The New York herald., 1877-10-16
A REDUCED MAJORITY.
1926 Republicans, 19l Conserva
tivss, the Rest in Doubt.
BOTH SIDES DISAPPOINTED.
The MacMahonists Claim a Sickly
Kind Of Victory.
GERMANY GLAD OF THE MARSHAL'S DEFEAT.
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PARIS, Oct. 16, 1877.
Contrary to the expectations OF the croak-
ers, the elections Of Sunday passed of in q
profound and almost painful calm. The day
was unusually warm and beautiful day
OF bright, streaming sunshine and cloudless
sky.
GOVERNMENT PRECAUTIONS.
Minute and abundant preparations had
been made for the preservation of order.
The spirit OF the martinez was everywhere,
but although the means for instantaneous
repression of any outbreak were at hand
the machinery in uniform was kept care
fully out of sight. The soldiers were con-
fined to barracks and scarcely q red
breeches was visible on the boulevards,
where the soldiers usually form SO conspic-
uous feature of the humanity that throbs
along the broad sidewalks.
AMONG THE RADICALS.
The HERALD correspondents made tour
of the voting booths, especially in the radi-
cal quarters of Belleville and La villette.
The streets were filed with anxious citizens,
who conversed in knots. but never gathered
in crowds. There was the "blue blouse"
smoking his pipe and the petit bourgeois look
ing oracular. Women of the working class
tripped to and fro; but, although there was
here and there fash of that bantering cyni-
cism which is common to oil Frenchmen,
there was no sustained levity anywhere.
THEY CAN WATT
Serious brawny fellows, who have pom
dered much over socialistic books, who
quote Voltaire, Victor Hugo and Louis
Blanc, and who consider Gambetta but
little better than the Count de Chambord,
stand moodily at their doorways, as saying
to themselves, "This is not even the over
ture of the opera this is only the tuning
of the fddles."
QUIET AND CONFIDENT
The people up here have been told by
Gambetta down at the American circus that
the republicans are going to win, and they
believe him. It is all settled for them be-
forehand. Hence there is not sign of
disorder or impatience, not cheer, not o
loud word. This profound calm is in
marked contrast to similar scenes at the
elections in England and America.
THE BoULEvARDs AT NIGHT.
In the evening and up to midnight the
inner and outer lines of boulevards are
thronged with multitudes, making travel
almost impossible On the grand boule-
wards the cafes, kiosks and theatres are
crowded. Never did the city present SO an
mated and gay picture. even in the hal
cyon, faring days of the Lower Empire.
WATCHING FOR THE RESULT.
As Paris was assured of having gone over
whelmingly republican all interest centred
in the returns from the rural districts. At
midnight the HERALD correspondents
gathered with their French colleagues in
the press department of the Ministry of the
Interior, and there listened to the reading
of the returns.
GAMBETTAs sANGUrNE ESTIMATE.
A HERALD correspondent visited NJ Gam
beta in the editorial rooms Of La RfpuJlique
Francaise, where the ex-Dictator was found
surrounded by host of friends Gambetta
was in good health and spirits. He contin-
ually scrutinized the returns which were
coming in and which were read every few
minutes to the groups in the court yard.
Actual leader of the republican party as he
is, there would seem few men in France
younger of heart He told the HERALD man
that hd<hought it safe to estimate the re-
publcans in the new Assembly at three
hundred and eighty.
MANIPULATING THE BoURsE.
In final circular to the projects on Sat-
urday M. de Fourtou, Minister of the In
terror, after announcing M. Gambetta's
second sentence and declaring that 300 con-
stituencies are secure for government can
didates, said 1.-THE Bourse meanwhile
rises, thus affirming its confidence in the
governments success"
INTERESTED CAPITALISTS.
A syndicate of brokers also telegraphed
to the provinces on Saturday as follows:-
'sThe Marshals success is regarded as GER
tain. Rentes 1861. 95c." It is true that that
figure was touched during Saturday, prob
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