St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-10

the winter and other methods for destroy
ing the philoxera and saving the plant.
But Notwithstanding all these devices. the
destruction of the vines. the Improbable
ness Of vine-growing and the decrease Of
vineyards progresses with fearful certainty.
And when the facts of the case are under
stood, that the wine and brandy-makers
in most regions OF France have
had TO resort 10 authorizations and
falsications destructive to health in order
to supply the home demand. there Is
no subject about which the government,
the agricultural department. the scientists
and the publicists OF Frace are so much
alarmed than the decay of vine growing In
their country. Recently their great de-
pendence has been the preservation of the
vines in Algeria, but there also has COM
menced, in one region, the same causes of
decay as in France. At the same
time the decadence OF the vine has
commenced, more or less. in all
the nations of Europe, / believe that
the production of pure wine is a blessing TO
mankind, great promoter of health and
happiness, and having long studied the
climates and capabilities of our own coun-
try i am convinced that with comprehen-
sive knowledge of the vine and Its climatic
adaptations our country can produce in
comparatively short period OF time every
variety
OF HEALTH-GIvING WINE,
which consider the greatest assurance we
can have of becoming q temperate people
with our social drinks. l intend to do all
in my power to promote this object"
The more We investigate the subject the
more we know that ali sections of the
world are diversity in unity, and at this
age of the world the great conflicts regard
the settlement OF dlyersities rs we lind
prominently developed in the nations OF
Europe. The questions arising therefrom
dominate the actions OF all these nations
and the communities and interests of which
they are composed. The different peoples
of Europe have q power they never pos
sessed before in history, bur this great
power is that of labor, individual and class
prosperity, and outlets for the prod
uctS OF their industry in new col
Onies, or protectorateS, or anneXa-
tionS among barbarOus and unchriStianiZed
peoples. France, the only republic among
the great powers of Europe and with a
homogeneous people, has within its pOpu-
lation elements of conflict: the advocates
of imperialism and monarchy, who consti-
tute four distinct parties according to the
princes whom they favor. These have as
auXiliaries, with some exceptions, the
clerical party. and, in Paris. Lyons, Mar
settles and other large cities where the
laboring and criminal classes most abound.
the socialists internatiOnalists and revolu-
tionists. These appear like a very
formidable power-enOngh to destroy the
republic. All these parties unite to destroy
the republic. They would prefer any reyO-
luton in the hope of accomplishing that
object. And / have no doubt they would
accomplish it if under the corrupt party
| political system, with the purchase Of votes
in open market and corrupt machine poll
tics OF our own country. If these elements
which combine only to destroy the
republican government now in power
were successful in doing so a
coup d'etat. like that of Napoleon I'LL,
would soon settle the question in favor of
an imperial or monarchical government The
constitutional and political organization of
France makes centralized government, all
power being vested in the house of deputies
! with the counteracting power of the senate.
which may not always be relied upon,
although it is at present Under the election
system in France and the power of the
house Of deputies,
TO INVALIDATE ELECTIONS
obtained by bribery or devices contrary TO
number Of cases-elections of deputies or
senators cannot be bought or otherwise Sc
cured by violation Of law with impunity.
Although the Ferry ministry has been sue
ceeded by the Brlsson ministry and the latter
| by the DeFreycinet ministry, caused by the
union of the combinations already referred
! TO. yet each successive ministry has been
compelled to adopt precisely the policy of
the preceding ministry, both as regards the
colonial wars and domestic concerns, and
successfully the extreme parties unite
against them. l doubt, if we had the same
centralized form of governments civil
and military, In this country,
whether our government would sue
cessfully pass through two presidential
elections. But with their election laws and
| our form of government there would be no
danger whatever. The present government
is conservative in this, that it avoids all
dangerous interference with the social and
religious institutions of the country. AS
regards law and order, France has never
had a stronger government, notwithstand-
ing the apparently very dangerous
social elements existing in the large
cities, which are allowed the largest liberty
in.speech and of the press. and notwith-
standing frequent threats of violence against
property, every overt act, such as the for
nation OF mobs, is promptly depressed. ]
consider that in the city of Paris, worst of
all for such connections, the recent London
mob for the looting Of property could not
be repeated under the present government.
/ consider the present government as ben
eticent one for the individual and social i'm
prOvement of France, and do not antici-
| nate anV violent change i'm ifs form