Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-10
Martinique and Guadeloupe Turn
Tricks of Rare Boldness.
NO CAMPAIGN FREE FROM FIRE
This Year is, by Comparison, More
Than Usually Mild.
ONLY A FEW MEN ARE KILLED
Paris Statistics Make had showing
a. to Number of street Acci-
dentS--M. Lepine May Re
sign Police office.
BY PAUL YILLIERs.

BY PAUL VILLIERS.
PARIS. July a--(special Dispatch to The
Bee.)-In the gentle arts of ballot box
stuffing, intimidation Of voters and stealing
of elections generally the French colonies
not only have nothing to learn of the most
| expert American opponents OF the shady
side Of politics, but in view of the dis
closures in the examination Of the returns
from Guadeloupe, Martinique and La Re
union, just made by the new Chamber Of
| Deputies, those colonists could qualify as
teachers to any aspirants who wish to learn
the trick OF carrying elections without
votes.
| consequences of Election.
One result of the election was the I'M
! seating of the negro deputy Legitimus,
| famous because he absent so long
during the last Parliament that his exist
ence was considered as a myth by some,
| though he happens to be in Paris just now.
Another consequence may be to raise the
whole question of the advisability of any
Parliamentary representation for the
colonies-at least those of the West indies.
Apparently no election campaign ever
takes place in Guadeloupe and Martinique
unaccompanied by fire and slaughter.
This year the proceedings were compar-
alNcly ullihs OiliJ u lew plduldtlOnS Dclnk
burnt in Guadeloupe and some persons
killed. exact number unobtainable"
Colonial elections also have their in
genuously comic side. M. Legitmus for
example, was beaten by his opponent by
1000 votes when three ballot boxes still re-
NAMED to be opened. These were secreted
somewhere for four days. When they were
4 opened whole bundles Of papers for NJ
Legitimus poured out, and he caught up the
201. with 800 extra Hence his unseating.
IncIdenta of the voting.
In some colonial constituencies officers
at the polling booths calmly tore up the
papers bearing names they disliked. A
candidate turning up suddenly during such
an operation, the officer, taken by sur
prise, swallowed the paper he was going to
throw away 1t stuck in his throat and he
nearly died.
A remarkable operation discovered dur
ing the parliamentary inquiry was as fol-
lows; A ballot box on the first count was
found to contain S24 papers for A and III
for B. The box and the signed return
were conveyed to the town hall.
When 1t reached there the votes were %
for A and 7Ol for b. A spurious certificate
Of the returning officer had simply been
, substituted, with his signature forged.
|
, seem worth while to ask the colonies to
send representatives to the home ParlIa-
ment?
This question Is being very seriously
asked in the chamber and it is regarded as
altogether probably that action will be
taken modifying IL not cutting off colonial
representatives.
street Accidents in Paris.
4 | COmDarfqon fa a.
America of the better manner in which
street traffic is regulated in London, Paris
and other great European cities than ir
America
Once In a while statistics are presented
q which demonstrate that this alleged SUI
r periority of European cities is mythical
n For example, return just made to tn,
q Paris municipal council shows that Their,
a were 65.S70 street accidents in@Paris durin,
, 1903 in which sl,S6s vehicles were involved
. The same return shows there are somethin,
i less than 100000 vehicles in the city. in
n GLIDING 5000 hand carts and 1900 barrows
"A This would indicate that at least l6 per cen
a of the vehicles of Paris were involved II
!, accidents during the year, / doubt IL an,
" American city would show anything Xix
!, this proposition.
q, Lepine May Resign.
l. M, Lepine, the famous project of polio
d. OF Paris. may resign because of difference
lg with the government,
ne One point OF disagreement comes Of tn
p rule that all public administrations mus
n accept a certain number of ex-serviee me
ly every. year. Thanks TO this, NJ. Lepine
re asked to accept as policemen two eS
ne soldiers. who have each served a term q
I'd Imprisonment He strongly objects, an
90 | so do his men
70 Actress Loses suit.
d. Paris rather enjoyed the suit of M de
Ell val, manager of the Theatre de rAthene
or against Nile. Lanthelme for damages b,
ss cause she refused to play the part IC
for which she was cast in an adaptable
of "Manon." The actresses defense wa
that her part contained a situation whIc
offended her sense of propriety.
nj Inasmuch as Mile. Lanthelme had
short time before appeared in a play Gale
lie Circuit" when her role called Il
TO risque situations TO which those IN the Ne
I'm play were mid, her defense was looked q
ma in the nature Of joke. The court evidentl
OF took that view OF II, as the actress wa
'er ordered to pay the manager $500 damage
sr- Balloon in Directory.
We Partisan reference books for next ves
will denote those. fortunate or otherwis
", to own balloons by marking q small ba
Oh loon or aeroplane against their name
o. This viii prove very convenient for neigl
ne bors who wish to commit suicide unvl
no trusively can just borrow the seropiane (,
iiu "a fly In the park"
he some OId-Tlmers.
he record for longevity Is claimed &
ire an old couple named Fayet. residing
nd Chateldon. Pude-DOme, the husband OeiI
he lO5 and the wife l0l. Both are In exec
Ips lent health. and Work-unaided-thelr sma
holding