New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-29
pIOODSHED IN TIC1NO.
.-vrwAL OF THE ELECTION DISORDERS IN
THE SWISS CANTON.

re CONFLICTS ALSO IN THE CANTON OF
,.,nouRe-rHg FEDERAL COUNCIL RE
,vcr1SG AN APPEAL AGAINST
THE VOTE OF OCTOBER s..
u.r. OCT. 2s.-The trouble between the naoer-
D c,n.ervatives in the Canton Of IlclnO
," S..t.n out afresh. and further disorders
nav ...ur,ed. Another battalion of troops has
NA's s;.,a,ohed TO the canton TO assist In re-
stnrins order ~ -, ,ho FAN
Tibourg, seventeen miles southwest OF 'his
~ 40, that the result Of the elections held
ci"' ,..t Sunday was productive of much III
~. -. between the opposing parties. The Radi'
s..used the Conservatives OF winning the
-. unfair means, one of the charges against
@ s.ino that they fasifed the ballots. Charges
- .ounter-chargcs were made until today "heh
..oub,e eliminated in serious conflicts, The
--A..k are armed. and threaten to overturn the
n,tonal Government.
..ror, has been received here from Lugano,
- - the CAPITALS Of the Canton of I1cino. stat
~ that fighting has occurred netTeeh o, om hotS
~ ~ Fcderai Council has, by unanimous vote,
,.teted the appeals made by the tltram0n.ahes
= Trln
q rhen a majority declared in favor of revision
- she constitution Of the canton
~. ,,oubles in the Frbourg Canton, added to those
Ts,no NAV well alarm the friends Of Switzerland.
Ga a was the rribourg Canton that made an armed
.., AGAINST the decision of the Cen ?al Government
Z. R.rne which expelled the Jesuit', the Aguor1ans
"A other religious orders from Helvetian territory
- r-ttr.montancs of Fribourg then supported
L. .,na Catholic Cantons, among them Uri Untorwald
- y.,ais and the fratrcdal war OF the Sondero'nd,
80 Broken Alliance" was begun II TOOK General
rutour nearly year to suppress the religious revolt
q. FEDERAL Government is stronger now than II was
n 1sx6 and the present outbreak Is practically sure
- IA promptly crushed. Moreover, the passions which
.s.rsisd in the days Of the Sonderbund no longer
4ist There Is, this time no suppression OF religious
retees and not tise slightest religious persecution
| fNe trouble which has arisen again in the Ticino
r.pton has been already explained in these comments
uud may be again summed UP as follows: since 1913
A. Conservatives, Cltramontane Catholics in Ticino
~ the power through the gerymanderng OF electoral
66rcS The Radicals asserted that they were at
ssst q numerous their sdverssrcs although they
Asd suy On Insignificant number of representatives
IN tAe Csntonsl Assembly. This statement has been
sshsaantated by the referendum" or consulting vote
n October g. when the Radicals polled 1886 votes,
eCsiaE II, ,867 polled by the Conservatives. These
asures ahow that there Is small Radical majority III
Wcin0. The Conservatives have ruled Tile Cdltoh Joy
seventeen years. In which time there have been many
ecL robberes, instance being the recent case OF
he Canton Treasurer, who stole about S2OOOO0
The Radicals. being unable to obtain Justice through
the ballotb attempted bloodleos revolutionary
movement last year and arrested NJ. BOrel the Federal
Commissioner sent TO re-establish peace; but they
finally quoted by the friendly interference of the
Central Government. They aroused again by
Ae illegal conduct Of their CsntOnA Administration.
hich. September IL. they oycrthrew with the loss
4 only one life, that Of Stae Councillor ROssi, killed
the Government palace at Bellin,ona. lmmedi-
ely the Federal uthoritie> at lerne sent commS-
Soner, supported by some battaliOns 10 enforce tue
Espect due to the swss Constitution. Colonel
kuentsl succeeded in quietly dispensing the insurssh
Provisional Government, and himself assumed the
eower In the name Of the Republic. The people OF
1sssor not they wanted their own Canton C0nsii-
tutton to be amended and they voteo yes rms r was
Sel KuentzM reinststed the Conservative Government
that had been illegally overtiro"G. 49,.
Tho next election viii surely overthrow II AGAIN Dnt
meanwhile the Federal Government Will nave fuilITl
its duty and the Conservatives or the Radicals IN
Fribourg and other Canons have no motive for start
tnc revolutionary movement under the preleAl tlht
the appeals made by the Cltramontane> OF lltlho
against the popular vote Of October D have zen re-
1ected or that the Fribourg Conservatives nave won
the Stest election by unfair means The li>uie 'nIe
had better continue to initiate the conduct OF the
Tcfnese Radicals, who, in their peaceful pro.eet
asainst the reinstatement OF the Conservative Can
toial Government closed by saying: The RADICALS
sre too good Swiss citizens to place themselves IN
state of rebellion against the Federal author1ues ~
only remains now for the Ticinese TO prepare them-
selves for tho election Of the Constituent Assembly