St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-22
THE CABINET AGAIN REBUKED
BY THE MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE.
CONSTITUTION is INVOLVED.
NJ. BOURGEOIS WILL REMAIN UNTIL
THE DEPUTIES CAN GET TO-
GETHER.
BOTH SIDES sPARRING FOR WIND.
Clever Tactics Have Been Adopted
by Each to Put the Other In
the Wrong.

PARIS, April 21.-In spite Of the protest of
the premier, M. Bourgeois, the senate today
adopted motion to postpone the vote on the
Madagascar credits until cabinet is formed
which enjoys the confidence of both chambers.
The galleries of the senate were packed with
people who anticipated another stir in the
struggle between the senators and the min
istry. Few of the senator's were absent, and
all the ministers were present, as we'll as
number of deputies.
An official note has been issued explaining
the attitude Of the cabinet in the face Of the
crisis precipitated by the senate's vote to post
pone the credits for Madagascar. The note
says
1.-The cabinet holds that, In face of the SEN
ate's vote, it is impossible to continue the d.
rection of affairs. But it considers that it
ought not to resign in the absence Of the
chamber. Therefore, the chamber should be
convoked without delay to enable the min
listers to impart to them the reason for their
decisions. NJ. Bourgeois has acquainted Presi-
dent Faure of this resolution and has also re-
quested M. Brisson, president of the chamber
of deputies, to convene the chamber
graphed to the deputies to meet on Thursday,
at o'clock
The news Of the resolution Of the cabinet
to convoke the chamber was circulated early
in the evening. The chamber would not meet
in the regular order of things until May 10.
1t was 10 O'Clock when M. Bourgeois went to
the palace, where he conferred half an hour
with M. Faure, the ministers being assembled
meanwhile at the foreign office awaiting his
return. Immediately upon his return the Of
fetal note was given out.
The refusal of the senate to grant the Mad
agasear credits to the Bourgeois cabinet is
regarded a well devised tactical move
against the cabinet in the conflict between
the two branches of the government which
involves the French constitution itself. 1t
was believed that the cabinet would feel it
self driven into corner and would be COM
PEELED to resign, and 1t was expected that this
would occur tomorrow. The cabinets reply
in summoning the chamber seems to be the
best that could be made to the senates move
and virtually refers the conflict to the cham
Der, which has already twice refused to con-
cur in a vote of censure of the cabinet
passed by the senate. If the newly sum-
moned chamber persists in this attitude, a
constitutional crisis will be threatened.
1t Is believed the cabinet has been con-
WINGED for some time past that 1t must re-
linquish Office, but has been maneuvering
for advantage Of position for its appearance
| before the country. The real conflict is be-
tween the Conservative element in politics,
represented by the senate, and the Radical
and Socialistic elements, represented in the
Bourgeois cabinet, which seek constitutional
| changes looking to the control of the senate
itself and the doing away with its obstruc-
ton to the Radical programme on France
The present cabinets income tax measure is
a main feature of that programme, uncom-
prcmisingly opposed to the senate. The lat
ter body has adroitly evaded making an issue
with the cabinet on the income tax measure
and has apparently concluded that the with
holding Of the credits for the governments
Madagascar programme which has proved
unpopular in France, provides nominal
ground for the conflict more likely to appeal
to the people.
1t Is believed that the government intends
to provoke vote Of confidence by the cham
Der again. Such vote would transform the
senate's hostility to the cabinet. into a con-
flict between the senate to find some mode
of surrounding similar opposition in the
future.