New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-17
ICHLIC AFFAIRS ~ FRANCE
POLITICAL JOB3ERY AND JEALOUSY


LEGISLATIVE MORALS AT Low FB3-PoIITICs AS
N"NEf-MAkING MACHINE-TnE GREvY-GAM-
BETA fFUD--BAD MANAGEMENT N ALGERIA
l'"' HIftL PROGRESS OF PERE IIYACINTuEs
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
fI'" i'''' REGULAR CORRESPONDENT THE rRrpuSr.l
i"NiS' jay M. Lockroy's INDIGNATION at the
corruptioH which Is now feature of Parliamentary
lie mas broken bounds in an article in the RauocI
FINANCE is the sovereign divinity at the Palas
hourhon The whole corps of State ENGINEERS has
ne'' turned upside down to enable l.bhlcrs in rot
W" "hahce 10 launch B0urse enterprises l., order
'lat company may realize heavy profits dykes
n"N" be'h built at the expense of tLe
| taxpayers, Which will DESTROY ore of tho
finest monuments in France. Great func.
ti"narlcs of the State are the agents and tbo
advocates Of financial companies Public money is
taken To itoat schemes in which the public has no
| HrreS'. a week ago sub-commisson of the
Nhathhcr went t" Switzerland on the pretext Of
wanting to hasten the boring of mountain but in
reality to Initiate the Bourse. NJ Lockroy calls on
electors to think principally of two things in Sep
temher and October: namely, how to make Repub-
ilcan Republic and an honest Chamber
Certainly what NJ. Spuer called the other day
Ia fo"fq"e d'S Resulfdfes is fertile source of cor
| rlptIon. The only result he majority of the Dan
ufies aim at is making of their opportunities 10
enfch themselves at the expense of the honest and
'ahorious part of the community At Versailles
| the ioursc.
CORRUPTION IN THE CHAMBERS
| The shade of dc Morny holds sway ut the Palais
bourbon. The Tunis expedition was promoted bv a
ring OF legislative tinauciers, who are now endeav-
| oring to obtain the State guarantee for the loan
which Mnstapha has, i'll the Boys name come to ne
e"a'e' rive per cent interest will be offered and
| three bnndred millions of francs will be asked
Clcmenceau the other day told me to look in the
DOurSc InRU0iye and | Should ro,,os of ~,
fortnnst Deputies associated with all the rotten
nhahcc 0, The day. They are directors of banks and
OF companies of all kinds which have been started
Siloe the Assembly came to Paris. lie Credit Foncier
d7""" mas been rs good as gold mine 10 the party
Wh!ch agtated for the S91ttin de iste In return
Tor the state guarantee which has been obtained for
Nc scrip OF tins establishments several Deputies have
been made associates the basis of liberated shares
The head of the Crcdt F0ncier .llqercn is NJ De
sahories, cousin To Ganbctta. branch establish
incnt, FESt A'grirn. is headed by NJ. Viei-Iicard
iieorew hnancler of l5esancon who is abont to found
great oppor;uni, journal having for ITS editor his
orother-n-aw. Henry Aron. late of the OGcid and
the DebdtS. Charles Laurent, who resigned a week
ago the o''torShip of La france, will be on the staff
of the projected journal. lie is the son of Marie
Laurent, the actress, who Nightly plays at the
Chatcict the part Of Marta .Strogo0.
other sources of enriching jobbcry have been tho
alta OF esparto companies of Dram tho ports of
l;ourbon 20 which the State has granted annuties
that VIII before they all liQmdated amount To
100000 600 francs and the Mesa crics Nationalcs
or line OF steamers which will connect Bordeaux.
Nantes, Brcst and laIIe.
SIGNS OF THE TINES.
This corruption very disconraging sign In
the pourgcoisie, greed for money and a taste for
luxury crowd out civic virtues and love Of country
The bourgeois who is sent to the Chamber by too
conidlng or too good-naturrd electors has
excellent spnrts of feeling, but pcrse-
Verance IN acting on them. Since he and his friends
are in the official Eden he does not see the use Of
rcforn-nness 10 Sccp the opposite side of the Cham
Der rom getting p cry. How this state of things
IS to he rcne'cd II is hard To II arises from a
widespread causc-narrow or scif-seekug egofism
Franco Is IN muck-rakc state Of mind and viii be
for some time Ia come. Political economists tell us
nae th' pnfcnasmg power or money has constantly
bear interest civic virtues will have tho upper hand
and Deputies will cease filling their pockets 10y
jubbery.
GAMBETTA AND GREyY.
The debate yesterday in the Chamber on the state
OF Algeria came very near ending in Ministerial
crisis and a victory of Gambrtta over Gr,.yv The
Presidents weak point is his brother Albert who
was sent out 10 Algeria III 1870 rs Civil Governor
His appointment to this high lunc ion was due TO
the Opporiuniss. The brother at the Elvsee was
avcrse to it. He felt that one family should not alb
sorb the highest posts VI. jules Grcvy is a kind re
lition. but he was not blinded by his affection for
Albert to share his confidence when he talked
of for the Govcrnorship OF Algeria in Chanzv's
stead. The President Of the Republic was, mere
over. apprehensiyc that any errors into which his
brother might fall would he visited upon NJ Grcyv
himself. lie would be under the unpleasant altern.
tive of letting him cXpatc the plumbers he was suro
to commit of placing himself under "A compliment to
GapIhetta.
AS NJ. jules Grcvy feared it has turned ont. Gam
BETA twice preserved and that very openly, NJ. Al
bert Grcvy from votes of ceIsure moved by the
chums of the President of the Chamber Yesterday
his role varied. 1t was no longer that of New
tonndland dog when he a man with whom he
was well acquainted IN the water The object of
the Interpolation moved by NJ. Jacques. Deputy Of
Gran, was TO get n vote of censure moved against
the GOVERNOR General of Algeria. II il had passed.
GreVy would have been hit fair in the breast and
point won by Gambctta in the exciting game that
he plays The Ministry, to shield him, threatened
to resign If an order of the day proposed by NJ
jacques were carried.
ALBERT CREWS MISTAKES.
The victory this threat secured was n very mar
row one-16, including the Ministry and Under
Secretaries of State. 1t was too close shave for
NJ Albert Gpvy To receive at the Mustapha Pal
ace. where his bumptiousncss and fccbIcness his
mcddlng spirit and his parvcnu "uppishncss"
have brought the country to the verge of rum.
When the Tunis expedition was being Matched and
seasoned troops drawn from the upper placaus OF
Oran, he did not demonstrate with the Government
on that Inconsistencies step. The warning which he
received failed to open his eyes to the preparations
which Bon Amena was making to revolt. If he had
been yigilant and prudent the expedition might
never have been sent to get hold of the Bcy and his
iaVortn Minister. All he did was to quar-
rel with the official who gave him notice
OF the storm of Moslcm fanaticism which was on the
eve OF devastating Western Algeria, and to force
hun to resign. This official was Gambcttist. NJ.
Journault, who, when Albert Grevy named
Governor, went to Algeria with him as Secretary
General.
1t was expected by The Gambettists that Jounault
was to be the acting Governor and the Presidents