The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-28
ELECTION in FRANCE.
Trouble Was Expected, but Good
Order WaSMainiained.
GOVERNMENT DEFEATED.
The DreyfuS Champion Headed the
Poll in Ills District.
A CLEAN SWEEP MADE IN PARIS.
City Did Not Return a Single Minister.
ialist to Chamber Of Deputies,
A CLEAN SWEEP MADE IN PARIS.
NOTORIOUS ANTl.SEMITE TURNED OUT.
Mnisteriaists Elected Include Militant
Socialists Who Win Give Very Loose
Support to the Government.

Paris, April 81. Paris has not elected a
single minlsterialist to the chamber Of dep
mtics. Eight nationailsts, six anu.minis-
terlal socialists four anti ministerial rcpub
ltcans and three conservatives were re-
turned. II was the worst defeat the gov
eminent has ever sustained In Paris. Tho
minsteriallsts lost four seats and another
new constituency was won by the nation
alists. The deputies elected include NM.
Mllevoyc tnauonalisn. Georges Berry ma
t!onalisU, Lockroy (rndicaD aud Valiant
revolutionary socialist, who were members
OF the retiring chamber. aud NJ. Flourcns
progressisU NJ. Mcseur tradicaD, rettr-
Ing deputy, was replaced by NJ SIveton
mationalisN.
Rebuilding will occur in tweuty-nine
districts.
The nationalists, however, suffered Sc
we're check in Algiers where NJ. Drnmont,
the notorious anti-Semte, was turned out
by majority Of 700.
Among the prominent deputies reelected
to the chamber are: Count Boni
CGstcllanc progressisO, from the district
Of Castenane; NJ Ribot republican,, from
the district Of Saint omor. department OF
Pas de Calais; NJ. Meline tprogresssU,
from the district Of Nierermont, depart
ment of Vosges aud NJ. De Lannoseu rad
itaD from the district of Lyon.
The pooling for the election of new mem
I bers to the chamber of deputies began at
$ o'clock this morning ana closed at this
evening. The total number of candidates
was 25lJ.
OF this number, 535 stood In the depart
ment Of tho Seine.
a drenching rain in Paris did not prevent
the voters from going to the booths. The
| poll everywhere was about 20 per ceut
/ heavier than at the last elections. 40 dis
turbances worth mentioning occurred any
where in the city. During the day the au
thoritcs took stringent precautions TO cope
with possible disorders and strong bodies Of
police kept the crowds In motion. The on
tire republican guard was quartered In the
various public buildings.
Dense crowds, composed Of natonaists
assembled in front of the offices Of the
ibrc Parole the Glulois anl the Ech,
&c Paris, and greeted the first election an
nounccmerts which included three nation
alist Victories in Paris. with tremcndou,
cheering
NJ AIleraud, radical socialist. who stool
for reelection I'm one Of the districts %
Paris failed to secure his election ON In,
first ballot, his nationalist opponent run
ming him close throughout. II the vote
recorded by the anti-ministerialists and tn
socialists are transferred to NJ NIillcran,
on the second ballot TO he held May H. h
Is certain TO be reelected
Among the deputies elected to the cham
Der are NM. DelCasse uadicaD; Boudi
radical socialist; Decrais radical; Des
chanel (repubncan, president of the las
chamber; d Estournellcs UadicaD Godfrey
Cavaignac Cndependeut republican,; Coun
de Nun conservative: Poincare rcpubl
cam. Able Lemre christian socialist
Ahbe Galraud Catholic republican,
Two ministers NJ Mllerand, the mlnlstc
Of commerce. and NJ. Leygues, the milistc
of public instruction, await reballou
which most probably win be favorable
The Dreyfus champion. Joseph Renacl
whose temperance in political life was on
j OF the features Of the elections, headed n
I roll in his district in the department
Bnsses Alpcs. He will probably be c!ecte
! on rc.ballot by the tranference OF II
votes given 10 the competing rcpublca
candidate.
Up 10 the present ia" results from y
districts are known, III ministerial dep
ties and cighty.two ant!-mnlsterlullsts hes
been elected and rc-ballots viii occur
ciehty-two districts
!. The minls'chalists elected inclur
n eighteen militant socialists who will gi
very loose support to- the government.
, The Observation-Disclosures include thirt
; ninc antl.socalists aud republicans, f.
r. lowers Of NJ. Meline.
o Results from 1888 districts have been =
= ceiyed They are divided as follows: on
buudrqd and thlrty-three miuisterinlist
10 onti.mInisterlalists and 40 rc-ballots.