The New York herald., 1879-01-06
FRENCH SENATOR'S
The Elections Result in Large Re-
publican Gains.
SKETCHES OF THE SrCCESSFUL MEN
Great Decrease in the Con.
servative Vote.
[By CABLE TO THE nERALp.]

BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.
PARIS, Jan. @. 1879.
The Senatorial elections. which took place yester
day. resulted in great republican triumph. OF
fortyseven conservative Senator'S whose terms ex
pired only thirteen have been reelected. All the re-
general result shows the election of fifteen conserva
tves and sixty-four republicans. The republican ma
jority in the Senate will Be about hfty-seven. Sec
ond ballots necessary in the departments of the
ton in Martinique is not yet known.
LUCKY ANp UNLucKY.
Among the newly elected republican Senator's are
NM. Fournier. Ambassador to Turkey De Remusat
Faye and Massy and General Faidherbe. Among the
rejected conservatives are NM. de Belcastel, Lacave
Behic Dufaur de Gavardie. Adrien de Montsolfer.
viscomte dc Meaux, NJ Depeyye. NJ. de, Bastard.
Comte Daru. General Boissonnet NJ. Bernard -Dutrel
M. Bompafd. Comte dc Bouille, Marshal Canrobert.
and Generals pourcot Loysel and de deEspenilles.
LATER REPORTS.
Later returns show that NJ. Dufaur de Gavardie.
conservative. has been elected to the Senate on
second ballot. Electoral statistics wonder
fully corro5orate the reports OF the progress
made by the republican party in France.
Fifty-six conservatives elected in 1876 received
1886 votes. whereas in 1879 they only obtained
3.2Os votes thus losing Il. 1873 votes. Nineteen
publicans elected 1S76 received $3.50 votes and in
1879 received 90 262, thus gaining IA, 1926 votes.
CRUSHING CONSERVATIVES.
All the details Of the Senatorial elections add
to the crushing character Of the conservative
defeat. NJ. Renan. in the Douches-du-
Rh6ne, seems not to have obtained q
single vote. NJ Branne. extreme radical elected
there. In the Gironde. which was hitherto an i'm
perialist stronghold all four republican candidates
were elected. Five republicans were successful
in the Nord which was also formerly noted for its
reactionary sympathies. The departments of Her.
ault and Isle-ct-vilaine have also completely
abandoned their former conservatism. The
Minister Batbie has been reelected. and in Indre
where NM De Bondy and Clement have been re-
elected.
VACANCIES IN THE CHAMBER.
There are thirteen vacancies in the Chamber OF
Deputies in consequence Of Deputies being elected to
the Senate.
FAR AS KNOWN.
the Senator's elected yesterday. 1t will be seen that
they comprise many men of celebrity and eminent
abiity-en to whose hands the destinies of the Re-
public may safely be conhded:-
ARIEGE.
DR.. Bordes-Pages republican. was elected without
opposition for the term ending 1885, to fill the
cany aused by the recent death Of Senator Frederic
Arnaud the celebrated millionaire friend Of Gam
betta Dr. Pages Is about forty years Of
age and enjoys a high reputation at Folk as ply
sician but has never figured before in national poll
tics
POUCHES DU. RHoNE.
In this department which includes Marseilloe,
there no monarchical candidate. but the repub-
lcan vote was divided. Dr. Alfred Naquet the cele-
brated chemist and red republican" was at first
candidate. but withdrew his His brother. Gus
tave Naquet. regarded insuffciently radical.
but he maintained his candidature against DIR.
Jean Claude Bouquet. The latter gentleman. born
at Mortesu. in 1919. was professor Of Mathematics
first at Marseilles and afterward at Paris. is now
'master Of conferences at the Ecole Normale. and
succeeded Levcrrer at the Sorbonne. He is author
of several mathematical text books. is Chevalicr Of
the Legion Of Honor and member Of the Academy
of Sciences since April. 1875. By latest report NJ
Brame extreme radical. is elected
In this department. which comprchends the city of
Mines, the republican vote was divided between four
candidates, and the reactonary vote between two.
The election for single seat to fill vacancy.
None Of the candidates were men of prominence in
national politics. NJ. Manse, republican advocate
a. Mines. is most likely to have been elected.
GERS.
Anseme Polycarpe Batbie, Bonapartist. is ono of
the present Senator'S Born at Seisssn Gers, May 81
1925 he professor Of law at Toulouse and at
Paris, was a distinguished political economist was
elected Deputy, February. 1871; became leader Of
the reactionary party Minister of Public Instruc
ton in 1879 and President Of the famous Committee
of Thirty on Constitutional Projects Nay 1870. He
was chosen Senator for Gers. January. 1876 Elected
GIRoNDE
NJ Issartier. republican. probably elected.
M. Callen, republican. probably elected
ThOmas Joseph Henri, COUNT &c Lur-SaiuccS, rcpuD-
Iican was chosen Deputy for Bordeaux February.
1896 by an immense majority and reelected October
H. 1877. against M. Carayon-Latour. Count Lur-
saluccs was born ut Reoie December IL. 1903. was
formerly an officer of cavalry and commanded the
National Guard Of the Gronde during the Franco
German war. Elected.
Bernard Eugene Alexandra Dupouy. republican.
born at Bordeaux July I. 1885, chosen Deputy for
tbe ironc st the special election of April a. ls73
and reelected February. 1876. and October. 1874.
Elected
HAUTE GARoSNE-No ELECTION
Bernard Mule. republican. born at Toulouse No
vember u. 1908. is merchant who figured in many
secret societies. proclaimed the Republic from the
Capitol at Toulouse in 1s4s elected to tho Con-
sttucnt Assembly in that year. exiled to Algeria
at the coup dsdt and subsequently imprisoned on his
return to France. He is Councillor General. win
probably be elected on second ballot.
Henri dc Courtois, republican. is q wealthy agri-