The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-07
FRANCE.

THE ELECTIONS TO THE sENATE-Ty n UPPER
CHAMBER LIKELY TO BE REAE POWER
WHY THE CONSERVATIVES voTg /, FOR IT.
THE ACTION OF aAHBETTA.
! PARIS May 10. 1875.
The composition of the Sens re which must
shortly De elected under the PROV slons OF the new
constitution Is the theme OF ny ich speculation in
France at the present moment A. Gambetra has
told the workmen OF Bellev lie tina: me Upper
| Chamber In the next Nalio aal Assembly may be
made as democratic as II expected the Lower
Chamber will be, II only ae people win take an
active part Ia tue eiectiop BY the law OF the 25tn
OF February me senate is TO consist OF 800 men,
beers, 70 OF whom are 10 be named by the present
National Assembly a" 225 by select constituent
cies In eacn oepartW emit. Every commune In the
department Will CO.. .ose one eiecto% VINO will vote
along with tue ~ Jutles for the department and
the members 'fo resenting the department and
Its d'Tondss2I ents In the local councils. Thus
| the ELECTORAL colleges will be OF an essen
| faly poP lar Kind, for the delegates
/ from the c,@ dmunes Will greatly ournumber the
remaining electors. In TACT. tue whole number OF
/ senatof% electors Will be only 42,563, OF wnom
SS,2il ~ 4 be the delegates or the communes Tor
mupag al councils. II, therefore. the country Is
repay lcan IL Will not only return republican
HOY OF Representatives next autumn, but
| tST ugh the gradual liberalization Of the COM
M ines 1t Will at least secure large majority II
ot an actual preponderance OF republicans In IN Q
! Senate.
II has moro tnan once been asked how IL came TO
pass that conservative ana almost rsactionary
Assembly presented France with a comparatively
liberal constitution. The legislators OF Versailles
were looking around them ior eunningy oe.
. ana none seemed better tnan the old
, device OF an Upper House ol Parliament
/ elected on olgarcnical oasis. suddenly Tue
4 / re w "a
1 lions as seemed deprive it entirely oil Its CHAR.
: acrer a. a poltIcal necessity. IL was control
The republican ardor OF the nation and vet might
be elected oy republican majority. II may DO
thought the fear or Bonap2rtist Vaccinations
!: when unqusstionably existed at the beginning OF
the year, induced the conservatives TO make
!. they nad originally intended. Thls explanation
a might be accepted were II not certain tnat nine
: out OF ever ten conservatives IN France would
, prefer any Iorm o. imperial despotlsm 70 the Re
public Equally improbable - tue supposltlon that
l Inc Right anl Centres JuzgIed into voting a
i were "educasedn ~ Mr.. DIsraeh pd in.o
ieehna in France Is too keen and too bitter to De
o softened at the bidding OF a party leader. A
\ statesman capable OF controlling MS own FOL
: lowers an Abraham Luacoln or Robert Peel, has
r not appeared In Frarce since the death OF Mira
mas stryeu not altoget ber without success to play
h tnls. perhaps. the MODEST OF parts
. THE RoYALIsTs AND DocTRISAIREs.
q The truth IL, Deputies OF sucn unquestiona0ly
n royallst CONVICTIONS as the Due d'Audinres {
d voted Tor tie senate Oil OF II. WALTON because
v they despalred OF ool aiming better Ana there
: seems some reason to believe tlat the measure
= was Intended by ITS trainers 10 work very In
y portant though silent. revolution 10 the govern
: ment or the country. VI. Jasmlr-Perter. the soul
n oi the coalition which brought the present Min
d istry into power, u a dootrindue. or, in otne
y . words d clever man. capable OF cOnceiving au
a. original idea The idea which can DC discovereo
IN tae law 90 tne senate ~ ,rs,r az
d tluusness, their lmpractitaDilty their neKlect
y as oroer 10 discuss the rrats Of man and indulge
s. in DOmoast aud plantude ABOUT the lmmofsA
q argue coo.aesdsd conssrvative--popuIa Assem-
ples are, for the present asleast necessary evl
Bat might not their vi effects be conslderaov neu
70 trarzed and their powers gradually weakened y
"a the creation or anotner coordinate ASSEMBLY de
X source tanc 20 Commanding ias cOnadsaCe u M
ID nation, and yet composed Or more s0lo W.teLlhI
"a msr sonstes never exercised any inaasace VI
M OF AFFAIRS, because tney we're not constr
"A people under the Resigration the Chamber 0
4. Peers was composed OF hereoltary memoers, u
+. FTsncnInen, when is Tue love Vi eqaallty, =
o. rather dislike tor privileged class. uadss LOST
* the Kings nominees The senates Of the w
~ NapOsons we're Also tle oTsaturvs OF tns EAeeu
a tive. Bat senate eiecseo Oy lnunlcsps councils
3. winch III tRelr turn elected by the Mas VI "
e. natiol. Il buy winch can scarcely be despisc
i. may be come very strong NJ. GamDetta see
lr Inis and mas already warned MS radical lrlena
IL not 80 abstain from the communal elections nnde
.d tue impression that the new senate win be nep
10 less institution which eau be easily swept ava
a. by popular rising, Ike It's imperiaiist pred'
IL WILL THE SENATE DE CONSERVATIVES.
III And Jet n NAV De predicted tnat TINS POPULAR
o. elected senate VIII DC conservative IN toe Des
AZ sense OF the worn. IL may not be B0napartast.
err will certainly not be Ioyallst But u villa Oe "a
IL stancA defender or order and " the riRhts Z
iii pfogertys IL wall no. lamper VITA s0ca hsm Y
~ anarchy, as the Assembly OF lSAs anu che A
he sembly OF lTvz iampsr0u win tnem. F0r ~
H. municipal councillors who Will elect tne senator
AZ are Invariably men oil substance and resprc
nt ABILITY, well Known TO their leiow citHens-l
ne short possessed character and OF stake "a ~
az country. 1ne new >, nsIe - HKey " grow ia IN
esteem OF the naEi0n, WINE tue chamber
O. Deputies, when will s4lll DC elected oy universe
ag ana uneducalsd suffrage. 10 lkeV 70 lose ]
~ tue same proportion. Gradually the senat
al may attract TO itself couslderao
in share Of legislative work which has hitherto bee
oI neglected % the popular Assembly. Perhaps IN
IS senate may ultimately hecome the First ChamDe
IT. IN TACT a. well as ia namc. Possibly " may on
10 day become more In 4 country often wearle
10 with lis liberties and DC the sole ParllameI
lie tary Assembly OF France A revolution sim
ne lar TO the one which may nave been contem
IT, plated by NJ. CasHnir-Perier was actually a
IA tempted IN Engsni during the Iatter part Oi %
w seventeenth century by SIR William lemple. 10
10. author 0i the triple alliance n0pod W recot
~. siruciion OF tue Prvy Councu gradually 70 tupei
so sede the action Of Parliament ana transform "a
lie government lutO an olgArcny after Tue mvuel
he The United Provinces But the scheme u w
TO French conservatives would De IarRer anu NOR
or liberal 10 its idvas 10 the nineteenta ceatasy
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