New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-03
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.
VICTORY OF THE oPPORTUNO-RADlCAL CoN'
CENTRATIoN-wAR ON CLEMENCEAU.

election OF Deputies is over. Inc p'Io"i
of the Senate next year and the eiec,ioh y,
new President-by the Parlament-after TWO yea
are of minor Importance. There are sun w.
IDENTITIES whose election has to be determine" 70
the supplementary ballaagc of Sunday, oep'e'noo'
g. Not all the results are yet known TOT Tue
seats belonging to the colonies-Sene9a ue 'o.o''
Indies. and the rest. But All OF the new Depu'o
are already known out OF 5Sl; ana IL 70 ~"
difficult to discern the character OF the sovcrh
which the country has given itself for the neN'
four years. -
T, oeneral. the new Chamber will dr.
for an little from the old that nothing can oo
demonstrated as to changes in administrator
60 far "a universal suffrage goes the Panama |
scandals have damaged only the politicians WHO
| modo mo- ~ them. The Monarchsts Of the Kight
| Ioso Observation-Disclosures seats-lcaving them only
,ortvseven The Boulangists are all but wlpeu
out having only five seats, one OF them heiu
by Ernest Roche, who is properly oocans''
| The intervention of the Pope IN FAVOR OF '"o
Republic has apparently had little influence a.
the rallied" lose thirteen seats, while they gam
or,,, tvo making their number in the new Cham
h.r only fifteen. Nearly all these losses have
.rrred n the advantage of the Opportunist kadl-
calls and the movement toward the iorma'ion VI
a conservative Republican party thus perishes
utterly.
or the AS Deputies, already elected as Repuoh
cans simply, not dozen belong 70 the new-i""s'
Liberal Left, which it was Thought mishV u
with the Republican Right. Inc rein"n'oi @
for the most part, made up OF FORMER Dcpu uSs
who have been reelected linus '"o
PenubIican party-that of the Government ana
p.rubI;can Concentration-gains sixty-three seats
or these thrty-fve will be occupied by Iho%
who frankly accept the name of Radical or kadi-
cal-Socialist. The others have repeatedly COM
bned their votes in the past with the Radicals OIL
tho Extreme Left To all these should be addeu
seven Socialists pure and simple mere cer
tainly is every element of that Republican con-
oontration which has ruled the country for the
Loo. sft.on vears The results Of the second
ballot can hardly change the state OF AFFAIRS es-
sentially It is more likely even TO strengthen
tho nosition Of the Radicals, which, whatever may
be said to the contrary, has been pushed d oe
cided step forward.
| In sum- France-barring revolutions "nic"
ore ;mnrobabe. except in the event of war-is
- oo.t;rue under the sway Of Opportuno- Radi-
calsm with the Radical tendency toward oociai-
lem marked more and more strongly. inns Is d
sorrv outcome of the cafe-cOncert excitement anu
historical campaigning of the last year. Inc re-
frain Of the elections has been, from every slue'
IN. demand for strong Government-1or MIL
istry that can stand for more thah nail year
without vaclatng at every moment ior iea'
Clemenceau may kick from under IL the "n''''oie
majority on which it rests. In "farainen'aiS
penublic.n where the working Executive is at the
mercy of a majority vote of single mouse vi 'iie
LEGISLATURE. it is hard to see how any strong WV
ernment can be constituted AS thngs are '"e
strength of the present and every succe"i"s
Ministry seems to consist in holding up the dry
l.1lo WOf[[pI
onorceticallv by the skilful hand of Clemenceau
Eor tho nresent the chief interest must centre
in nersons. Clemenceau is not yet overthrown
-. 30 tho utmost eyertion of his enemies
. r. ia true that he did not succeed LII obtaining
- tho majority necessary TO his reelection on tht
n, DIT ballot But he led the polls by nearly 2oo'
r votes in the face of league OF SIX opposing can
It ddatas all running on a Republican platform ana
err Eve Of them as Radicals like himself. NOW ina
tn .h;o snlittnp of the votes has proved 1nsucieh
1t ooainst him, it is thought that NJ Vlnceho' Ill
ry Socialist opponent, will quietly turn over 10 mn
- the votes necessary to elect nm on ''ie se'on'
Ill h.Iot As there Is absolutely no question o
nr;noin,e Int simply OF personal opposition u
W tho GREAT MISUNDERSTANDING we may look ID Do
- Ar C,lomapceau back in the CHAMBER. HE ohl.
a or,ifco Of his enemies which has 30 far touches
he him was the teaching to the rustic voters Oh III
er district the present ant-Enssh cry" Aoh, yes
y. These childish electors have taken such peasut
H. in il that it quite succeeded IN breaking up III
10 nclitical meetings toward the END. Inc M"'iu
u. do Nores who has sworn war TO the HI. as"in'
~" tho great Radical leader came down 70 tne heisn
-, borbood with the intention OF following MN
"a with taunt and insult. But the antl-O'eh'eicea
,et League. wisely considering tlat dowhrlsV co'u
We ia better in French election than IL
err tr,cadv persuaded the fiery Marquis to 20 hshin
ne instead.
nj NJ C,cmenceau, from his seat In the o"au'o'
49,. of Deputies, has for more than t"e"'S s
pes nusbod the French Republic imperiously and III
NO rcl,ntingy in the direction OF Kadlcallsh l
90 which thus year. he has openly accepted the nan
m ~ Socialist. Even should he now disappea
to from his place. his strong influence would SUI
iie Ia foIt His trusted lieutenants Floquet al
IN Goblet both ex-Prime Ministers, are also SUI
= iected to a second ballot in Paris ms Is u
ian result of campaign which has been cairled
nat seriously only against the Radicals OF Tie r.
to IRENE Lett, or, rather, their leaders PERSONAL
II It is no paradox to say that French poi'ics 'pro
po- erly so called, for many years past anu
Jay come turns round the one vital question-ho
en- TO do away with Clemenccau fersohaiiy'
Clemenceau is "a man scarcely past the prime
mt middle age bcyclist, and devoted 10 MS h''
NJ girls, with whom he plays in all simplicity
EN- the public gardens lie Is u aoN p'o'vI '",
I'LL. and has had his share of duels. Politically
int is imperious beyond measure, and cold ma
nto speaker, with tremendous power OF invective
me- In the aristocratic districts around the IA
TO Monceau, in Paris, one of the choicest pol
a ical manoeuvres of the elections was paye
I'm In Ar,orica II would have seemed like reduc
erd III 'NAi'ii' ~ w." $50. - >t
nto the whole play OF politics I'D d larcc' W
my S.nna a former Roulanrist had Il loud letter
rn ' - - oil .Lo doad ,r.lls
ing the neighborhood 1t was signed of cour
are with his name in the largest letters of all WI
an lie slept it is supposed, his adversary, NJ. DO
LoI I.pol with nv