Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
Is HE A FRENCH ADVENTURES?
Boulanger is all That and More, too, Says
an Eminent Writer.

From the Forum
Boulangism is only the expression Of the dis
satisfaction of all classes in France with the
republic and its leaders, and another instance
showing how easy the masses may be deceived
and led astray. The prime causes for the es-
adjustment of Boulangism lay in the universal
contempt in which all the republican leaders,
except Freycinet, are held in France, and
every day the newspapers reassert that
truth. To be ruled by men whom one
would be afraid to receive in his house
by Constans, convicted perjurer, and charged
by the leading newspapers with malfeasance in
Office, and who was compelled for few years
to disappear from the political stage; by a
Tirard, a time-server. whose incapacity Is not
denied by his most intimate friends, and whose
moral character may be compared with that
of Boss Tweed; by q Jules Ferry, supporting
his family out Of the French treasury, and
ready to sacrifice the world to his ambition; by
Q Fallieres; by Rouvier, who barely escaped
conviction by ma ority of one voice after pro-
tracted trial on a charge of the grossest and
knowledged protector of a well-known pro-
curess OF the Rue Duphot, in whose house he
was arrested when it was raided, and whom he
saved from prosecution and conviction; by a
floquet another time-server, who, after bssely
insulting the car of Russia in 1867. became,
when in power, his most exalted adulstor.
Boulangers impotence, therefore, did not
Kill him, but increased his reputation, and his
horse won the day. Boulanger's greatest
popularity came from his horse, and If indeed
he restores the consulate. as it is his avowed
intention to do, and following Bonaparte's ex-
ample, becomes first consul of France, he owes
to that horse at least the same honors that
Darius bestowed on the one who won him the
Persian empire. Boulanger is a graceful rider,
and his horse is a thoroughbred When he at
tended military reviews and parades both
horse and rider won the admiration Of the
lockers on, and the newspapers spoke about
the graceful rider. Rival journalistic enter
prise immediately published sketches OF Bou-
LANCER and his horse, with their full history,
and for the history of the latter it is
needless to say that unlimited scope
was given to the reporters imagination.
Illustrations Of Boulanger we're seen every
where, IN the rum shops, in the stationery
stores, and the more dissatisfied parliament
was with Boulanger the more popular he be-
came with the people at large, who took that
way to manifest their feelings of disgust and
| opposition to the course of affairs
What are Boulanger's prospects? He NAV
overthrow the present cabinet and he NAV
| even be elected president if at the next gen.
eral elections no party secures a working ma
Jorlty. They may then combine for electing
him. but only to wear him out, Just Gam
beta was worn out. and innumerable others
have been, and their usefulness impaired. Bou-
| langism came from a horse and a song and will
finish IN song, as, according TO Beranger.
everything in France commences and ends BY
a song