The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-23
WILL ENDORSE
BRAND regime
Indications Point to Reelection
of Present Government
In France.
QUIET Election Is EXPECTED
Administration of Premier Has Found
Favor With Voters-General EIec-
tions Throughout France
Marked BY Apathy.

Paris, April 23.-Were il not for the
multi-colored election posters with
which all public buildings and bulle-
tin boards in Paris and everywhere
throughout France are plastered over,
visiting strangers would scarcely
suspect that France is on the very
eve OF general election, to be held
tomorrow, with second ballots, where
necessary, to be cast on May s. So
little excitement is displayed by the
public that one might be led to be-
lieve that politics in France were i'm a
state Of profound apathy. That is
not so, however.
II is quite true that the election
to be held tomorrow promises to be
extremely quiet and unsensational,
but this should not be interpreted as
an indication that the voters take no
interest in the issues and the final
result of the election contest. The
apparent apathy, aside from certain
instances in which local issues have
caused a mild form of excitement,
may be accounted for by the fact that
there Is no contention between great
issues before the country at this time.
The great majority of the voters is
perfectly satisfied with the adminis-
tration i'm power and does not wish a
change. Premier BRAND, as the sue
cessor Of the able Clemenceau. has
been at the helm of the government
during most trying period in the
history OF the republic. With admir-
able skill and infinite tact he avoid
ed the dangerous riffs during the tenn
pestuous agitation with which the Sc
paration of Church and State was ac-
companied. With unimpeachable firm
ness, but at the same time. avoiding
all unnecessary friction he carried out
the policy of the government and
thus won the respect even of those
who opposed the principle of a sep
aratior
NJ. BRAND proved himself a man OF
exceptional ability. a statesman of
shrewdness and perspicacity. a poll
tician of tact and. above all. a thor
oughly honest and fearless man and
staunch republican. His political and
administrative record is clean and
above reproach and even the extrem-
lists of the opposition. the extreme
socialists and ultra conservatives have
no fault to find with NJ. BRAND as a
citizen or official. Therein lies his
strength. Even the disclosures of the
malodorous Duez scandal, showing an
almost incredible corruption i'm the
administration of the church proper
ty appropriated by the state. did not
weaken NJ. Brands strength. Calmly
he disarmed his enemies by pointing
to the fact that ii was he who, as
Minister of Justice, had called atten-
ton to the corruption and had insti-
tuted a system of Investigations. which
led to the exposure Of the frauds and
defalcations. Thus the scandal itself
and the severe punishment OF the Of
tenders. instead of weakening Brands
position, materially increased his pres
tigc,
Although far from being an extrem-
ist. NJ BRAND originally came from
the ranks Of the socialists and two of
the members Of his cabinet. NJ. NJ.
Millerand and Viviani. are declared
SOCIALISTS. InlS faCt TOOK tne Wlnd out
Of the sails of the extreme wing of
the opposition and made effective par
liamentary polemics between them and
the government practically impossible.
At the same time the moderation and
conservatism manifested by the es-
sentially bourgeois Cabinet under NJ.
Brands leadership in carrying out
its programs has disarmed the ex-
treme right. composed of the various
royalist elements.
NJ. BRAND is a hard and conscien-
tious worker and has surrounded
himself with men equally capable and
willing to work indefatigably. His
ability and resourcefulness during the
critical time OF the disastrous foods
won him general esteem and his strong
Endorsement of proportional represen-
tation. which NAV be considered the
main issue at tomorrow's election.
made his position practically impreg-
rable. There Is scarcely any doubt
that tomorrow's election will result in
3 victory OF the government