Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-28
BOULANGER's GREAT TRIUMPH.
He Receives Plurality Of Over 80, 600
The Cabinet Offers to Resign.

The election in Paris yesterday resulted in
great triumph for Boulsnger, and there is danger
of cabinet crisis in consequence. Boulan-
gers plurality is 1885, and his majority
"a, 402. General Boulanger spent the evening
at the Cafe Durand, where he was informed by
friends Of the results in the divisions. At mid
night the streets we're thronged with people ex-
citedly discussing the upshot of the election.
The newspaper Offices displayed the returns by
means of illuminated placards.
Great excitement prevailed in the boulevards
during the night. The police did not interfere.
Ten thousand persons assembled outside Cafe
Durand, cheering and singing. They were es-
pecially demonstrative whenever Boulanger
appeared at the window When Boulanger
was leaving his carriage after the announce
ment of the result he passed arestaurant oppo-
site to the Cafe Durand, where friends of the
government were assembled. The latter Kissed
loudly, and Boulanger's friends replied by
throwing stones. The singing and cheering
have continued all the morning.
Gen. Boulanger left Durand's cafe at mid
night and drove to his home. A popular DEM
onstration occurred outside the Elysee palace.
The streets after that regained their ordinary
aspect
So sure was Boulanger of winning that he
prophesied in the afternoon he would get sixty
thousand majority. His electoral organization
was perfect. His followers everywhere were
instructed to maintain order otherwise they
would injure him. Complete returns show the
following result: Boulanger, 244, 070; jacques,
162, 520 Boule, 16, 760; other candidates, 1O35S.
Boulanger will resign the Seine seat, retain
ing that for the Nord department. 1t is
rumored that NJ. MagDin, the governor of the
Bank of France, will be asked to form a cabi-
net The cabinet sat from II p. m. until a.
m. Premier Floquet informed President Car
not that the cabinet was prepared to resign if
the president considered such step advisable.
Several Of the ministers advocated recon-
struction of the cabinet on wider basis.
They proposed to include in the new ministry
influential men from all the republican sec
tions. President Carnot awaits the result of
to-day's setting of the chamber of deputies
before coming to a decision. He has consulted
with MN. Ferry, Waldeck, Rousseau, Terard,
Raynal and others.
Every quarter Of Paris was enlivened Satur-
day evening by frequent street brawls between
supporters and opponents of Gen. Boulanger.
The most violent encounter took place at
Montmatre, where number Of persons were
injured. The police interfered and arrested
several of the ringleaders. Another serious
collision occurred in the Faubourg du Temple,
where several persons were injured. There
were few scuffles about midnight last night,
but nothing serious occurred.
The Boulangists predict the immediate fall
OF the Floquet ministry, the dissolution of
parliament, and general election in March.
party, and express the belief that forty radical
deputies will join the Boulangist ranks, and
thus give the general a following of sixty men,
bers in the preapnt chamher