Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-17
GAMBETTa aND GREyY.
Vhe Four Parties of France-strength OF
ReplisIicanisrn.
Philadeiphia Tflnes.


Modern history affords instances of a
great popular party so strong united as is
the left IN France. There are no longer
moderates and radicals all are republicans.
The death of the great representative Of the
party only served to bring out the latent
strength OF the republicanism, to chow the
vitality Of the republican sentiment and the
remarkable growth of statemanship among
the radical republicans. All eyes were
turned 10 Gambetta knowing that he was
the active, farseeing lieutenant who had
voluntarily placed the power that he held
in the hands of the older and more trusted
leader. They feared lest he should now as
sumo the seeptre which he had given 10
another, bus he, without a thought of self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, installed in the place so
suddenly vacated the only man who could
have made a pretense Of eontesting with him
the leadership of the opposition. Gambetta
is 50, Grevy is 20 years of age. Gtoing to
Paris soon after graduating at Poligny, he
rose to the front rank az political attorney
He was an opponent not only of socialism
but of bonapartism, and gained renown in
some of the most important political trials,
notably as a defender of two companies Of
Revolutionist Barbes, in 1889. In 184S he
became a member and vice president ofboth
the constituent assemblies, and showed
marvellous tact III conciliating the extremists
of both parties. He vas returned aiin.aat
unanimously from the department of Jura,
where he was born. He acted with the ex-
treme left and signalized himself bv pro-
posing an amendment to the constitution
providing that the executive power shall
be in the hands Of a president OF the
council OF ministers to be chosen by the
assembly IN secret ballot, to hold power
until deposed. This amendment was re-
lected in lS4S by a vote of 1873 to 643.
After the election on the 10th of December
he opposed the government OF Louis Napo-
leon and the exp edition to Rome. Re
elected TO the assembly, he was one of the
opponents of the coalition and protested
against the revision of the constitution
After the coup d'etat he returned to the
practice of his profession, but in 1868 and
1869 was elected to the corps legislatif. II
: 1871 he was returned to the national assem-
| bly, from three constituencies, but electe,
: to serve from his old department of Jura
He was president of the assembly from
/ March 1871, April, 1878, when he declinet
: the invitation of President Theirs to sery
{ longer.
Y Such is the man who succeeds VI. Thier
as he representative OF republieanism i
France, and, as has been said, at the reques
of the only man who could compete vii
him for the leadership. The s.rength an,
uuanimity of the party has before beer
> referred /. ..Thi%.'sa proofth Il it has mot be-,
oyerrated. Agrainst this great republica
party, representing three fourths, if not fou
d tifths, of the voting population of France
are arrayed three parties the legitmist
the orieanists and the banapartists. The
are net united in opposition, because in til
first place, they are not evenly distribute
is over the country. In Brittany the leait
! mists are strongest. but the orleaniss al
j. weak, and so it is all over France; in a
a most all the departments one OF the minor
re ity parties FAR outnunbered the other tw
IS They do not agree at all, except that reput
I'd iieanism must be overthrown. The Legi
y. nists want a ntonarchy-a hereditary go,
ernment--under the hereditary sovereign
of France. The orleanists are more Ill
the English parliamentarians in desirir
~ q constitutional monarchy, laying mo
n stress upon the necessity Of achamber tina
ou the legitimists. The bonapartis.s demar
re a monarchy without a constitution, an
us withoutso much regard to its heredital
ok character. They sigh for a coup d'et
which is the last thing in the world til
xt the other parties wish to see they la,
suffered them before and fear tina result