The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03
BOOSTING BouLANGER.
Boulanger's Cause Receives an Importan
 Accession-French Politics.

BouIanger's Cause Receives an Important Accession-French Politics. PARIS, Dec. 26-General Boulanger's cause has received an immense accession in the candidatare of General Montauban for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. His appearance as a candidate in the depart- ment conjoined with General Boulanger speaks favorably for the Basls4gists Q momentous election oan.raIgn. The Gov ernment feais she danger acutely, and yesterday held council at the Elysee to consider how to face the situation.
 General Montauban gives his support to Boulanger. He says Since Gravelotte, when he held in check the attack of Count Won Steinmetz on tho French line, his name has been cherished by the army. During the five years of his command of the second army corps he added to his popularty.n
 The whole address is frank espousal of the Boulanger programme. He denounces the Chamber of Deputies as being power less for good, as offending the National conscience and as compromising the in- terests of the county. He deman ds the summoning of e Constituent Assembly as alone competent to express the National will. He invokes his own past, showing that hitherto he was stranger to personal party quarrels and that he was now actu- ated solely my motives of patriotism. He appears as q Conservative. His return to the Chamber is certain.
 The assailants of the Government now comprise Conservatives, wanting revision, Bonapartists and Boulangist Radicals. In the Government ranks the Opportunities and the Moderates have a strong influence, Lacour, Reinoch and other leaders are di- vided on the question of the necessity of a revision of the Constitution, but are united against Boulangism
 M. Floquet dominates now and appears to be determined to keep the lead. He is pressing his colleagues to draw away tine Conservative support from Boulauger by proffering q revision bill, accompanied by scrutin d'arrondisement measure or a one man, one vote system, and then dis solve the Chamber.
 The influence of the Panama canal col- 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 swamped, 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- tions in support of NJ. de Lesseps and to sign engagements binding them to forego the payment of interest by the company. This action, however, does not affect the general belief that the company has col- lapsed. At a meeting at Bordeaux on Sunday 120O shareholders signed an tr fbia, af f,ata est and at Anglers several hundred sigma lures were obtained to a similar agree ment.
 General Boulanger in an interview yes- terday extolled M. Reinach for demanding the annulment of the decree of banishment against the Due d'Aumale. He said "fhe first act of my Government, if the country raises me to the Presidency, will be to repeal the laws relating to banish- ment, readmit everybody and open to all Frenchmen the France love so we'll"