St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-28
LEARNED In LONDON.
Immense Excitement at Hotels
and Other Public Resorts.


and Other Public Resorts.
LONDON. Jan. 27.-The rooms of the
London clubs and the corridors of the
principal hotels were crowded at an
early hour this evening by persons,
awaiting the annou ncement of the re-
su of the Paris election, and the ex-
element which prevailed everywhere
was as great, and, in some
cases, greater than that which
has attended many a general
election for members of the British
house of commons. All sorts of rumOrs
were afloat, and predictions of dire dis
aster to France, or the immense en-
hancement of her prestige-accOr riding
to the political leanngs of the prophets
were freely made. The definite re-
suit was received much earlier than
was expected, and while it aroused
considerable discussion, it excited
no surprise. The most remark
able phase of the election
was the perfect discipline of the Bou-
langiSts, which affords another exam
pie of BoulangerS wonderful skill as
an organizer. Each of the S73 polling
places in the department was guarded
by members of the patriotic league, who
worked like beavers throughout the
day, and the outcome atteStS the faith
fulness of their work. The BOulan-
giStS, confident of success, had arranged
for an immense banquet at the Cafe
Durand to celebrate their victory as
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At 10 o'clock the approaches to the cafe
were
LINED WITH TROOPS
and the basement OF the Madelaine was
filled with soldiers in readiness to
pounce upon the crowd in the event of
row. The banquet took place, how
ever, without the attendance of any un-
Usual disturbance. When the an
nouncement was made that Boulanger,
had probably received a ma
jority of $4,000, the opponents of
Boulangism were dumfounded. The
police, military and other off .ials imme-
diately made preparations to suppress
any disorder that might grow out of the
ebullitions of the followers of the
his adyersaries, and for while the eX-
element was intense, though it was
manifested chiefly in noisy rather than
physical demonstration. The latest dis
patches in Paris indicate that the
government must resign imme-
diately, and it is stated that
President CarnOt, foreSeeing this, has
decided to request M. Rouvier to at
tempt to form ministry. 1t is impos-
Sible to overeStimate the gravity of the
situation. A crisis seems inevitable.
Boulanger's success being assured, and
in view of the difficulty which naturally
must be encountered in bringing to-
gether stable cabinet-a task which
now seems almost impossible-the likli-
hood of the formation of species of
provisional government as last resort
seems very great.
THE ENGLISH PROTEST.
LONDON, Jan. 2S. - The Standard,
commenting upon the result of the
Paris election, says: "Paris has done
many wonderful things, but she as
never done anything more wonder
full than the election of Boulanger-
and, we are bound TO add, ntver
anything more ignominious or insane.
Paris made the war; of 1870, and it
seems probable that she will make an
other" The Daily News says: "'The
election of Gen. Boulanger is due to the
unpatriotic and unscrupulous conduct
of the Conservatives. 1t will be to the
lasting discredt Of the Comte de Paris
that he advised his followers to support
| BouIanger."