The Iola register., 1889-01-04
BOOSTING BOULANGER.
0oulanger's Cause Receives an Important
Accession-French Politics.

| Accession-French Politics.
PARIS. Dec. 26 General Boulanger's
| cause has received an immense accession
in the candidatare of General Montauban
for seat in the Chamber of Deputies. His
| appearance as a candidate in the depart
ment conjoined with General Boulanger
speaks favorably for the Boulangists q
momentous election campaign. The Gov
ernment feels the danger acutely, and
| yesterday held a council at the Elysee to
consider how to face the situation.
General Montauban gives his support to
Boulanger. He says: ''Since Gravelotte,
| when he held in check the attack OF Count
Won Steinmetz on the French line, his
name has been cherished by the army.
| During the five years of his command of
the second army corps he added to his
popularity"
The whole address is frank espousal Of
the Boulanger programme He denounces
the Chamber Of Deputies as being power
less for good, as offending the National
conscience and as compromising the in
tereSts of the county. He deman DIS the
summoning of Constituent Assembly as
alone competent to express the National
will. He invokes his own past, showing
that hitherto he was q stranger to personal
party quarreIs and that he was now actu-
ated solely my motives of patriotism. He
, appears as Conservative. His return to
the Chamber is certain.
The assailants of the Government now
comprise Conservatives, wanting revision,
Bonapartists and Boulangist Radicals. In
the Government ranks the Opportunities
and the Moderates have strong influence.
Lacour, Reinoch and other leaders are di-
| vided on the question of the necessity of q
revision of the Constitution, but are united
| against Boulangism.
NJ. FlOquet dominates now and appears
to be determined to keep. the lead. He is
pressing his colleagues to draw away the
Conservative support from Boulanger by
Droffering a revision bill, accompanied by
scrutin Acknowledgement measure or a
one man, one vote system, and then dis
| solve the Chamber.
| The influence of the Panama canal coll
lapse on the electoral vote depends upon a
variety of chances, including the time at
which the election is held. II the peasant
| shareholders who are now unable to
realize that their savings have been
swamped, get time to connect their ruin
with the present form of republic, General
Boulanger will triumph.
Meetings of Panama shareholders in
provincial centers continue to pass resolu-
tions in support of NJ. de Lesseps and to
sign engagements binding them to forego
the payment of interest by the company.
This action, however, does not affect the
general belief that the company has coll
lapsed. AT a meeting at Bordeaux on
Sunday 100 shareholders signed an
agreement to forego the payment of inter-
est and at Anglers several hundred sigma
lures were obtained to similar agree
meut.
General Boulanger in an interview yes
terday extolled NJ. Reinach for demanding
the annulment of the decree of Punishment
against the Due d'Aumale. He said:
''The first act of my Government, if the
country raises me to the Presidency, will
be to repeal the laws relating to bansh-
ment, readmit everybod and open to all
Frenchmen the France love so WELL"