St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-05
BOOSTING BOuLANGER
Eouianger's Cause Receives an ymnort.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS polttIca

SduSe receives fmnprtnD
Accession-French Politics,
PARIs, Dec. 26-General Roulanoer,
cause has received an immense accession
IN the candidatare of General Montanhar
lor a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. His
appearance as candidate in the denart,
ment conJoined with General Boulanger
speaks favorably for the Boulangists a
honentous election campaign. The Gov.
ernment feels the danger acuteIv. and
yesterday held council at the Elysee to
consider how to face the situation,
General Montauban gives his support to
Boulanger. He says: Since Graye,otte
when he held in check the attack of Count
Won Steinmetz on the French line. his
name has been cherished by the army.
Durlng the five years of his command of
1ne second army corps he added to his
popu arty"
The whole address is frank espousal of
the boulanger programme He denounces
the Chamber of Depu les as being power
less for good, as offending the National
conscience and as compromising the in
'erests OF the county. He deman DIS the
summoning of Constituent Assembly as
alone competent to express the National
WILL he lnvCkes his own past. showing
that hitherto he was stranger to person al
party quarrels and that he was now actu-
aeeo solely my motives of patriotism. He
appears as Conservative. His return tn
the Chamber is certain.
lhe assallants of the Government now
comprise Conservatives, wanting revision.
Dohapartlsts and Boulangist Radicals In
lae government ranks the Opportunities
ana the Moderates have strong influence.
Lacour, Reinoch and other leaders are di.
'iueo on the ques ion of the necessity of a
revision of the Constitution, but are united
against Boulangism
M. tlcquet dominates now and annears
TO be determined to keep the lead He is
pressing his colleagues to draw away the
conservative support from Boulanger bv
profferlng revision bill, accompanied by
scrutln d'arrondisement measure or a
one man, one vote system, and then dis
solve the Chamber
1he 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. If the peasant
shareholders who are now unable to
realize that their savings have been
s"amPed, 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-
'icns in support of NJ. de Lesseps and to
sign engagements binding them to forego
the payment of interest by the company.
1hls acton, however, does not affect the
general belief that the company has COL
lapsed. At meeting at Bordeaux on
sunday 200 shareholders signed an
agreement to forego the payment of inter-
est and at Anglers several hundred sigma
ures were obtained to similar agree
nent.
General Boulanger in an interview yes
erday extolled NJ. Reinach for demanding
ne annulment of the decree of banishment
Lgalnst tg the Due d'Aumale. He said:
'lhe flrst act of my Government if the
country raises me to the Presidency, will
% to repeal the laws relating to banish-
nent readmit everybody and open to all
renchmen the France I love so WE'LL"