St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-22
FRANCE Is SAFE.
REPUBLICANS SWEEP THE REPUBLIC
LIKE A WHfRL WIND.
PRESIDENT CARNOT,s VICTORY

The Panama Scandal For gotten
Entirely During the Campaign
= Royaiists Routed Every
where-Many Reballots Will
Be Taken-Election News at
Fontainbleau.
PARIS, Aug. 81. Owing to fine
weather large vote was polled yeSter-
day. so that the results OF the ballOting
are clearly according to the wishes or
the French people. 1t was distinct
triumph for the republic and the men
who are at present guiding it, almost all
of whom had been charged openly or
by implication with most serious breach
es of trust.
The Panama scandal seems to
have been forgotten entirely, or
il not forgotten, at least aban-
doned. Many of the members
reelected were among those openly ac-
cused. Delahaye, who made the original
charges and boldly backed his accusa-
tions with proofs, was defeated. Rein
ach, son-inlaw of Baron de Reinach,
was reelected. The rallie movement
has even turned out less successful
than was antlcipated.its leader, Demau,
having been beaten by Republican.
The most curious event of all
was the election of Wilson. vendor
of the Legion of Honor. Comedieu
did not make his vigorous fight in
vain, but his efforts did not have full
success, as his detractorS and defamers
will have chance to assault him again
in second ballot. The Socialist move
ment has not developed anything like
the strength granted to it by the Repub-
licans themselves. The great Socialist
victory is the election Of Humbert,
president of the municipal council. He
won by an overwhelming majority, but
this is far from compensation for the
failure to Increase the
Socialist Following
in other parts of Paris and the depart
ments. The Socialistlc propaganda has
been most victorious. AS Clemenceau
said in speech opening the campaign.
the Monarchist party has been corpse
for some time. The only difference the
election has made is in forcing upon the
leaders the conviction that they cannot
masquerade as Monarchists, diding
their time under the disguise of Repub-
licans.
1t is not easy to understand why the
republic should have swept all its ad
versaries from the field at this particular
time, when the men who represent Re-
publicanism have only just escaped de-
Tending themselves against charges of
corruption. 1t indicates great shrewd-
ness in Carnot and his advisers or
curious forbearance on the part of the
French people.
Carnot is at Fontainebleau and gets
statistics by private wire, Dupuy tele-
graphing them to him every ten minutes
from the Office OF the interior.
M. Dupuy said today, referring to
Constans: I'VE have been very success
full, despite the opinion that certain
member of the upper house, and he
alone, could maintain order and pre-
serve the country from disturbance. 1t
is great victory for the republic. One
of the greatest successes is the defeat of
DO 4uOis GilO lholliO, b9 "
Republican election Royalist leader"
News continues to. come showing the
tide to have set strongly for moderate
republicaniSm, in the front rank of
which Is
President CarnOt.
An absolute majority of the votes cast
and at least one-quarter of the number
of the voting register must be obtained
to secure election. In 139 districts none
of the candidates secured the requisite
number of votes and consequently by
elections will have to be held in these
districts. These elections will be held
after an interval of seven days from
the general election. In the district of
Gers. which NJ. Paul de CaSsagnac
has represented since 1876 aud in which
he stood for election yesterday, re-
ballot was necessary.
1t is now known that reballots will
have to be taken in 155 districts. The
results OF these reballotS will undoubt-
edly mostly be favorable to the Repub-
licans, whose gains now reach total of
siXty-three seats.
The majOritieS given to the several
ministers in their respective districts
aggregate nearly $4,000 more than their
combined majorities when standing
for election to the chamber in
1889. In the last general election
the Boulangists returned thirty-five
members. Yesterday they elected only
three. The defeat of the ROyalists is
causing much significant comment,
and it is predicted that it means the
ultimate extinction of that party. The
departments of Vendee, Finisterre and
Loire Inferieure, hitherto strongholds
of the Royalists, have been wrested
from them by the Republicans, who are
jubiliant over the gains they have
made.
LONDON, Aug. 22.-The Paris cor
respondent of the Times says: About
siXty-nine of the reballotS will profit the
moderate Republicans. who thus Will
exceed half the chamber, and will Sc
sure majority even without the assist
ance of the Radicals or rallies. France
has shown again more wisdom and
self-respect than those who aspire
to govern the country. She has given
herself doubtless forever to the re-
public. The monarchial parties have
lost already fifty seats, and the rallies
have failed to convince the electors of
their sincerity.
Several newspapers publish this clas-
sification of results of the French cleo
tons: Republicans, 312; Soclalist-Rad-
icals and Socialists, 30; the rallies"
13; Conservatives, So.
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