Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-17
PARIS, FRANCE.

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Results of the municipal elections con-
tinue to trickle in, and to confound the
audacious official statistics cooked by the
Minister Of the Interior, who quite disre-
CARDS the fact that the new councils have
just elected Socialist Mayors in such i'm
Lille, Roubaix, Toulon, Limoges, Dion,
Roanne, Calais, Carmaux, Croix, Fleur-
ance, Sens, and others. The number Of
hotels de vile on which the Socialist flag
Radical Socialist conquests not counted
was planted ON 18th May is estimated at
between 400 and 5OO Supplementary re-
suits to be noted are: Tulle, seven Social
lists, nineteen Radical Socialists, and two
Reactionists elected; Domerat, Socialist
list elected with more than 700 votes. Also
nine more Socialist lists victorious in the
Correze Department, twelve in the Nievre,
one in the Loire, one in the Haut Loire, two
In the Yonne, and one in the Somme. The
Radical and Socialist coalition list at
Amiens obtained 1860 votes-2000 majority.
Several of the new Mayors are workers,
notably of Lille, Calais and Croix.
General elections took place for the two
great Partisan suburbs of st. Denis and
Sceaux on May II. Twenty one councillors
had to be elected and the Socialists retained
their one seat without gaining any. Their
vote was formidable one. however, viz,
at st. Denis, IS, 900 in eight divisions con-
tested, and at Sceaux 8, 900 in six divisions.
Seven Radical Socialists were also elected.
Still more municipal election results:
Ardennes Department. More than 100
municipal seats secured to Socialism, net
gain Of about eighty. These victories
cover twenty-five communes, Loir-et-
Cher Department: Here twenty two can
didates of the Socialist and Radical coali
tion were elected at Blois. Three Socialists
nave been elected at Vendome, eight at
Suevres, and in more than thirty rural
communes the party has gained great
number of seats. Vauclese Department:
Two Socialists elected at Vaucluse. At
Suresnes, IA out of % seats have fallen to
the Socialist Union.
The National Council of the French
Labor Party entertained 500 persons,
chiefly Socialist Municipal Councillors, at a
punch on May 90. Jules Guesde pre-
sided, and to name the places from which
Socialist delegates attersled would be to
give a list of most Of the important towns
If France. Guesdo pointed out that his
party, the Parti Ouvrier, alone secured
more than 300, 600 votes at the municipal
elections-more than double the number of
1S92-and 1,5OO candidates were elected.
He also remarked that, while determined
to retain its sepalste organization, the
Parti Ouvrier would also continue to form
portion of the Socialist Union. Delory,
Mayor of Lille, stated that the municipal
results entail victory for more than dozen
Socialists in the North region in the 1898
Parliamentary elections. He also pointed
out the important fact that it WAS with the
Lyons program and as Collectivists, Revo
lutionists and Interna>ionaists that the
Socialists defeated the Bourgeoisie, the
Church and the Capitalists. Not the slight
est concession was made to catch vote.
Citizen Lejard, from Cette, was in the en-
viable position of being able to speak on
behalf of 6, RS out Of the 1900 voters on
the registers of that town. The proceed
ings, needless to say, were enthusiastic.
Twenty seven Paris Municipal Council
lors attended meeting last week for the
formation of Socialist group in the Coun
Gil.