora puDlcan
and Mlzznian who declined TO give any other pledge
his electors that his future would be copy Oh
his past. The committeeman chose tHOrOu-H is'u''''
declining all baftns; and the spirit was observed
in the selection ofcandidaes for the Lombard provinces
The Moderate leaders the other hand, opposed me
names OF equally distinguished persons, such a. laho
Tcnca, COrrenti, TaverDa, aud MOsca. To their uhr
able establishment and dismay, Of their cand
dates elected at the first scrutiny-l had 70 suOD
a ballot with their despsed antagonists. Next day
the tone OF this COnsortcriI changed. Reproaches'
menaces, prophecies OF the evil come OF a Ridlcai
Ministry the place OF arrogance. AL the force that
Government in power can bring to bear was emploSeu
and the five candidates Of the ConsOrria succeeded at
the scrutiny but Milan had given onethlrd OF
its TO the Radical Republicans.
In Rome, Garbald has been elected in the first col
lege by an immense majority. second college OF
the city by very fair In the fourth col
lege Luciau of the Left has In the third, B@ece
who sits III the Center successful, leaving one only
TO Aatr, thorougngOing Moderate. III Naples not a
single pure Moderate been returned. Elgleu, Cas-
teano, RauIcri, Carrcl, ConsiGO, Fusco all belong 10
the opposition. Zerbi belongs to the Center and Gill
bert Ferrara has given the places OF two
staunch Moderates TO two Radicals Carcass and Cal
ettt Veneia, which. ever since the annexation has
sent up hut Ministerial candidates, Is wagering
In Venice proper the famous Fimbrl is defeated In
Rovigo Tenan, and Bahia BOsIO, have been defeated
Florence alone remains staunch to the Tuscan eonSorh
ria Peruzz, Rcasal Mdntelini, Mari. have All sue
ceeded at the second scrutiny, and Mnshetu has a.
length succeeded in College OF Bologna, his native
place But this must be small comfort 10 the minister,
VINO teegraphed all the world that ne sure or
majority OF 50 per cent OF the votes cast The tele
graphic entirely in the hands Of the Govern
ment that az tas the Liberal papers cannot
classify the new members. or they know nothing,
and the chances that had they been Moierates Tue
stefani agency would proclaimed the fact or
thing they arc cer.an: they have 2O2 deputies Of the
Left OF the total Of 5J7. and the MJderates
divided fractions that MncAetti, unless
Sea 20 his aid, never calculate compact
majority.
At loss account for their defeat, willing TO ad
NIT thar the country misrue Of overtaxation
which provides neither for the security for the !
nity OF the new Kingdom, OF arbitrary arrests gag
on the press, Of liberty violated everywhere, Of
ardv trucking 10 the PIpacy, OF commerce and indus
try fcttercd and mpeded. the MJderaies raise the old
senseless cry that the Blacks nave combined with the
Reds that the Clercas have voted FOR the Republican
canddatesl Never, much az the present moment,
has such an assertion been absurd. In the first place
the Clecas forbidden by the Pope TO approach the
urn Neither electors elected" the order issued
hy Vatican, and the real believers obey implicitly.
Those Catholics who the contrary care not f. FOR
the Infalhbty OF tn Pope for the Immlcule Con
cepon but vino do desire !lngy that Catholicism
remain the official religion OF the STATE vote en- masse
with the Government which not only repeats at every
onporuulty is intention 70 nylOate the PaDai
guarantees to secure the Pope his position Is the
Supreme Head Of the Church but openly and hdgrlnty
violates the laws passed 1866, to limit the powers
and udsence % the clergy. with Bonghl Minister VI
pnIc Instruction the Clerical party IS safe to recover
lost position and influence IN the pubhc schools ana
rhs point to which they naturally attach the utmost
r,nortancc Schools and colleges founded ana main
famed By the Jesus. though apparently conducted by
Iay4nen are sprnging up every where, and are much
freauened because the secular education given con-
forms to the laws OF the state H. after fourteen Yeas
of Moderate rule, the Opposition should Succeed III
forming Cabinet, their first would be to lay the
axe at the of the Clerical powers The laws on
Plpal guarantees wolld OF course, be respected hut
that would also be the with the laws Of 1866 With
This certainty in prospect 1t is absurd TO assert that
single Catholic LAS voted for single member OF the
Opposition.
When Garibaldi was put forth "a the opposition candl
date in the Roman colleges, the Modcrates affirmed tha
mis- election would be violation OF the law on f-pd
ruarautees and they MAINTAIN that the clergy anu
the faithful have insured his triumph by their votes
His election secured Modcratcs keenly anxious
to ascertain whether he Will quit Caprera for me ana
actually take his MontecitOrlO. All Things con
sidered fancy they need not fear his presence Ine
moor old General is sui suffering ana inhrn he never
woud have accepted any relief for the pecundry
difficulties Of certain members OF his family "hom ne
openly blames for not living within their means
Mepott who l. certainly u commercial genius put
who iuherts his fathers too easy trust III 5couhdei
bas BECOME engaged large oil specudtions III the
souil His friends succeeded but he failed. ana was
unable to pay the bills OF exchange on tue Neapoah
Bank which bore the Generals signature To pay Tue
first of these bills GIribaldi published, against tue
wishes OF his real friends, his very mediocre romance Vi
the Mile" the sale OF which brought him IN some
IA 900 francs Then sold the yGcnt presented by his
English admirers IN 1854 an. tue intermediary agent
hetweeu himself and :ne Government secured 7o0O |
francs handing hut 10000 To tho General men,
when the AFFAIR." the bank were coming TO Crisis nc
aeeeuted the offer Of Dr. Ross and the thousand dollars
of Dr. Anderson. For TINS the Moderates are angry
with hun, declaring that he has degraded his own