The Delta independent., 1888-04-24
BOULANGER.
Kissed by tho Deputies and Cheered
by the People-A Crisis Imminent.

PARIS. April l9.-It looks more and
more as though a truly big Boulanger row
we're coming. Boulanger to-day took his
seat as deputy with a huge majority of
hard votes back of him, and as it seems prob
able the French population is about to give
birth to a new governmental 1t is worth whie
to describe the day doings. The Place de
| Ia Concorde is just across the river from the
PalaisBourbon where Boulanger was to take
his seat as deputy. In the Place de la
Concorde Paris mob jammed itself at
noon. S me 100000 Frenchmen were
amusing themselves thereabout in various
ways. Plucky anarchists repeatedly gath
cred crowds and started speeches tending
| to show that Boulanger should be sup
pressed. but the arguments were not heed
ed and the anarchists had their hats
knocked in and their coats torn of. 1t was
not done in any particularly brutal way,
but rather in a spirit Of friendly reproyal.
| Half the crowd were real enthusiasts, who
| shouted for Boulanger and jumped up and
down together. The other half were simply
idiots out TO see what Has going to happen,
such as always gathers when there is
chance of being hurt.
Shortly after noon the government sent
| few thousand police to the Place de la Con
| corde. The police scattered the crowd
| whose idol then appeared amid cheers. The
| newly elected deputy was seated in an open
carriage drawn by two large, snowy, sorrel
horses, their names braided with red and
green ribbons. The coachman and footman
| wore red, white and blue cockades. Seated
in the carriage with Boulanger were Lehe-
I taf
friends, all happy at the comInotion they
were raising.
As the carriage whirled rapidly by Ito We rs
were thrown Ly fair hands at Boulanget' S
| feet. The crowd tried to rush with him,
and although the masses were kept tr X
about a thousand enthusiasts b oke through
the police lines and followed, shouting adj
miIaiion, encouragement and sympathy,
Boulanger's face all this time being one
broad smile.
The progress OF the enthusiastic crowd
was interrupted at the entrance to the
bridge Of the Concorde, where strong
Gordon of police barred the way of ali but
the depoSed general and his three friends.
Al the other end OF the bridge, however.
there was n renewal OF Of the hEgZas which
were continued all along the r,ut- to the
chamber. BouIanger's arrival at tlc On
trance to the pslais Bourbon, wherc the
deputies were packed, caused an ufpi pieasant
change. Kisses aud cries Of NO dictator -
and "Nive Ia Republique!' cams fIum al
riivs. Deputies. as a ciuss, are Jealous, OF
coUrse. FOR the manutGctur- Of one great
man means death 10 lot ui little big men
Ike themselves. Boulanser. who evidently
,la a Liant
the boiy o. which he was abolt 10 become
one, turned crimson NJ The kissing and
leaned heavily on Laguerre's arm. Ne re-
covered himself Immediately and, with
few friends acting as snow plow, pushed
into the chamler.
There is nothing much 10 tell about the
doing, there. TO 81; on the left, as every
tie Knows, Is suppo' I'd TO indicate radical
sin aud hatred OF monarchy, suppression
OF the dictator business, etc. Bouianger
~, as far. TO the lett as possible, Lnguerre
lc ide him all the time. TIE new great
man never budged from his seat except 10
| bend forward and shake hands with 4 few
formal friends. The generals air was one
OF profound eSuItation, marked az times by
n display OF nervousness betrayed by a
with both hands. He wore plain gold v ed
ding ring on the usual finger and a big seal
ring on the little fing ger OF the right. The
Impress OF that seal may some day make
important documents binding. Rows and
rows OF pretty women filing the big CALLER
les seem, d to enjoy the scene and suffered
the discord with tunetul laughter.
Boulanger has the most wonderful bumps
over his eyes. meaning perception, accord
Ing TO phrenologists. These bumps are
really phenomenal, and don't appear life
Size in pictures. Boulanger's forehead is
,ow, and his head small The majority OF
the members with great reluctance voted
motion tending toward revision of the
constitution, rs demanded by Boulanger.
They hated TO do SO, but had TO keep the
country good .na,ured. The noise made
oyer II made Boulsnger happy. and lie
started for home after his frs; days work
as n deputy.
With Boulanger there poured ou. into the
court yard Of the Palais Bourbon n crowd
OF equities and men from the galleries.
Boulanger had to wait five minutes on the
steps of his carriage and those Were not
wasted. All but the man most inter
ested had something to shout and they
shouted It lrnte Republican deputies for
got their dignity and tore about yelling en-.
courRging things for the republic, always
adding, "Bas 10 Dictateur!" Friends OF
Boulanger yelled contrary things. Bou-
langer smiled on each and his snowy
horses dragged him of Just as n duel was
being arranged between Baron Daf"ur and
NJ. Arene. Dafour had said: "lla, you
may hiss, but we will shave you and send
you to Cayenne" Arene, In an angry
spirit Of repartee, objected to being shaved
by unclean hands and seconds were
picked out on the spot.
During this time tho sorrel horses were
pulling Boulanger and friends across the
bridge OF Concorde. The police had clea,-
cd that and the squares on the other side,
but beyond and all around were black
banks OF humanity. More than fifty thous-
and men crowded the enormous terraces of
the Tuelleries gardens and surged against
the police lines In every direction. The
roofs were alive and windows full of way
ing handkerchiefs. 1t became plain that
the police, numerous as they were, would