The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-28
ELECTION IN FRANCE
PARIS GOES BACK ON LOUBET AD-
MINIsTRATION.
NO MINISTERlALIsT ELECTED.
NATIoNALISTS APPEAR TO HAVE
SCORED A VICTORY.

Paris Returned Only NatiOnaIists,
Anti-MinisteriaIists and Conserva-
tives-DumOnt, the Notorious An
ti-Semite. Turned Down in AIgiers.
Boni de CastelIane Reelected
From His Own Pocket Borough.
Civil Guard Kept UnLer Arms, but
There Was No DiSturbance-BulIe-
tins Published in Spite of Police
Orders.
Paris, April 27.-Paris has 1ot elect
ed a single ministerialist to the Cham
Der of Deputies. Eight Nationalist,
six anti-ministerialist socialists, four
anti-ministerialist Republicans and
three Conservatives We're returned. 1t
was the worst defeat the government
mas ever sustained in Paris. The min
:starialists lost four seats and an
other constituency was won by the
Nationalist. Reballotting will occur
in 20 districts.
The Nationalist, however, suffered
a severe check in Algiers where NJ.
Drumont, the notorious anti-Semite,
was turned out by a majority Of 600.
Among those reelected to the cham
Der is Count Boni de CasteIane pro
gressisD from the District of Castel-'
lane, Department of Bases Alpes.
Parisians Voted in the Rain.
Paris, April 27.-The polling for the
election of new members to the Cham
Der of Deputies began at 8 O'Clock this
morning and closed at 6 o'clock this
evening. The total number of candi-
dates was 2,515. OF this number 1853
stood in the department 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. The rain ceased in the even
ing, and immense creuds gathered in
the bouleyards in front of the news
paper offices, where, Notwithstanding
the prohibition of the police, illuminat-
ed sheets were displayed upon which
the results of the elections were flash
ed Immediately they were received. No
disturbance worth mentioning occur
red anywhere in the city. During the
day the authorities took stringent pre-
cautions to cope with possible disor-
ders, and strong bodies of police
kept the crowds in motion. The entire
Republican guard was quartered IN
the various public. buildings. Dense
crowds, composed chiefly of National
lists, assembled in front of tF e offices
of the Libre Parole, the Gaulois and
the Echo de Paris, and greeted the
first election announcements which in
Guided three Nationalist victories in
Paris. with tremendous cheering. NJ.
Millerand Radical Socialist, who stood
for reelection in one of the districts
of Paris. failed to secure his election
on the first ballot, his Nationalist op-
ponent running him close throughout
If the votes recorded by the anti-minis-
terialists and the Socialists are trans
ferred to NJ Millerand on the second
ballot, to be held May IL, he is certain
to be reelected.
Dreyfus Champion Lead.
The Dryfus champion, Joseph Rein
ach, whose appearance in political life
was one Of the features of the cleo
tons, headed the poll in his district in
the department of Bases Alpes. He
Will probably be elected on a reballot
by the transference of the votes given
to the competing Republican candidate.
Up to the present the results from
2I5 districts are known; Ill ministerial
deputies and 50 anti ministeriaIists
have been elected and reballots will
occur in eighty-two districts. The min
isterialists elected include eighteen
mlutant socialists, who Will give very
loose support to the government. The
ministerialists include thirty-nine
anti-Socialist and Republicans, follow
ers of M. Meline
Results from 1853 district have been
received. They are divided as follows:
One hundred and thirty three minis
terialists, 10 ministerials and 10
ballots.
Each Side Has 14T Assured.
Paris, April 2S.-Late reports show
that LAT ministerialists and 147 anti
ministerialists have been elected to the
chamber, and that reballots will occur
in lis districts. Jean de Castellane
and Stanislaus deCastellane, Liberal
Independents; Leon Bourgeois. Radi-
cal; NJ. Pellettan, Radical Socialist,
and Jules Siegfried, who was recently
in the United States studying the sub
ject of reciprocity, were elected to the