The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20
WHAT PARIS IS TALKING ARoUr.
Vim, Hnirdresser and Drputy-H Henri
kocherort. the Last or the Sntionai be-
fence Queer Cafe Chantant Lawsuits.

vim, Hatrdresser and Drputy-Hcnr
Kocherort. the Last or the National be-
feace- Queer Cafe Chantant Law suits.
PARIS. Dec. 1.-The Meline Ministry is
showing the utmost determination in keeping
In power. Fearing recently at the last mo-
ment that It would be In a minority. It de-
rlared that it would not make the vote one OF
confidence. a proceeding which allowed 1t TO re-
main in office without 81 eaking will traditions
while pocketinS a pretty serious check. A
similar thing has Just kaprened tn il again.
|: will be recalled that an intrigue carefully
planned by the partisaus of VI. Rcssegu!er, the
glass manufacturer of CarmaUX. against whom
NJ. Jaures has led such n vigorous campaign,
had prevented the Socialist leader from Civ
Ing an account Of his doinss In Parliament to
his constituents. Another effort made by tie
Deputy has also been wardrd or. Very little
credit can be given to what the Government
newspapers say about this matter. 1t might
be believed that there is Ii feeling of hatred
among the inhabitants OF the town against the
Carma.x Deputy and his friends. There is no
truth in that. although the establishment of
the workingmen's glass works NJ n distance
from \ centre. where small tradesmen ana
workingmen in other trades had made many
sacrifices for the glussworkers' cause, was a
mistake, at least in the manner in which II
was done: for II, as II seems 10 he proved now.
there was n real advantage In transferring TO
ABBY the plant originally laid down at Car
mauX. nothing was easier than TO acknowledge
the sacrifices made by placing the people of
the place. the town authorities, or the syndi-
cate of merchants on the list OF shareholders
for a certain number of shares. In spite OF this
mistake. i'll. ceiling had been quickly appeased
for the most part or had been at least lul.cd by
the powerful propaganda made by the social
istS I'm Parliament and pven now the town MI
thorities remain attached, II not to the Deputy
FOR their district. at least to tho socialist thco-
ries. 1t ID painful To be Obliged to say that the
French Government seems READY to take up
again the tactics ana acts Of official violence
and of provocatiOn which brought about the
fall of Napoleon MS empire. Blows, arrests
for insufficient cause, the substitution for the
local police OF II state police directed by the pre-
feet personally, the dissolution ot public meet
lnps In spite of the officers having heen elected
nothing Is lacking.
From these arrests arises the incident which,
under any other circumstances, would havS
brought about tho fall of tho M6line Ministry,
A DEPUTY, NJ. Chauvin, goes to Rsk at the sta
lion for Ms cane, which had been wrenChed
away from him. lilo is arrested, and tn cX-
cuse this fragrant violation Of the Cnnstitu-
tiou. the assertion is made that lao had
been taken in fdDrdntG dei,ctH. II WAS
said that he had struck n policeman at !
o'clock IN the afternoons; yot lie was not ar
rested till ). In the presence Of such u demand
the Chamber Of Deputies rose up In anger and
voted. 2D3 20 IS. that NJ, Chauvin should
be SGT free. and on the followiI day
many Deputies affirmed that too Jealous
friends had cast tleir votes for them In their
absence against the liberation. Faithful To its
tactics, the Government, which at that very
moment was bringing NJ. Chauvin to trial, de-
elared that II did not object TO the measure,
and did not wish To make II u vote Of conn
dence. The telegram announcing the vote
tion OF an act contrary not only to law but to
custom. 1t was brought 10 notice that the
Chamber OF Deputies had always through It's
Presidents asserted the right TO be sole Judge
OF tho propriety OF bringing q Deputy to trial,
even when arrested in the act. That was the
position taken by NJ, Charles Floquet in 1902,
when the Constant Luur incident arose.
A Ministry which makes use of such meas.
uTes, and sees itself Obliged 10 withdraw from
them In such a manner. must expect to meet
soon the grain Of sand which is the immedi-
ate cause of the falls of Ministries.
A word about NJ. ChRu vim, the cause of the
vote and manifestation on the part OF the
Chamber He was horn In Paris In March,
1860. and became Deputy for the Seine De-
I m a. the last election. He Is a hair
dresser by trade, and had been official hair
az $50. To the Coincide Francaiso, where lie
did up Mile, Reich bmberg's locks. lie has
sven had the honor OF handling the trsASsl "