The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-08
The Gasett IS Paris Letter.
PARIS, November, 1885.
THE ELECTIONS.


for the Republic. 1t has lost touch with the ma
ton. and tor the first time since 1871 the charm of
continued success has been dissipated. 1t would
be astonishing, indeed more than surprising had
been able to pass unscathed from the attacks of
the united disunited monarchists; the vagares and
violences of the extremists; the absence of plan
and foresight on the part of the moderators, and
the total want OF discipline, united to the predom-
inence of personal ambitions and self-interests,
among IL ranks of Republicans
Inc imposing gain of the royalist- Bonaparte CO.
alition, does not imply any immediate restoration
of monarchy. The moment they demand under
which King, BezonIanY" their common battle-al-
ance, good for demolition only, vanshes into All.
But they will remain very large fly IN the Repnb-
les pot Of ointment; disagreeabe shadow, fall
ing across its chamber door, Future Cabinets
must count with that robust minority, aud the lat
ter. when united to the radicals a division,
overthrow any Ministry. Then the Republic has
no men; mediocrity still reigns, but which can be
partially remedied by phalanx of men disciplined
as a majority ought to be, and animated with a
spirit OF federation and practical sagacity.
TIE RADICALS.
The radicalg denounce Jules Ferry as the cause
of the Republics mispaps, while the opportunists
retort it is all the fault of the radicals. One fact
Is certain Jules Ferrys majority has been sent to
the limbo of the old moons, and those repulsive
joints of the radical tail, including Rochefort the
communists and anarchists, have been laughed into
insignihcance. Their roarings did not come up to
the standard hight of the lion among ladies. Bot
tom the roarer was well known. However, it may
be said Mirabeau observed of tho utopst Sieyes,
lamity. The Republicans have come out of the
fight weakened; they have exhibited their disinte-
grafton; IL remains to be seen, will thev profit by
the lesson, by united action, steady and solid vo
Wing, when the second ballots will off, and en-
counter adversaries flushed by unhoped for success
The country by its vote, has shown, that it con-
siderh the Republic has been badly administered:
that i was sick of the quarrels of persons and of
all attempts to discount unripe questions. 1t de-
mands the postponement of that initiating project
separating Church from State, the revision of the
Constitution, and the launching into adventures
The constituencies abhOr all that is revolutionary
all cloudy promises, all social transformations by
irrealizable programmes They demand limit to
aspirations: they call for men having decision of
mind courage and sufhciency of will.
AT THE POLLS.
Never were elections freer; no pressure was exer-
cised; they followed no lead; there was neither
Gambetta to show the road, nor de Broglie to
block the way; there were no Bonapartists to man
ipulate the ballot boxes no communists to destroy
them, The poster addresses of tine candidates fell
nat: their length and color only attracted. Those
most read were from Berton, who since sixty years
is claiming to represent humanity, and annually
invites the Queen of England to his dinner parties
and Marcassin, who promised to secure tobacco
free for all smokers. Another eccentric held out
the bait of remuneratng all citizens who attended
public meetings, after the Greeks of old, who were
paid three abOlos, as jeton of presence. The pa
pers too, wrote wildly; they had no eyes to see, or
ears to hear; hence, the multiplicity of personal
conflicts.
As general remark the voting was most orderly |
There was no drunkenness: there were no rouehs |
Many workmen accompanied by their wives and |
children, promenaded round the polling offices to |
know the result. Before the bureau of a royalist |
Journal, there was a momentary squeezing ard a |
discharged revolver i'll the crowd, the two bullets /
lodging in the WALL impaired the sensational relish
to the gathering. The citizen who placarded the |
counsel to vote for every candidate in the hope |
that one good wonld be found, was warmly |
congratulated.
THE RESULTS.
The Minister'S hear, alactyr, tI,, t.iItaJ
mortally wounded, will necessitate the formation
of new Cabinet-a result not unexpected but
arriving earlier than was anticipated. The Cham
Der viii be convoked in the early DAYS of NoYem- |
Der, aud then must come the tug of war The
most knotty question the cards is not ren-
gushing the colonial blunders, but how meet the
dehcit IN the revenue and the disorganized fnan-
ces of the country. There will be the election of
NJ. Greyy's successor, resulting most likely, in his
reelection when he can later resign. But when
the Congress nnites and il ''fortutous concourse
of atoms" decides to revise the Constitution aver
liable Pandora's box will be opened
The uni-nonimal, or scHitm de Hste plan of vot-
ing has certainly the drawback of multiplying
candidates, and rendering the counting of the
votes a serious mech ncal difficulty. In the case
of seventeen polling booths in the CITY, the scuit-
tors could not obtain volunteers to count the
tickets; young girls of fourteen had be secured
anu even the aid OF the Christian Brothers. In
lSIl 1t took three weeks to count the bulletins of
Paris and ut last, the result had TO be approxi-
mated.
THE BULGARIAN QUESTION.
There is now a sort of relative apathy respect ,
ing tie Bulgarias, because it is left, ii the Em-
perors have decided To finish, this time for good,
with European turkey, ria mode Poland, there is
nothing to prevent them. Fir will not move a |
nnZer, nor England caunot- But the Muss lmm
viii die game not the less, ana the Sultan Is not
inclined 10 accept the gullotine by persuasion II
any Of the races in the East in position TO
overthrow Turkey, there would no longer be AN ,
Eastern question, and the sword would cut the ;
Gordian knot. When one can kill the sphinx,
there is more necessity to give attention 10 the
enigma. One little stale is in "a condition to {
dominate the others, who will oppose her be- ;
gemony. There is no unique matter, as at present
possible in the Balkan peninsula, save Turkey !
ustria will never permitthe Say 10 extend to the
Adriatic-if she can prevent it. =
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. r
gentleman who has Just returned from Russia, !;
has informed me the Gar is not in position to :
omen the Eastern question still less to attack Emo