The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-12
FRENCH Politics.


A Paris correspondent of the New
York Times, writing rom Versailles,
Dec. IL, says. Great animation relgned
In the halls when first entered, for
about half the Deputies had been call
ell out half an hour earlier than usual,
In order TO attend party caucus TO ar
range the plan of action for the day.
All seemed to be talking ut the same
time. Groups were formed on both
sides OF the house, and delegates from
one and another frequently started Off
TO have brief conference with one OF
the party leaders, then came back to
report. Finally Due d'Audlflret ceased
looking over his papers and gave n
slight pull TO the handle Of his bell. In
q few moments the voting began, but
amid an indscribable uproar and hub.
bub of voices. Two or three hundred
deputies crowded about the tribune, all
talking in II very animated man
ner, and one by one marched up to the
urn to deposit IL ballot. Az the foot of
the steps Of the tribune there IL n small
table generally used by one Of the
clerks of the house, but 1t was now COW
cred by envelopes, and upon each side
stood NJ. Greppo and NJ. Gent. When
ever Republican, or member of the
coalition came up these gentlemen
thrust an envelope into his hand, told
him that it was II party ticket, and
watched him eagerly until the ballot
was deposited in the urn. There was
no room here for detection. The rank
and file were driven up to the ballot
box, and If single man had dared re-
fused his envelope he would have
been marked and reported. Gambetta
stood near by to give u moral support
to his two watch-dogs. Finally a dis
pute between Greppe and deputy
who wanted to see what was on his
ballot in the envelope forced upon him,
attracted attention, and Due d'Audiif-
ret rose up in wrath to protest against
| this dissertation OF the Chamber, and
against u proceeding that should not
be tolerated at the ordinary hastings.
The vote was not free, he said, and
Deputies were being forced to vote up
on the mot Poydre, under the eyes of
spies, perhaps against their conscience,
because timid spirits knew that u re-
fusal to cast this particular ballot
would expose them to endless dcSogre-
meRtS. The Duke, working his arms
up and down with vigorous jerk, Or
dered Greppo and Gent to go out of
the room II they wanted to continue
their work. They did 50, stationing
themselves at the door, but every Dep
uty who wanted to get on well with
his party took good care.to take one of
these envelopes, and to hold 1t out in
the view of every one until it had been
ostentatiously dropped into the urn.
Fifteen Senators were elected by this
forced ballot, all from the lists of the
Left. Not an 0rleaniAt came near the
required majority. AS soon as the re-
suit had been declared M. Prax-Paris
rose and demanded that the vote
should be cancelled, as it had not been
n fair test of the sentiments of the
House. He reRl n protest in the trib-
party--the Orleanist-and made Wig
orous attack upon the proceeding-the
action of NM. Gent aud Greppo-ups
on the disgraceful course Of the Left.
While Nj. Paris was speaking there
was great confusion in the chamber,
the Left hooting and jeering the ora
tor, the Right cheering loudly and en-.
couraging him to go on. At the same
time NJ. Gambetta pushed forward to
the steps of the tribune, with his head
erect and his shoulders squared, and
raising his right hand aloft he gave
his hand number of short shakes to
impose silence upon his followers, and
TO tell them to rest easy, for he would
take 1t upon himself to demolish NJ.
Paris. AS the latter descended on the
right Gambetta rose on the left, threw
his long black hair back from his brow,
smiled sarcastically, and once more
shook his hand toward the Left. In
a moment there was complete silence.
Gambetta began To defend the action
of Greppo and Gent, on the ground
that IL was a perfectly legitimate ope-
ration to distribute ballots it made no
difference whether they were distri-
buted upon one square yard of the floor
or upon another; that the ballots in
the envelopes were the same IA those
given unfOlded; and that some pre-
cautions of the kind were necessary in
certain cases. BY this he intimated,
by accent, tone and gesture, that the
Orleanists were not too good to play
tricks with the ballots unless they were
carefully watched. During this speech
the Right Center We're grooming, cry
ing, "Oh, oh % while the Left were
slapping their hands and encouraging
the orator on. 1t was spectacle en-
tirely beyond my meager powers of
description. But worse was to come;
and here i may as we'll follow the Jou-
rnal Offlciel.
M. Gambetta--I say, gentlemen, and
this is a fundamental point, that in
the five scI3ains that have been held,
the distribution, upon the tables near
the tribune, Of lists of the Right and
lists of the Left, was constantly made
and before the eyes of the whole AS.
sembly. A hussier was there, who
had the lists under his hand, giving
them out to the Deputies as they pass
ed
ron the Centerl Voices--No, no, not
the lists, but list
Voices ION the Left]-Yes, yes, the
lists!
M. Buffet, Minister of the Interior
aud Premier-By no means.
M. Gambetta-Yes, the lists, for the
two were given to each person, Mr..
Minister of The Interior!
Nj. DE Pressensee-Thati is incontest-
ible. / received them in that way.
Nj. Henri Villain--Mr. Minister of
the Interior himself received these
same lists right here.
M. Buffet--Because asked for both
particularly, and because they could
not be obtained there where the other
lists We're. Loud EXPLANATIONS and
outcries on the Left. Many interpret
latlons which were lost by the stem