Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-08
FRANCES LATE BALLOTS.
WORKNIEN CANDIDATES GIVEN
a COLD SHOULDER.

Incidents of the Betting, Which We're
at Once COmieaI and DisgracefuI-
Emile PERKINS, Successor at the Thea
ire Francais-Gallic Names Which
Tickle French Pride.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-The French elections
are ovei. At the first ballot, held on Oct.
4, 176 Conservatives or Monarchists, and
lS1 Republicans were returned. AT the
second ballot, last Sunday, 26 Monarch
istssnd 142 Republicans were returned.
The rst elections were a protest against
the pGcy of that strange form of Repub-
licaniu, which is called Opportunism,
and thsecOnd strong manifestation in
favor othe republic. Moderate ideas
have su aimed a serious check. The ma
jority ofhe new Chamber is Radical.
NJ. Clemeceau, the leader Of the Left, or
NJ. Floqut the President OF the last
Chamber,ill probably be called upon 10
form CADET. The DebdtS explains
clearly theleteat of the Opportunists.
They have ldulged in frivolous and veXa-
tlous religils prosecutions, squandered
the public 0ney, outraged public con-
science, animperilled material interests.
This IS whThree and a half millions OF
electors r5urned MOnarchsts to the
Chamber oDeputies. The Opportunists
have playetlnto the hands Of the Extreme
Lett, with lie result that three other mill
lions OF eleI0rs responded to their adj
Vances by turning Radicals.
THEJTTER DISCONTINUE
81 the worken candidates was an anus
ing ieaturefthe election. They each had
about one vie, their own. This is not to
De Wandere at. The Paris workmen held
no end of meetings. with view TO secur-
ing the rettn of candidates belonging TO
tnelr own 1t. SO tar, very well. The
difficulty, hwever, was about the choice.
Jealousy wsexcited. Each thought that
ne was as god as his neighbor Of course,
ana they valid not pledge themselves to
vote Tor omen particular, aud finally they
voted for Journalists who advocated their
claims in PFis, or even for manutactur-
ers and landowners.
ANGLOlANIA WAS CONSPICUOUS
during the eectoral period, and the book
~ ~ akers mae a good bit Of money. The
iheptOiicanist was of course the favOrite.
y Nerve, hlwever. who was the best
observation-disclosures, was backed at 2 to
- brlcard. the Patriotic candidate" was
quoted az 30 e 1, and Bellelle, the terror
o. 0alliffs' at 100 to I. All this would be
Alshiy comic, IL not somewhat disgraceful.
THE ENGLISH PAPERS,
iuI as they an every day Of all
we electoral ve,biage Of Tories and
LIBERALS, are very dreary reading. So it
was treat 10 heir MIR. Spurgeon, at the
l lt,tlon Baptist Association yesterday,
ueuVer himself of a characteristic
prVleSt against the prevailing tendency
y lihnigurate the forthcoming "reign of
4 .f.r
luS absolute authority to the State as rep
iies,ssented by the local voting majority.
ne fancy now in politics." be said,
M seems 10 be 10 trust the government.
ne government Is TO do everything; the
government Is TO give a man piece OF
lonu anu house; the government Is TO
'uta hfe INTO every mans CRATE, and a
POT over IT, aud potatoes into that pot; and
tue government Is even 10 give every man
a KNIFE and fork, and salt, and Pm not
. ltls whether the government is not also
~ =, eat TIE potatoes" do hope that the
Ahgllsh VIII not initiate the French inlal-
iiOWing the government 20 look after them
IN all details ~ life. Thanks 10 tnis wrong
system, the French government monopo-
ICES industries, undertakes 10 supply the
tSs.ffpayer with birthstone matches that
VIII not light. and three penny hreprOOf
vlgafs, and sells at three half-pence the
very same box Of wax lights that we get in
london for one penny.
AGAIN AND AGAIN IT HAS BEEN POINTED
OUT
mat English law Is wrong in closing the
mouth OF prisoner, instead OF allowing
MN 10 be questioned and to question Wit
lesaos. IL Is, Of course, within the limits
ol possibility that n clever rascal may
now and then escape justice, by so
auroitly questioning and replying, as 70
carry conviction Of his innocence to the
minds Of the jury while be is guilty; but
.lal ~ Of small moment compared with
sne lniquity Of imprisoning an innocent
person. We have seen a new illustration
y THIS during the week. A man convicted
oh wednesday Of two robberies at Leices-
Yer has made a confession OF another bur-
slary, for which a halter named Kilby IL
row undergoing eighteen months hard
'aooF' The poor man kilby Was tried at