, 1880-09-19

suppose there could be nothing so redia repnie;T. !
the truo men OF the Pope rs those .tkres kss n o
nant, o1ninous words. To pass into tne famR peee.
many of them, less obnoxious thnn ,h;s. 70
they tolerate even this, 50 hopeless 20 thaS yss
The probability is. from what Iearned in Fen ZEN
that the subyentioo to the C6urchaan.,lses aa.le
the Theatre and the Church-wilI .be '1.1 III %
drawn from the Church, and increased to "ia- u.
Theatre Them beside ecceslasttcal chenaas sas
military establishment, changes in he relaaeaaee ae
OF the Government to the producing :t.ona rts.sana
and changes in the administration and dj.trihn
ton Of the. capital nnd other resonrre. y.
France. The9e.are vast and sweeping thar,noott VI
but the whirlwind rapidity with Which chsoes:
have often been brought about in Prannxaaa nxaaages H
agntn be seen in this case, and within Il voaa uaY
two questions may be settled tever Which
What do : y91 a So say Of the condition OF tia
: 1T WIS surprising to me, and
r. - GRATIFYING BEYOND NRAsuRK.~.,s-
I traversed ali purts OF the city,-those na,tr
which few American tourists ever see; too+
pains to look into the work, the means -
ways, the life Of those yet called the ms.se. sae
the proletariat. Visiting BY day and BY niehf'
esf Paoe da Baas .ni fnas
III Chaise, over the ST. Antoine onsra' sta
ter, up among the Butes. Of ChaumoutS S9nss .nd:
the Lakes Of s. Fa,aean; down among a Tia
u nhk
through hundred other streets OF the swaf1n-
ing myriads OF labor. found these swarm,ar
working myrtads enjoying a measure Of detys
welfare far beyond, Us believe. that Of aay
OF London. Birmingham, and Liverpool. whom
subsequently saw, or those of New Inrk. Hhom
have seen since boyhood, that any comparison
Is out OF the question"
:" But what has the Government to do yvtta
this?" - :,
Why, the Government has all but eyerv-
thing TO do with it. Government IN this world
has tae expression Of the controlling power, ths
inclusive forces. the whole resources Of the pef.
ple; Is fundamental factor In human valfsnn
or human iJl-fare. Tho Government ever siace
the First Revolution, all the successive Gosern-
ments Of Frauce, even the absolurIsm az Tia
Thi1d Napoleon, made 1t an tmperatl-, duty to =
SERVE THEM BY WHOM THEY WERE SUSTAINED:
Us all strength Is from the producers, 50 al
strength and ali service .snould- be Tor tkem.
The present, Republic, through the administra-
tradop rat = Of II The he Municipal Council Coz lp'ssi I'd
through the Mayoralties, is cuostant11
and overwhel mingfy active IN seeing to Tia
fortunes Of the City Of Paris. The demands Of
the prole,ariat are conceded iu every case Where
they become at all formidable Their desires
are consulted on every matter relating to .delr'
own interests: Why. look at the difference ia
have over and over again; in this city, seeu the
meetings OF workingmen broken up By brutal
police; have seen the poor wretches who met
to consult about their misery clubbed to theif
novels of despair By the daslardly imps of au-
thoritY;~;. have known, over aud over agaiu.
workingmen's 5 meetings prohibited hers; adI
have known that queer old phiianthropist Peter
bis hail. and put Them under $500 bonds, beiurs
he would permit tnem to enter it. This VIA
done in that horrible year of starvation. ls;4,
Again, only three years ago, when taa working
people of the country put forward their DE-
mands, Blood was the only reply OF the COW
ardly capitalists When the woEkfu2man assert
themselves, they are only ridicnled by the trucu,
pirates; % % %hounded doWn S s. the rich piandssers I
who know the peFi1s of inquiry.
- 49, - But IN PARIS ''. -"
look here, Mr. Reporter-look what WAS done,
when was there in July lasr, By the Municipal
Councils body which seemed to ne composed
Worktngmen had been announced to be held IN
Havre Ia October, and delegates were ts ta sent
from Paris We're the police ordered to club
and oatrase 1hem? DID the rieh cail for tneif
tse Munlcipai Council Of Paris voted from shsl
city treasury aol0 francs to pay their expenses
TO the Convention. This Is but single e1-
ample, OF which might give thousand, Of the
way in which questions of labor. as We cau
them,-but questions Of universal and everiast-
Pxris. Ono of tho Municipal Counciloss SAID %
me that This action had been taken out Of
desire to learn exactly TING new demands OF Ioe
producing masses, We WISH 10 & Know ss.s5s: s1:.:
we can lean mention many ACTS OF tue PRES
ent Government, especially OF ths chamoeta
while l was ia Paris, which looked dlrectly1
tlon, Of the masses The Government. DID not
meet the protests against wrong with denance
and insult, but with desire to suoserVe punna
ends~", -
a WHAT DO TIE ExrREaE RADICALS pExArD?'
"The questions Of the Pere Duchesnc, - the
organ Of the Congress Of W0rktngmen. answer
this. They relate to the attitude OF the WoTf.
Engmen In the electoral struggles. to the ques-@
don, 10 the question Of women, and TO the ques-
tion of. education, Rud on each OF these@qae&4
lions demands are made which would seem
TO New York reacdQnists, g n s: ,.,..
"1r seemed to me overwhelmingly Strong, not
only in Paris, but IN every part Of France !
1sse my judgment on the strength and spirit G
The great public meetings which attended; On
the audacity ana circulation Of the Radical pa-
pers; on the result OF the e1ections on the feat.
lres which exhibited themselves on the l4ta OF
]nl md above a. Tn,. on ne {ta;i d.y 1s.ad q. m s
ne the beginning Of despair: 1wi4 take tnree
typical meetings: attended a student demon
stTanon July Il in the Rue de 1ussea. Tha hero
Of the evening was that ancient, austefe' ana
sublime Radical, E:
who has spent almost all Of his life in prison toR
his IDEAS sake. He was received BY the mu!tl.
tude OF young students when he .,,taae maae
hurrahs of a. New Yerk audience, but
with cries Of affection, embraces OF ffate55mty.
and kisses of houor. As these meta STUDENTS
clustered around the weird, spectral, glittafa2-
Dyed old man, the scene WAS pathetic peyo1a oe@
scrpdon; and, when be arose to SPEAK. us NJ ~.
terlnccs of the truth that raised one above tnn
world were received with an emphasis VI ap'
proyal that justified all ones hopes for the edu-
Gated rouug men OF France. Another meeI!n8,
typical of another class, was that OF Wo1km
men in Chaque, Hall, one Sunday afternoon. @
were Unable to gain admiss oot The
speeches lasted the afternoon hong; ano, "nen ,,f
tell you they included Clovis Hughes, you VIII
know what strength was Ia them Inese ~ motA ~
ngmen gave their highest acclama1ons W @eS
OF fraternity. in their life apphcaaont.
inc third assembly. OF different c1ass, WI
the Luc ST. Fnrgcau, resort OF the bonrRo1sle~
Or middle class. The orators were henri hocae
fort and the Counselor Caltieaux, ana you AIo. rn
what the formers utterances were, though thoy
we're no more soothing than those OF Calneaut1. ~.
Rocheforts speech. which hare here, Is "@
program Of his party, which he calls
THE 1STRASs1GEAST,C ~
that lis, Nom n-Compromisers- It is at onco pm
peEate and duncOmp1oulislng. though. vie"ea ~
The light Ut Dives and Oewe, it would doubtless
Then as to the newspapers. At the Kiosk q
my hotel on the 1st OF August, purcnasea es ee9
powerful daily Radical newspapers: Lo JlsuS1. Jl1.
La Ferte, La Rdpnkuc, La tondirc, La fees1o .
Soctel, La Pere, Luchesne, La Mot dO1dss' - -
enormous circulation and reach as hlgn cltc9
lation rs 60o.0W daily. They are read by ese11ff
6Mody M in Paris except tho aoansne-ot1nAel'0'
to the Ge1man Socialists, Russian Nlhihsts, e1cs.
ah,utI1 eay that tf1a French advance 8A9