New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-29
4 FTER BoULANGER, WHAT9
porH PARTIES IN PARIS pAzED AT THE RE-
SUIT OF THE ELECTION
rur pournNersrs ExUnTANT : REPu1LloANs
cnrNe1Ne no srRAws OF HorE-rALk OF
AnxAD BoULANGIsr PARTr-VIEws
OF rHr PRESS OF PARIS,
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or rHE PRESS OF PARIS.
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70 1eso By The Ke,C- FORK Tribune.
-, ss-Psris woke this morning from
- resterday asking itself whit next
i's o'ee ,s.st;on TO which neither side has an
.r readv though more answers than one
L.rs 10 be given before the day is over
,I.,ors and yanauished alike seem dazej and con.
.'sa5 ~ the revolution which has been accom-
.ryisbed for revolution it is SO far as Paris is
concerned. Not for forty years, not since the
Paris democracy flung itself into Louis Napolcons
arms. has this city given a vote which can be
COMPARED with yesterdays. General Boulanger
has his victory. What will he do with it? The
sbrewd men Of business who surround him do
not mean to tell even il they know. he Boulangist
journals perhaps know little; certainly say little
Their editorials are mostly so many screams OF
delight Yet in more than enc of them peeps out
higher purpose VIII tyrants who owe their
power to fraud try to keep ID by violence? asks
NJ. Meyer. Are NJ. Floquct & Co. still to feed at
our expenseP queries NJ. Rochcfort, adding: If
they iefuse TO accept yesterdays verdict they are
guilty of another Second of December and their
coup detat would be perrctrated, not by man
againsta legislature, but by legislature against
man." NJ. Roehcfort is feather. Drained poll
iangists think yet prudent NJ Paul de Cassagnac
IS palmer still Resistance, cries Paul, is vain.
The Government cannot stop the march Of the
people Then IN that rhetoric. speaking with phc
food SO ch@seteristie Il N. de Cassagnae :" The
President Of the Republic the Senate, the Chamber
Of Deputies, the shameless press which has fought
Neir battle, they are all in the dust all beaten,
II SO many corpses TO be cleared away"
What kay the Republicans? We do not despair
isthe despairing ejaculation of NJ. Reinach, who
htds the most pointed Of 0pportunist pens He
an others have the same idea, that the law
is ssainst General Boalanger The President
Chuber, Senate, Army Constitution. all are on
theside OF *he Republic. True NJ. Reinach; so
wer they yesterday The people of Paris, never
thslss, are ON the other side The Senate say
the pportuniss win never consent to a revision
Of th Constitution. D. Carnot is President, and
Presisnt be will remain Neither will yield to
Generd Boglsnger Legality is above universal
sniiragt Such are the crumbs of comfort which
the Mofrate Republicans pick up from the field
vhtre tAey have fought and lost. That is ali
N. Ferry mas TO suggest, or cares to suggest, in
pint. Hs rival NJ Clemenceau, with the re-
sponsibilits II having created General Bouianger.
his even less. He says nothing HIS lieutenant
NJ Camille Pcllctan, proposes nothing. He is
stlpehed by the consequences be forSces. Every
thing is again, he declares, thrown into the
callron. Business stops The Exposition win be
Allure. An era of destitution and distress opens
enw with the near future of France, more ap-
paIing than the present, unless France awakes
in ame. Many Of these phrases have hollow
rig; are phrases and nothing mofc.
,ooler observers like NJ Maynard. who has
prdessed all through 10 be mere looxer-oa,
see the thing cleariv. The election signifies 10
hima new division Of opinion. Il proves beyond
question tho existence of Bouiangist party.
Let Monarchists and Bonapartists take note of
that continues NJ. Maynard. They mean TO
climb TO power on the Generals back. But
it is The General himself for whom Paris voted
When the multitude last night checrcd NJ. Mag
nard's light it was " yive Bodlangeri7 All the
evening everybody cried Vive le roi et yiye
PEmrreur," But it was General Bouancer's por-
trait Tou saw everywhere, never the Comte de
Paris or Prince Victor. M. Rochefort was
cheeret; NJ. Laguerre. General Boulanger's pen
holder, was cheered. One other roar of applause
| heard when !" Vive II Russo" was flashed in
the faces of the crowd on the Boulevard des
CapuciRs.
- The Paris Herald which has brilliantly but
vainly ed the campaign against General Bou-
langer, bows 20 the inevitable "Tbis election,
observes this fatalistic sheet is a serious, hon
orabi fact and is to be respected, for the voice
of the people is the voice of God7 It's campaign
in behalf of the French cattle-brceder may vet
be success. It has failed 10 keep General
Boulanger out; it may still get the shortlorns in.
At the council OF Ministers this morning al the
Elysee. summoned by President Carnot NJ. Floouet
the Premier, is reported to have offered his resig-
nation and his colleagues should the President
think it desirable That is not in any case a
WI.r bo
nc. other practical result was reached than an
agreement to wait and see what will turn up.
Scenes were expected inside and outside the
Chamber, but the Chamber met at the usual hour
No crowd gathered about the Pslais Bourbon and
no demonstration occurred. The lobbies were full
OF councils held by various sections Of the Re-
publican and other parties. Nothing was settled
then any more than last night When the Cham
Der was called 70 order the Ministers wese at the-
posts. All the seats were filed and the tribunes
were thronged with spectators many Of them
ladies The Boulangists held their peace NJ
Jouvencels BouIangist Interpolation was on one
proposal adjourned to Thursday NJ Floonet
wanted to summon a general Republican caucus.
out the presidents of different Republican groups
sent him word that IL he had anything to say he
nad better say it to the Chamber. That does not
Iook as II the Republic were to be saved by NJ.
fioqnet. Not few Republicans hold
nim responsible for yesterdays defeat To him, at
any rate they aege, it was due that defeat became
overwhelming. The whole situation is critical
noaianglsts, for once, agree with their adverse
rles, and profess themselves deeply indebted to
the ministry Official candidates arc never popu-
isr IN Paris To label NJ Jacques candidate of
'ne Republic was to challenge opposition; to
cover Boulanger with caumnles was to multiply
DIS supporters. So they reason. But already the
farisians for whom nine days wonders seldom
iast more than twcnty-four hours, avow them
selves weary Of discussing the causes OF the cleo
non. Inc streets have assumed their usual
aspect Bousngism is accepted as the most
potent influence Of the hour whether for good or
evil The Floouet Ministry exists on sufferance
ana would go to pieces tomorrow were any