Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-22
1T LEAST THEY TALK THAT WAY.
The Boulangists, However, Quit
Their Loud Dragging.
GIVE THEIR OPINIONS.

Business Suspended i'm Paris
tSbDDrfGht 1889 bu James Gorion Bennett
PARIS Sept. Ell New York Herald
Cable-Special to THE BEE. We are on tn,
brink of great election battle. Public
buildings, houses, churches, monuments ant
even sidewalks are covered with a perfec
MOSAIC of yellow, green or blue election pos
ters--the guttersnlpe of Paris, which far
outdoes its New York prototype Business
is at standstill. Everybody says, "Wai,
till the elections are over.n
The suspense is occasionally enlivened b,
little electoral scrimmage at Bellevillc OF
at Montmartre, where NJ. Thied a repub
lican candidate was howled down, maltreatet
and robbed of his coat and his money by the
electors just to keep their hand in for the big
event.
Meanwhile squads Of Herald correspond
ents have been securing Paris and have
gathered the opinions of the editors of tn,
leading Partisan papers. These opinions, ex
pressed In a bouquet of interviews, are oil
great interest, and enable the reader to make
for himself forecast of the impending
struggle. The replies are, of course, MS
different and as conflicting as are the parties
represented. 1t Is like interviewing the
gagement. Each would express their ut
most confidence OF victory.
The Boulangists maintain that they will
be successful aud do not despair of the uti-
mate supremacy of their chief. The mon
archists and imperiallsts are equally conf
dent They count upon a majority com
posed mostly of their partisaus, together
with strong contingent of Boulangists
nv,a - .l,n
full.
The editor of the Autorite, M. Paul de
Cassagnac's organ. announces at is i'm
possible to predict the result Of the elections
of the 22nd of September. The republicans
are unanimous in declaring that their next
chamber of deputies will be composed of an
undoubted republican majority. They
fee! sure that Boulanger's election at Mont
martre will not alter his situation,
for it will be annulled by virtue Of inehgibll-
ity of the candidate. The chief Of the ma
national party, without followers, without
troops, without anything, will be irrevocably
defeated and forced to reside in London un.
less he prefers to start upon long journey
to endeavor to conceal his fall
"rhese prophecies are in direct contra
dicton to each other, but by reading be-
tween the lines the following reflections be-
come manifest: In the first place. the Bou-
langists, although they still pretend to be
on the eve of a great victory, no longer
speak of the future with their former self
esteem. The time has gone by when Gen
eral Boulanger, after having announced that
he would open the exhibition, can assure
France that the year 1888 will not pass away
before he has taken up his residence at the
Paiajs dc pElysee. 1t is easily seen that the
Boulanglsts to-day do not hope, even under
the most flattcring conditions, to do more
than acquire modest portion of the deputies,
which they hope to win by the aid of their
allies. They do not even seem to have made
up their minds what to do in case of sue
cess.
"Suppose General Boulanger were elected !;
suppose he had majority in the chamber
ready to make valid his election, he still
would not be protected from the Judgment of
the high court. TO be sure, he would enjoy
parliamentary immunity during the session,
but he would have to be very careful not to
set foot on French soil before the opening or
after the closing OF parliament. The group
that his friends would be able to form would
be too weak to impose their will upon the
monarchists. 1t would be thus impossible for
General Boulanger to take the lead of any
serious movement, and equally absurd for
him to attempt a coup d'etat.
"rhe monarchists, also, do not seem to
have decided what to 40 in case the mon
archist, imperlalst aud BoulaLg gist coalition
shouid prove successful. They evidently an
ticipate the difficulties that must ensue the
moment the majority split up. How
can they hope 10 overcome the resistance
OF the president of the republic and Of the
senatel What steps could they take to re-
establish q monarchy or empirei What in
surmountable obstacles there are to even
such a miik-andwater monarchy as that
which M. Cornelly has now become recon-
ciled to--a monarchy more republican than
the republic OF 1875 and formed by an alli-
ance between monarchists aud moderate re-
pubIcans
sin short, the situation may be summed
up as follows; Boulangism has during the
past few months lost ground enormously 1t
is true that General Boulanger's election at
MoDtmartre is probable, but supposing even
that his election is made valid he will not
find in the chamber group OF Boulangists
important enough to enable him to attempt
anything serious.
"If the republicans, and this belief is gen.
orally becoming stronger obtain a majority
on Sunday, the mperialist-monarchist Bou-
langlst coalition will be dissolved, and it Is
not impossible that by the aid Of the new
men who will be elected to the
chamber party will be formed
of moderate republicans and conservatives
who will be able TO exercise real influence
In governing France
"on the other hand, IL the anti-republican
coalition carries tSe day, the majority will
be so divided ma a. such divergent views as
to their ultimate object that they will be ut
terly powcrless TO enter upon any violent
struggle against the president of the repuh-
nc ava tss senate In order /, ovestcrn ex-
isting institutions such a majority would be
oompellsd 10 ,enporize aud dress their sails
and 10 tack about. They would hesitate be-
fore running the risk Of dissolution ana OF a
new election that would 10 less favorable 10