The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-27

have one member. and II its popula-
ton exceeded 100000 1t would have two
members.
According to the present system. at
the next elections eight districts will
have the right TO an additional men,
Der owing to an Increase of population
white two districts will lose member.
1t has been understood. since the In
crease of the Parliamentary salary to
$4,000 that the government would do
something to relieve the taxpayer by
decreasing the number OF Deputies--
delicate as such a measure would be-
and the abolition OF constituencies with
population OF less than 10000 would
have the effect of reducing the number
.of Deputies by 10. as well as OF abol-
ishing the inconsistency of the consti-
tuency of Barcelonette. with 3.44s ell
ectorS. having the same voice In the
country's affairs as the third constitu-
encv of Nantes with over $1,000. to
take an extreme case.
There Is little doubt that the result
of the recent postal strike has been
exactly the reverse of what the gov
eminent of France intended that II
should be. The strike was failure.
A number of men have been punished
But preparations are now being made
to give French officials the right to
combine. This right may be disguised
under hfgh-sounding titles. such as
THE Statute of Functionaries." II Is.
nevertheless, a sort of Magma Charta
for French Government servants and
however Ii be presented the govern
ment servants themselves undoubtedly
look upon 1t as their reward for having
disorganized the inner life of the
country. The latter-day Partisan Is
fast losing the quality of politeness for
which Parisians have until now been
d., doxr nd a.
ness and violence are the best methods
of obtaining satisfaction in Paris. 1t
is lesson which people of all classes
are having forced upon them. The
postal officials showed their weakness
and their strength, and the new statu-
tie is the result of their violent action.
which in the broadcast sense was an
act Of supreme rudeness to the public
While they protested politely no notice
was taken of their claims, just or
otherwise Now that, figuratively
speaking, they have banged the desk
with their fists, they are getting salts
faction.
A New Story.
A delicious story bearing on this
method is going the round. There was
some mistakes about seats at Paris
theatre. The man who had paid for
them and could not get them had used
his temper. IF you don't give me
satisfaction at once" he said. II will
box your ears" "Why on earth did
you not say so at once" was the an
swer IT am always ready to do any
thing I can when I am asked for 1t
politely" The angry man got his
seats.
Long sighted men in Paris feel very
nervous as to Frances future. 1t is
not only that the discomfort among
the working classes and the lesser
paid State officials grows every day,
but that a general discomfort with the
constitution of France is growing
apace. and that lovers Of disorder may
before long lay hold of the feeling
against parliamentary government and
turn 1t to their uses. The French sys-
tenn OF parliamentary government un-
fortunately has OF late years given rise
to political fll-health. Scandal has FOL
lowed scandal recently. Nowadays,
whenever one of these scandals breaks
ont, the word corruption" Is on ev-
erv lip. 1t should not be inferred that
men in high positions bribe ar take
bribes In France. but what is nearly
always untrue is still frequently re-
peated and believed.
II revolution should come no one
need be surprised If the army is on the
side of the revolutionaries. In one of
the most popular plays in Paris at the
present moment one of the characters,
speaking of his former regiment. saws:
TT was a crack regiment None of the
officers would have8 anything to do
with the colonel because he. was good
Republican"
One result of M. Fallieres' high office
has been to prevent him Gas has always
been his custom until he left the Sem
ate for the Elysee) presiding over the
annual banquet which is organized in
memory OF their birthplace by his fel-~
Iow-townsmen. and is called La Prune.
The prunes OF Agen are as famous as
the prunes of Carlsbad. and Agen
plurns In brandy made Agen famous