THE FRENCH GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5578, 25 September 1889, Page 2

THE FRENCH GENERAL ELECTIONS.

* (By Electric Telegraph - Cop 1 ; right— Per United Press 5 Association - Uecjived September 21, 103 > p in) i Paris, Sept. 23. Monsieurs Ferriere, Loon Say, Dervu- => lede, Dillon, Fallieres, Spuller, and Cus.siigrace have been elected. M. Ferry was defeated. In the case of Messrs Clemenceau, Constans, Guyot, and Lockroy there will have to be second ballots. Latest returns show lt>7 Moderate Re-pub- . licans, 57 Rndicals, 86 Royalists, 51 Bona- . partists, and 22 Boulagists have been elected. In 177 other cases a second ballot will be necessary and it is expected 135 of these will be favorable to Governt ment. It is believed the Chamber will 1 eventually consist of 309 Republicans and i 201 Opposition of various shades. 5 # Sept, 24. s The election reactionaries have secured i 120 seats, and of those 75 are Royalists, k and 3") adherents of Boulanger. hi the latter instance there is a large number of ' men new to political life in Paris. Gene--5 nil Boulanger polled 192,000. The English and Continental Press consider the result ot the election a total collapse of Boulangerisin. (Received September 25, 1.."> a.m.) London, Sept. 14. At Paris the correspondent of the Times anticipates that the republicans will have a majority over all other parties com--1 bined of from 92 to 120.