Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-28
FRENCH ELECTIONS.
New Chamber Voted for, Sunday
Government Loses Heavily.

Paris, April 27.-Paris has not elect
ed a single Ministerialist to the Cnam-
Der of Deputies. Eight Nationallsts'
six anti Ministerialist Socialists, TOUR
nti-Minsterialist Republicans anu
three Conservatives were returned. 1t
was the worst defeat the government
has ever sustained in Paris. The Min
isterialists lost four seats and anotHef
new constituency was won by the Ma
tionalists. The deputies elected IN
clude NM. Millevoye, CNationalisp,
Georges Berry, (NationalisD, Lockroy,
G.adicaD. and valiant, Revolutionary
SOCIALISM,, who were members OF the
retiring Chamber. and NJ. Flourens.
GrogressisD, NJ Mesureur, Qtadical
SOCIALISM,, was replaced by M. SyVe-
ton, tNationaliSD.
Reballoting will occur III ~ dlstrlcts.
The Nationalists, however, suffered
severe check in AlSiers, where NJ. Dru-
mont. the notorious anti-Semite was
turned out by Il majority of 300 Among
the prominent deputies reelected 10
the Chamber are Count Bom DE cas-
tellane CProgressist, from the district
of Castellane, department OF Bases
Apes; NJ Ribot, CRepublican), from
the district of Saint-Omer, department
of Pas-de-C Calais: NJ. Meline, Progress-
isD, from the district of Refinement
department Of Nosges, and NJ. De La
Hessan RadicaD from the district OF
Lyon, department of Rhone.
The polling for thes election OF new
members to the Chamber OF Deputies
began at o'clock, this morning, and
closed at o'clock, this evening. The
total number of candidates was 2o15.
OF this number 353 stood in the depart
ment of the Seine.
A drenching rain in Paris did not
prevent the voters from going to the
booths. The poll everywhere was
about 20 per cent. heavier than at the
last elections.
In the evening, immense crowds
gathered on the bouvelards in front of
the newspaper offices, where. notWith-
standing the prohibition of the police
illumired sheets were displayed, upon
which the results of the elections We're
flashed. No disturbances worth men,
tioninS occurred anywhere in the city.
During the day the authorities took
stringent precautions to cope with pos
sible disorders and strong bodies of
entire Republican Guard was quartered
| in the various public buildings.
Dense crowds, composed chiefly of
Nationalists assembled in front Of the
| offices of the Libre Parole. the Gaulos
and the Echo De Paris and greeted the
first election announcements which in
| cluded three Nationalist victories in
Paris, with tremendous cheering.
NJ So; e-t -I,n
stood for reelection in one of the
districts of Paris, also failed to secure
his election on the first ballot, his Ma
tionalist opponent running him close.
If the votes recorded by the anti-Min
isterialists and the Socialists are trans
ferred to M. Millerand on the second
ballot, to be held, May II, he is certain
to be reelected.
Two ministers, NJ. Millerand, the
minister of commerce, and NJ. LcyEues,
the minister of public instruction,
await reballots, which most probably
will be favorable.
The Dreyfus champion, Joseph Rein
ach, whose Temperance in political
life was one of the features of the cleo
tons. headed the poll in his district
in the department of Basses-Alpes. He
will probably be elected on q re-ballot
by the transferencc of the votes given
to the competing Republican candi-
date.
UP to the present the results from 353
districts are known; 1853 Ministerial
deputies and ITO anti Ministerialists
have been elected, and re-ballots will
occur in 10 districts, the MinisteriaHsts
elected including is Militant Socialists,
who will give very loose support to the
government. The -Ministerialists
include SO anti-Socialists and Republi-
cans, followers of M. Moline.
Late reports show that 165 Minsteri-
alistS and 125 anti Ministerialists have
been elected to the Chamber, and that
re-ballots will occur in 123 districts.
Jean De Castellane and Stanislau De
Castellane liberal independently Leon
Bourgeois (RadicaD, M. Pelletan, (Rad-
zeal SocalisD, and Jules Siegfrd, who
was recently in the United States
studying the subject of reciprocity,
were elected to the Chamber.
PEACE LOOKS NEARER.
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