Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-07
French Leaders,

lions on Sunday, so as to save time for the workingman. The custom would break up this republic speedily if an at tempt were made 70 introduce it here. Sunday or no Sunday, however, the French republic has been placed by the recent August parliamentary elections pn a firmer basis than any republic in France ever was before. Royalism is dead, imperialism is dead, forever, and there are not enough mourners left for either to give them a funeral. The i'm perialists only elected three members.
 The principal parties in the coming chamber of deputies wilIS; e three-Mod- crate Republicans. Radical Republicans and Socialists, With the Moderate Re publicans will act a large number of so called Rallied Conservatives, original royalists who have given up the error of their ways and accepted the republic be- cause a majority of their fellow country men pronounce for it. That they have done this must be attributed in no small measure to the influence of brave Pope Leo.
 The Moderate Republican party will have an overwhelming majority. Un- der its wing will gather all the former factions of Republicans except the Radicals. Its leader will be Constans white haired and leonine Constans," a picturesque writer calls him. He is the most powerful and determined public man in the Moderate Repub- lican party, but not so popular as the polished. polite and even tempered President Carnot. Constans was minis ter of the interior under President Grevy. He is the one rival for the pres idency that Carnot has to fear. If Car not should be elected president for an other six years, with Constans for his prime minister, the triumphant success of the French republic at home and abroad would be assured. The other leaders under Constans of the Moderate Republicans will be the ex-cabinet min isters De Freycinet. Rouvier, Ribot and Leon Say. Say is of Jewish descent. Ribot, as minister of foreign affairs, conducted the interchange of communi- cation with the pope. which resulted in | bringing the Catholic royalists to the support of the republic.
 The leader of the Radical Republicans is of course Clemenceau, fearless, fight ing Clemenceau, who by mere force of his personality beat down the enemies that howled forth to the world his com promising connection with Dr. Herz of Panama scandal notoriety. With Clemenceau in the Radical party are Goblet and Floquet. In case of Goblet, FloQuet and Clemenceau, all three, re ballots are necessary to make them se- cure of election.
 | The Radical Republicans, as they call themselves, are more socialistic in their ideas than the Moderate Republicans, and the three leaders, Clemenceau. Flo IQuet and Goblet, are endeavoring to en-
 tice to their support the votes of the out
 and out Socialist party. whose chief strength lies in the manufacturing cities
 and mining districts of France. The
 small farmers are almost to a man with
 the Moderate Republicans.
 One fact which shows tho utter dead | ness or nhperlahslh Is thAt the hohaEArt
 ist braggadocio, Paul de Cassagnac, who
 has represented one district in the cham
 Der since 1876. failed of election on tho
 first ballot. As to the Panama scandal
 except in the memory of the poor peas
 ants who lost their money, it Is hollow
 phantom-nothing more. It seemed tC
 have even a contrary influence in tht
 elections. Delahaye, who made the ac
 cusation in the chamber of deputies, i
 beaten So has fallen dead the last grea
 bomb of the enemies of France, the re Ipublic.