The Socialist Congress ask Baudin to run in the 1889 legislative elections as its candidate in the 2nd constituency of Bourges or the 2nd constituency of Saint-Amand.

He chose Bourges, and ran as a Blanquist, but belonged to the section of the socialists who refused to support Boulangism.

The elections of 22 September 1889 were inconclusive, but Baudin was elected on the second ballot on 6 October 1889.

He was one of two successes for the Marxists claimed by Paul Lafargue, the other being Christophe Thivrier, an ex-miner and municipal councillor for Commentry who had campaigned as a Boulangist and joined the Workers' Party after being elected.

However, Friedrich Engels saw the elections as a success, counting Baudin, Thivrier and Félix Lachize as Marxists, and considering that Gustave Paul Cluseret and Ernest Ferroul were "bound to cast in their lot with the first three."

During this session of parliament Baudin was very active in all socialist demonstrations.

On 19 November 1889 Baudin, Joseph Ferroul, Antide Boyer and Valentin Couturier proposed that the mines should be nationalized, and demands for nationalization of regulation grew as strikes spread across France.

From 1890 to 1892 Baudin participated in the labour action of the logging unions.

He tabled two bills, one on working conditions in match factories, and the other on the intervention of the army between capital and labour.

He voted for a credit of 1,600,000 francs for the secret funds of the Sûreté générale, but protested against the use of secret funds to pay agents provocateurs who joined the socialist party.

In the discussion over the 1890 accident in the Villeboeuf mine in Saint-Étienne he pointed out the inadequacy of precautions against firedamp explosions.

He questioned the Minister of the Interior, Constans, about the brutal action of the police on 7 June 1891 against an authorized socialist demonstration.

The demonstrators were laying a wreath in the square near Sacré-Cœur, Paris, where Eugène Varlin, a former member of the Commune, had been shot.

Victorien Sardou's play Thermidor, first staged at the Comedie-Francaise on 24 January 1891, portrayed the revolution from a conservative viewpoint.

It presented Danton and Camille Desmoulins as noble republicans, while Saint-Just and Robespierre were absolute villains.

On 26 January Baudin was among a group of radicals led by Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray, mostly socialists, who disrupted the performance.

In December 1891 the newly-elected socialist deputy Paul Lafargue spoke against the campaign for separation of church and state.

This infuriated most left-wing members.

Baudin made the bald statement that socialists were republicans and atheists, and Alexandre Millerand said socialists must oppose the church.

When the workers at the Rosières ironworks in Lunery, Cher, went on strike in May 1892 for higher pay and better conditions they immediately telegraphed Baudin and asked him to come and guide the movement.

The miners of the Compagnie minière de Carmaux held a stormy meeting on 15 August 1892.

The strike began the next day and would drag out for ten weeks.
Jean Jaurès, Duc-Quercy and Eugène Baudin said the strike was an attempt to guarantee the political liberties of Carmaux voters.

Paul Lafargue saw it as part of the wider "political and economic battle against the bourgeoisie".

In the 18 October 1894 session Baudin and Millerand accused Baron René Reille of deliberately prolonging the strike to punish the strikers.

Millerand moved that on the basis of the 1810 and 1838 laws the government should seize the mines.

In face of this threat Reille agreed to arbitration.

On 1 May 1893, when the government ordered closure of the Labor Exchange (Bourse du Travail), Baudin took part in the protest demonstration.

While he was standing with Édouard Vaillant, who had just addressed the crowd, the police charged the demonstrators.

Baudin joined with Jean-Baptiste Dumay, Millerand and Thivrier in appealing to the government.

He said he had been brutally beaten by the police at the demonstration, and at the poli
The Socialist Congress ask Baudin to run in the 1889 legislative elections as its candidate in the 2nd constituency of Bourges or the 2nd constituency of Saint-Amand. 
He chose Bourges, and ran as a Blanquist, but belonged to the section of the socialists who refused to support Boulangism.
The elections of 22 September 1889 were inconclusive, but Baudin was elected on the second ballot on 6 October 1889.
He was one of two successes for the Marxists claimed by Paul Lafargue, the other being Christophe Thivrier, an ex-miner and municipal councillor for Commentry who had campaigned as a Boulangist and joined the Workers' Party after being elected.
However, Friedrich Engels saw the elections as a success, counting Baudin, Thivrier and Félix Lachize as Marxists, and considering that Gustave Paul Cluseret and Ernest Ferroul were "bound to cast in their lot with the first three."
During this session of parliament Baudin was very active in all socialist demonstrations. 
On 19 November 1889 Baudin, Joseph Ferroul, Antide Boyer and Valentin Couturier proposed that the mines should be nationalized, and demands for nationalization of regulation grew as strikes spread across France.
From 1890 to 1892 Baudin participated in the labour action of the logging unions.
He tabled two bills, one on working conditions in match factories, and the other on the intervention of the army between capital and labour.
He voted for a credit of 1,600,000 francs for the secret funds of the Sûreté générale, but protested against the use of secret funds to pay agents provocateurs who joined the socialist party.
In the discussion over the 1890 accident in the Villeboeuf mine in Saint-Étienne he pointed out the inadequacy of precautions against firedamp explosions.
He questioned the Minister of the Interior, Constans, about the brutal action of the police on 7 June 1891 against an authorized socialist demonstration. 
The demonstrators were laying a wreath in the square near Sacré-Cœur, Paris, where Eugène Varlin, a former member of the Commune, had been shot.
Victorien Sardou's play Thermidor, first staged at the Comedie-Francaise on 24 January 1891, portrayed the revolution from a conservative viewpoint.
It presented Danton and Camille Desmoulins as noble republicans, while Saint-Just and Robespierre were absolute villains.
On 26 January Baudin was among a group of radicals led by Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray, mostly socialists, who disrupted the performance.
In December 1891 the newly-elected socialist deputy Paul Lafargue spoke against the campaign for separation of church and state.
This infuriated most left-wing members. 
Baudin made the bald statement that socialists were republicans and atheists, and Alexandre Millerand said socialists must oppose the church.
When the workers at the Rosières ironworks in Lunery, Cher, went on strike in May 1892 for higher pay and better conditions they immediately telegraphed Baudin and asked him to come and guide the movement.
The miners of the Compagnie minière de Carmaux held a stormy meeting on 15 August 1892. 
The strike began the next day and would drag out for ten weeks.Jean Jaurès, Duc-Quercy and Eugène Baudin said the strike was an attempt to guarantee the political liberties of Carmaux voters.
Paul Lafargue saw it as part of the wider "political and economic battle against the bourgeoisie".
In the 18 October 1894 session Baudin and Millerand accused Baron René Reille of deliberately prolonging the strike to punish the strikers.
Millerand moved that on the basis of the 1810 and 1838 laws the government should seize the mines.
In face of this threat Reille agreed to arbitration.
On 1 May 1893, when the government ordered closure of the Labor Exchange (Bourse du Travail), Baudin took part in the protest demonstration.
While he was standing with Édouard Vaillant, who had just addressed the crowd, the police charged the demonstrators.
Baudin joined with Jean-Baptiste Dumay, Millerand and Thivrier in appealing to the government.
He said he had been brutally beaten by the police at the demonstration, and at the poli
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