The Portland daily press., 1877-10-25

Specuiaiions as TO MacMahon's Euture
Course-The Cabinets PLAN of a New
Dissolution and State of siege.
LONDON, Oct. 24-In addition to the state
ment that at the close of yesterday mornings
council President MacMahon plainly informed
DeBroglie and Fourtou that the idea of minis
terial changes could not be entertained at the
present moment, the Moniteur,says the Cabinet
will meet the Chamber to vindicate its policy
and reply to all attacks and interpretations Mac
Mahon's ultimate coarse will depend on the at
tltude OF the Senate and the Ssnate's action
will be guided by the position taken by the ma
1orlty OF the deputies. Many persons refuse to
believe MacMahon and the ministers intend to
continue the struggle beyond the 9Th of No
vember. These see that such declarations as
the Moniteur's merely bid for an advantageous
compromise, the threat of appealing to the
Senate being carefully conditioned in the last
resort on the position the majority of the depu-
ties may assume
The Constitutional states that the ministry
will resign on the refusal of the Chambe, to
vote for direct taxes in advance of all otte
legislation. The President will then form
Cancellation ministry with Dufaure at the head,
but if this Cabinet is defeated by the Republi.
cans then the President intends to dissolve the
Chamber and the Cabinet and send his resig-
nation to the country by a sort of pebiscte
The Paris correspondent of the Times has in
formation from member of the Conservative
party who has Intimate relations with its lead
ers that the following plan has been adopted
by the Cabinet, which the Marshal, it is hoped,
will sanction:
The ministry will preside over TIE second
ballots at the deputal elections with the vigor it
displayed on voting'Sanday week. The Cham
bersbeng unable to get to work before the 10Th
OF November the Cabinet will appear before
the Senate on the 9TH with an explanation of
the situation and request for a vote of conf
dence. On the Sth the Senate will fill up the
four vacant life senatorshps, thus swelling the
Conservative numbers. As soon as the Cham
Der is regularly constituted, the Cabinet
backed by the vote Of the Senate will appear
before it and asked it to discuss the budget
without delay. The Chamber will reply by a
vote OF censure. The Marshal will immedi-
atey and before a verifcation of the returns
prorogue the Chamber to the 18th of December
What happened last June will be repeated
Inc Marshal Will call on the Senate for a Sec
opd dissolution based on the refusal of the
Chamber to pass the budget He will explain
the means by which he could meet the expen-
dlture during the first quarter of the year
either out OF the current indirect revenue or by
applying 10 the next Chamber for a bill of in
demnity. 1t IS is estimated that the four new
senators would counterbalance those who
might refuse their support, and that dissolu.
ton Will be voted. In that case the elections
will be held in April in time for the second
new chamber to meet before the opening of
the exhibition. A state of siege will be pro-
claimed after the dissolution, by the aid of
which and by vigorous action Conservative
majority is reckoned upon. In this way the
ministers of France will be saved from radical
ism. 1t will be neither submission, nor resig-
nation, nor coup detdt, 1t will be victory.
The Times correspondent adds, "The state of
siege is a terrible instrument by which adyer-
sarles can be gagged, and if such be really the
governments scheme everything is possible ex-
cept the repose of France and of Europe
PARIS, Oot. 24-The members of the Senate
belonging to the Left, in a manifesto urging.
the electors to continue their efforts at the sec
ond ballots for deputies and at the elections for
councils general, declare it to be their convic-
ton that the present cabinet will not face a
meeting of the chambers but will only retain
office long enough to preside over the elections
for councils general.