The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-07

Recent Events Have Given the Cause
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II Is 70 the evident advantage Of social
ism that the whole political situation :
now turning Parliament has adjourned
for It's long vacation, 50 THAI The budget
OF isS1 has 10 be made UPON the existing
system Of taxasion-which pseases no
one. For the first time the chamber OF
deputies has been giving negative votes
BY something Ike real division Into Two
great parties. But when any positive leg-
isiasloa has 70 De done. the party GIsaI>-
pear, and there are only floating gelatin
ots groups as before. A majority Of dep
titles undoubtedly sympathixe with NJ
Bourgeois. who brought something ike
cohesion into the Radical-Socislisf ranks
That he held power with the help q the
Socialists was not seriously against aim,
for things have advaQeed 10 that point IN
France where Socialism Is more respscta-
bic and less Of a bugoear than Foptaaisrn
in the American republic But wlen NJ.
Bourgeois allowed the young nnancser o.
his cabinet, N Dounaer. 10 bring forward
an Income tax bill which threatened 10
be -,globai and progressive. the boHr-
geoIs deputies-Szambetta' Republicans
calmly refused 20 support him II MA,
has always been their own contest WITH
the senate and united themselves with the
clerical and aEtstocratlc Rgnt- Wasea
hates and despIses them This allowed
the new prime minister, NJ Aeatne, 70
propose another young man ) Dill, NJ
Cochery's which would lay a proportion
al tax on incomes in the plural. Incts.-
ing the hitherto untaxasle French rents.
A hostile majority. made UP OF new e4e-
nsnts. with the Socialists this tine iarse-
IL on the side OF NJ Mel!ne. 50 distinctly
declared itself that the ministry aas been
allowed 10 withdraw lis bill. the sS1sner
being unfayorabte to another caaAgs Oh
administrator. The only clear HE or
French public policy which all pTaes-e2tiy
agree to follow, although Nj. boarSSN's -
mildly a theoretical free trader, Is tle sot-
id aud severe protectionism of = Aeiine'
but that he has imposed and Aspt fast on
the country under all administrations.
without needing to be minister himself
for The purpose So far the onsy @Epk-
rent promise OF tightening the taxatiol.
whose burden Is ever increas n5 ana
weighs heavily on both peasant ana lac
tory workman. comes from q ses11S'.-s
all parties toward Socialist idcas-N men
Is vet another strong wind blo%aas t'ie
French republic steadily IN tie aAseSe'eh
OF Socialism
There b but one real alternative. This
would De the formation OF ceahite SStn-
ole party not necessarily clerical. "R4eh
should apply Itself solely to making the
comno.n y,@rp1e comfortable. Sundays
elections In Belgium show that THIS is
possible where Casholic representatives
are at once educated and united In
France they are neither. although some
OF the safest authorities on the nation
finances are found among them-men IKE
the veteran Senator Buffet. But they are
not respectful OF the pope in their atti-
tude towards the republic. and they dis
trust worse than plain socialist the men
OF their own ranks. Ike Albert de Nun,
who have gone over 20 the working peo-
pie. Jules Guexda, the atheist, who has
nufsed up French socialism 20 parha-
rnentary position more brilliant than II
occupies even In In Germany, II quite clear
minded on this peInt. Like most SOCIALIST
Philosophers. he has an immense respect
for the Catholicism which once absorbed
al the popular forces OF society. and he
ls never tired Of repeating that, in the
universal evolution towards democracy.
socialism is 10 take the place OF Catholi-
e.sn. while all that remains living IN the
church wiz help finally to the progress OF
socialism.
Against al these IDEAS II. waldeck-
Rousseau. the incssive ard cultivated law
yer has begun crusade OF after-dinner
speeches in the name OF Gambetta, whose
lieutenant he was. He Is trying 70 gal
vanize back 70 lie the Old party OF opPor-
tunism and republican Concentration"
He asks pertinenfly enough, What COM
poses the majority OF NJ. Me,ine? A GER
tain number % republican deputies IN an
Ton with the royzlists OF the right What
was the majority OF NJ. Bourgeois A
certain number Of republican deputies in
union with The socialists. Therefore. by
an easy transformation OF equations. II
the republican deputies would stand to-
wether, they would form majority for
themselves Independently OF royallst right
or socialists Now, II Was1eck-Rans-
seau. who adds 20 his other accomplish
rneats that OF being very clever player
on the flute. knows that nothing can be
done with the present deputies. who have
Tasze,f three ont Of their four years.
term % Office in refusing 20 concentrate.
Also, IL L. necessary 20 strike slightly
revolutionary note In order 20 awaken the
faded attention % the country. He2ce
he calls Loudly for a dissolution. II IS
daQhsfil y rev general election would
-vssvffv his marty