Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-19
Ministers of Opportunism.


and socialists.
Ministers OF Opportunism.
Just now the present cry among the OPP
portunists is lack of men," Minister
Dupuy, the present head of the party. is a
brave man-though stout to the point Of
apopleXy physically-and he showed himself
a brave man upon one memorable occasion.
When Vaillants bomb exploded in the
chamber, he stood calm. 'MessieurS les
Deputies, he said, the Seance Will con-
tinue! Minister Dupuy has been In long
enough they say. kach one should have
his turn. And so it is a question whether
that most curious feature OF French poll
tics, the opportunlsJ concentration, wlI not
tall away with HIM. All the old ministers
OF opporIunism, it is Said are passed, dis
creuIleu or used up. NJ. Ricaru ended by
beng called the belle ta.ma,' because Oh
his SWaylng stomach; NJ. Spullef, other-
wise called "Lole-Spulier,' because has
changing principles appeared TO resemble
the changing coIors Oh Lole tullers Dance
damaged himself with the new spirit,
which, though II no longer blows ABOUT
nm, makes nm thing oil fear even to
the moderate republicans. All the other
republican senators have served their time.
t1eycinet, Demole and LouDet nave passed.
INTO opscurIty. In the chamber, men hke
Leon say ana Paul DeSchaneI are looking
about lneln; they WISH to be no longer
known opporIunistS. M. RouVler anu
NJ. Roche, together with some others, nave
against them the souvenir OIL ItidHLd
a., the phrase goes, "a great deal OIL water
VIII have to pass through the canal be-
lore the party Panama may nope 10 look
tor better days.
The Variety OF Parties.
There remain the radicals and the con-
servatIves and royahsts, although the
names of all the parties are not used up
with sucn quickness ii is Well understood
that the treneh chamber OF deputies is
composed OF republicans, reVlsionisI repub-
means, socialist republicans, radical re
publicaEs, conservative republicans Val-
led, radical republican socialists, IN
dependent repubi.c&ns, prCSrcsstonlst re
puDuL ans, n,oueiutc repupicans, repup-
liberals, republican socialist Al
iemaniSlS, rauIcal republican DoulanBislS,
conservatives, rallied conservatives, HDeral
conservatives, RADICALS, socialists, reFoiu-
t:Crary SOCIALISTS IaoicaI revisionistS and
socialists A!einaEists, BrousSsts, Blal
GUSTS, revis.onsts ana GueSuIsts.
But just the name of oppOrtuniStS COW
erS multitude OF various republicans,
just the one word socialist sweeps up Il
OF NV erse marry lntcrrupters, SO also
the wcrj radical VIII gither together
d good two-hirus OF the remaining types.
Conservatives count by themselves.
The rauI:aiS are the extreme reoubli-
cans, who Will never believe that the dan-
aerS of the nrSt days OF the republic are
over. They see priest gown disappear
ins, round every corner. Their Ch.eI idea
is TO make constantly new law; against
the church-thdt is to say, the Roman
Catholic Church. Neither have they any
friendship Tor the remaining HuSuenotS,
vino form nel and any respectable body
only moderately republican, These radicals
now threaten TO he Swampei under the
rising waves OF socialism on the one hand
ard conservative republicansm on the
other. Henry Maret, old-t!Ine editor, is
a specimen OF the radicals who forget
nothing and who learn nothing, like the
B1urbonS then selves. In his idea it is eS
scat:al to any true republic that the only
Authority Should be vested in the parlia-
ment or legislative body. Hence, he has Il
considerable contempt for America, where
the President his !! right to say something
for himself. The radicals of this kind re-
fuse to have anything to do with the So
cialStS.