 He made a proposal to revise the constitutional laws to retore the plebiscite, and supported General Boulanger's revisionist manifesto.He voted on 11 February 1889 against the reinstatement of the district poll.He voted for the indefinite postponement of the revision of the Constitution proposed by the ministry of Floquet, against the prosecution of three members of the Ligue des Patriotes, against the draft Lisbonne law restricting the freedom of the press and against the prosecution of General Boulanger.