THE MULTIPLE POSITIONS OF ELECTED OFFICES

There was a time, not so long ago that we can't remember, when avant-garde parties opposed the multiple positions of elected office.
This was at a time when the Socialist Party, which hadn't yet become the SFIO, had not become a party of appetites, like the famous, much-maligned opportunists of yesteryear...
And yet, during the early years of the young Republic, public office was more of an honor than a profit.
It was free.
This is no longer the case today, when the most common borough councilor draws, more or less legally, from the public budget. And then, there was sometimes an excuse: the shortage of candidates, which no longer exists, as most of the activists in the SFIO sections are seed-stock who believe they can produce elected officials...
So why do the Socialists now tolerate multiple offices?
Need we recall that Senator Flaissières himself was ousted by Citizen Taddei, who wanted to trade his modest mandate as district councilor for the Endoume neighborhood for the more prestigious and advantageous position of general councilor for the same canton? We experienced those hours alongside Citizen Flaissières, and no one can contradict us when we say that at the café on September 4th, in the square of the same name, Citizen Taddei's friends, his spokespeople, said to the outgoing Senator and General Councilor:
You are now a senator, there is no reason for you to retain the position of General Councilor; we do not allow the dual role...
And Citizen Flaissières, a good sport, sensing that his game was lost, agreed not to run again.
That's history.

How times have changed! Today, deputies whose value is certainly no greater than that of their predecessors hold office after office and make a fortune at the expense of taxpayers; for not all of them have the political integrity of Citizen Tasso, who, since being elected to the National Assembly, has no longer collected the compensation associated with his other positions. We don't yet officially know the composition of the municipal lists, but if we had one piece of advice to give, one opinion to express, it would be to strike out, on both the right and the left, all the politicians holding multiple offices who, while they want the country's prosperity, are primarily concerned with ensuring their own.

AT THE COURTHOUSE
Mr. François Brun, the eminent and distinguished Vice-President of the Civil Court of Marseille, has been promoted to the presidency, replacing Mr. Rabaud, appointed First President of the Court of Appeal of Riom.
Our warmest congratulations.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
On the left, there is complete agreement. There will be no dissent. At most, if the Communists feel the desire to count themselves on a list, it will not prevent the election in the first round of Citizen Flaissières and the candidates who form his entourage.
There will be no runoff. At most, a collision course. As we have indicated, the cartel is formed by the Federations: S.F.I.O., Radical and Radical-Socialist, Independent Socialists, Socialist Republicans, and the French Socialist Party.
The outgoing municipal councilors, not belonging to any Federation, constitute what Citizen Resch calls the "group of savages." Most, if not all, of them will be among the candidates whose admission is beyond doubt.
There will also be two worker representatives chosen from among the leaders of the Bourse du Travail, Citizens Gras and Pasquini, it is said, who would be appointed by the Cartel and not by the Bourse du Travail, which sticks to its purely economic ground and does not want to engage in politics by including official representatives on a municipal list.
On the right, the agreement is not as close. The so-called Democratic and Social Party would not have the share it was counting on. It had envisaged twelve representatives, one per canton. At the preparatory meeting of the Grand Circle, it was only allocated seven. And it won't be the canton committees that will appoint them, but the steering committee, which reserves the right to choose from among its friends.
In reality, it's the Grand Circle that draws up the list. On that side, too, no dissident list is planned. There was talk of a Catholic list, but the Bishopric will have sufficient reassurances to sponsor the Eugène Pierre list. Of course, a certain number of its candidates will be admitted. The Catholics had the ambition to obtain half the seats, very problematic seats! - this figure was found to be exaggerated, and finally a ten-person vote was agreed upon, with the request not to include people too well-known for their clerical ties, which might raise eyebrows among moderate Republicans.