The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11

these duties is to break with that continue
doubt In which they were constrained to live
They will now be obliged to assume a clearll
defined attitude upon all the questions will
which Parliament will have to deal and to OK
press In precise terms their opinions and thel
views upon each one OF them.
Ifthe new Chamber does not see from the
very beginning n road clearly traced out be.
fore II. IL will recommence the retrograde
movement OF those that have preceded II
Notwithstanding Its political homogeneity II
will fail back into the incoNerent Legislation
which. In spto OF orr national riches. has
placed the finances indsordor that has bscome
threatening. and has created growing con-
fusion in the labor ami social questions.
How shalt we bring our budget back to the
equilibrium which II has lost? How shall We
arrest the rising tide OF the public debt? How
shall we FIX and mark the part which belongs
TO the State in the regulation OF the social
problem? These three questions constitute
thsy viii COMPOSE task that
Deputies OF 1893 will have before them. Tho
third especially calls for the abortion OF
archy of IDEAS. Without looking to
where It was going. the, .deirnct leeis-
npon the w Gssvs Of State sneam Il Is n
important that the new one should be put
adoctrine more seductive than anywhere else
in country Of GENERALIZATION, onran"r such
nB ours. anC WHICH alSO WCulu De ten tlIDeS
more dangerous. No matter whore, and no
matter In what conditions it has been at
he o inc se Is
q everythng has produced bni results, IN
tunateiy tie ia aware OF this fact
Already. at banquet which was given to him.
denounced "the childish theories Of author
ized socialism which would suppress individ-
Il tnt Dpy has
this firm declaration: but It Ia not enough for
dsre thu
ofDepuues asthe guiding principle OF his acts
am not 2tthose who are frightened or made made
in the new Chamber; on the contrary. am
cS Shsr o of @ fH s to have
oil the .elucubrations. which have only been
partly known through the echoes OF public
Ties anaa IL TEs pS ply VIII HpH Be-
able to make the distinction between the real
social APPROXIMATIONS, The latter also viii be
able to form idea Of the
ton: Especially viii il be Instructive to iind
out how far the contradictions and antaGon-
isms Of scots will 20 in the party which pre-.
only banner. Although they have been elected
under the ommon denomination of Socialists.
will not remain long in concord. More than
one OF those who placed this epithet under
litical necessity. will BIO considerably embar-
rnssed when the question comes up Of justify
Direct participation in the details OF govern
ment is. moreover. the hest school that can be
given to extreme pnrtes. 1t initiates them
which at a distance seem the simplest things
In the world to solve with a stroke OF the pen
iessional agitators and the visionary utopian- |
lists. They will always remain intractable.
or whether they allow themselves to follow |
their own temperament. But they arc onlys
sass er1 they 'n NAV be there is
not one who. when once put 70 parliament
AIRY labor. does not more or less cool down
In his convictions in the practice of public |
life Contemporaneous history plainly shows |
athousand examples OF revoutionists who |
the foremost figure. for the first few days al
will be M. Jules Guesde. who personities one |
OF the principal sections of the party and has
But / do not think lie will shine very long in
the front IT. ranS: Notwlh,standing his POSITION
talent has not yet been demonstrated. More
over. he processes pure col lectivism. that in.
transigeant communism whose adherents will |
certainly constitute an exception In the Cham |
ber He owes his election to the vote of the |
TSorkinsmsdn Ct R1usas PsTs on Its side
other prominent Socialists. and. in add.
tton. two workmen. one Of them named
of beating NJ. Foquet in the Eleventh district.
and NJ. Chauyin; q .hairdresser., over whose
OioCilOu d luClu6Ht mas Deen brought
out H. Chauvin has admitted that the ex-
penses OF his electoral campaign were paid
though the h n was smp
furnished by the German Socialists in the
name OF International fraternity. this. intro
ductton into our internal affairs Of foreign
money. and especially of money that came
from Berlin has produced very bad effect
her Will ind in this flcient Motive to in val
idate the election of the hair iresser Deputy,
the Palais Bourbon.
i, T. may also be that q now question Will be
hrnclng the imperative mandate. several Of
the elected Socialists have accented this man.
d fSs from their committees n It's full extent
no vote without having taken beforehand the
SavDe o bs hs order Of the
IN ADVANCED resignation which the commit
tee t.. can make use Of Mt any time. it chooses.
to day. revocable each evening at will.
In several cases the acceptance OF the i'm
the abandonment for the profit Of the com,
munity; OF a portion OF the annual salary
members OF. Parliament This anticipated
ssbdioation OF the DEPUTY which totally ami
wtSons In Sas W TO %ak h%
long time the dream Of the apostles OF the
Pure %I pa, ,h,a Democracy don't mind see.
Cham Der will appreciate. this strange concep-
ton which reduces the ropres entatives Of the
are held BY tis band Of Obscure Mp pstieians
At all events. among these somewhat fan
tastfcal successes there is one which must he
Regarded as serious, and which is the work OF
She socialistic party. mean the election OF NJ. |
Delegate for foreign affairs Mt the time OF
the Commune OF II. After the entry into
Paris OF tho Versailles troops. he 81 cceeded
In escaping, and 1t is said that 10 throw the
police OH the scent. he put on the garments Of
ter at his expense. But since his return he
has shown that he put his exile to profit.
he has acquired q notoriety in literature |
and In Journalism. His energy, and the part
which he took In the campaign that esta blish-
cd physical education in France up to that
q Tine r. totally neglected won for him genuine
pot only a writer OF talent, but man OF
learning OF work. and. might add.
Of ambition. His success and his now situation |
have nevertheless very little modified the
opinions OF his youth. Except in the
attenuation resulting from experience and |
age. he is as much q Communist now az he
was twenty-five years ago at least in appear
Ance. ! do not think that | am going too far |
In predicting that he will become one of tho
personages aud one OF the ID ost active
n