Show from the bally 0 september 25 A BACK HUMBER atmosphere of french politics las been at least temporarily by the crashing defeat of the joao on horseback at last sundays elections etith its attendant menace of and w ith all that ha two imply in is retired to tha from aich among a less excitable people it roalia never have emerged the have inept the country w ith a majority that their enot ean guthie pohl kaas hardly expected expect ad and the B bunty of the present covern ai froan tha lur bulenda of the dictatorship policy is for the present aea ored but le alio anticipates a prolonged period of uc disturbed aa a result of these elections comprehends poorly the katurd ct the french people and judges imperfectly the of the present adna inist ration leaving the first to bo measured by the which haa crt up it may be said of the leond that however conse native and no however able can hold in check the d evils which BO weak a oa fosters might bo gradually eliminated by a nation trained to or by a people sturdy in their affection for that fo m of government whose power lies in governing the least but a population ion prone to sensationalism best contented when most diacon tented eager to fly from one evil to any extravagance which promises promie es a rad cil change all in the name of la aad la gloria is not one among which constitutional reforms can to worked oct according to the bessom of experience nor is it a population among which weak spots ct governmental economy are cautiously fortified in the combined wisdom of their best mea among such a people usurpers usurp ers flourish r di cals play the part of statesmen and harebrained hare brained adventurers clothe themselves in the garb and ho indea of deliverers K we add that these have been the evils under which poor prance has groaned for more than a century we need not say that those have been the characteristics of her people Kevi eion there foe which hansban a happy cilc haord with Bou langeris not the ices fraught with janser that his championship of it lias loosened ita grasp it litot coone or france as a republic amt go to piece the on today to day is vacillating and inc orope tent and is victory at the polls can only be explained by abo presumption it weakness weak nebs is less feared for the moment thin blatant militarism whenever a more discreet reformer shall arise or if it is to be whenever he ahall put away hia dramatic he will find the ripe for his doc irinea ani to his behesta behests beh ests As it is the noisy exile will pc arcely ba permitted now to take the one wat which was preserved to him amid the general wreck cf his bartys fortunes |