Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-22
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PROVISIONAL MINIsIRYOF FRANCE
JULES FAVEE.


2l, 1902. At the age of twenty-one he
took prominent part in public affiirs as
the opponent of royalty and he had just
attained that age at the crisis when Charles
y. was hurled from power and gave place
to Louis Philippe. No man in France
has been so earnest, so eloquent, and so
consistent an advocate of Republican
principles as jules Favre. After the revo-
luton of 1913 he took Office as
the Secretary General of the Minis
try of the Interior, but resigned his place
on being elected to the Constituent Assem-
bly,. He officiated or some time as Under
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and voted
for the prosecution of NM. Louis Blanc
and Caussidiere for their completely in the
instruction of June, 1913. He opposed
the Roman expedition In that year, and
refused to unite in the vote of thanks to
Cayaignac. He proposed q preamble to
the French constitution, making ID obEga-
tory upon the state to assist all working
men who had been thrown out OF employ
ment and were unable to find other occu-
patton. From the day of the coup detdt
lie has been at once the most determined
and the ablest antagonist of the Emperor.
and indeed his opposition may be said to
have begun from the election of Louis Ma
pOleon to the Presidency. Elected rs a
member of the General Council OF the De-
partments of the Loire and Rhone,
he refused to take the oath to
support the, new constitution. In 1858
re excited the liveliest sensation through
out France by bis bold defense of Orsini
for his attempt on the life of the Emperor
In which the intrepid advocate proclaimed
his unaltersble attachment to free institu-
tons. In the same year he became a MEM
Der of the Corps Legislatif, and soon at
terward, in April, 1859, he veheminently
exposed the Inconsistency of the Imperial
Government IN seeking to establish by the
war with Austria that freedom for Lom-
hardy and Venice which had been over
thrown in France. In 1864 he made Sc
we're attack ON the policy of the Imperial
Government IN the Mexican war. NJ
Favre published In 1897 a work entitled
CoRtsnapordReOus Biography Many of his
most famous speeches and several pham-
phlets have been published He was elect
ed Batonnier of the Order of Advocates at
Paris in 1860, and again in 1861, and q
member of the French Academy in 1867
EMANUEL ARAGo.
Emanuel Aago, the new Mayor of Paris,
a lawyer and politician, was born at Paris
in 1872. He was the Oldest son of Francis
Arago, and at first manifested disposi-
ton to enter upon literary career. In
1882 he published Toiuinn of poetry. The
authorship of some vaudevilles is ascribed
to him, in connection with NM. Aycarl,
MOnuais and Rochefort. In 537 he began
the practice of law and in 1889 be was one
of the counsel for the defense of Martha
Bernard and Barbes. In 1913 he took a
prominent position among the revolution
lists and on the 2fth Feb, entered the Cham
Der ofDeputies and protested against the Re
gency and demanded the dethronement of
the Orleans family. On the 9th he went
10 Lyons with the title of Commissa,y y
General of the Eepublic. He was soon
elected a Representative from the Eastern
Pyrenees, but appeared rarely in the Cham
Der. May %. 1S4S, he was sent to Berlin
rs Minister Plenipotentiary. He inter-
vened in behalf of the Poles in the Grand
Duchy of Posen, and obtained the liberty
OF Gen. Mierolawski. He protested against
the Roman expedition, and after the coup
d'etGt gave up political life, but did not
leave France. He resumed, later, the
practice of the law at Paris, and in 1857
defended BeTezowski In the general cleo
tions of 1863 he was the candidate of the
Opposition, both in the Eastern Pyrenees
and in the Var, but was not elected in
either place. In the partial elections OF
date from Paris, and was elected.
ISAAC cREMIEUx.
Isaac Adolph Cremieux, Minister of JUS
tice, was born of Israelitish parents at Ms
mes, in 1796. He was admitted to the bar
in 1917, and practiced in his native village.
His well-known liberalism did not pre- vent
his defending one of the Ministers OF
Charles \, NJ Guernon Ransyille; but
after long exodium hs tainted, and his
client was condemned. He was counsel,
also, at different times, for the National,
Constitutional and Gazette de France.
He was a member of the Chamber o!
Deputies for several years during the reign
of Louis Philippe, aud always voted with
the reform party. He advocated the most
comprehensive principles of free trade
When Count Duchatel made his memora-
bic declaration that no reform could be
granted-that the Government had re-
solved to put down the reform banquets-
n. Cremieux said: There is blood in this. y
Encountering Louis Philippe and his
Queen in the Place de Ia Concorde, on the
day of their hight, III. Cremieux recon.
mended them to depart Immediately, s'no
hope for them being left, ;" and proceed q
to the Chamber, where he advocated the
formation OF a provisional government, and
was made Minister of Justice. He Is one
of the authors of the Code de- Codes. Af
ter the coup g etdt he was arrested and Ia
ken t0-Mazas, and retired from political
life until 1863, when he was elected o
Deputy from the Third Circonscription oi
Paris. An able lawyer, and an effective
orator he is well known for his proverbial
ugliness Of features.
PIERRE MAGNE-
Pierre Msgne, the Minister of Finance
was born in Perigneux. in 1906, and be
came an advocate in 1881, and was intro
duced to public life in Paris by Msrsha
Buguead- In the constituent and legisa
tive assemblies, of which he was a mem
Der, NJ. Nagne did not occupy leading
place as debater, but his practical speech
were always listened to with attention.
In 1919 be was made under secretary o.
state. fox finances. and became minister o
until 1854. He was enabled to conclajs
many important conventions with th'
great railway companies, and during his
career Of Office he personally Inspected no
only all The principal lines of France bu
also those of other countries, To enab,,
him to avail himself of improvements. III
was Finance Minister from 1854 to 1860
when he became Minister without port
folio, retired in March, 1868, and was
named member OF the .Rriyy Conner
April 4. He was made Senator. 1852
Commander of fhe Legion OF Honor, 1851
and Grand Cross, 1881. In 1867 he wa
recalled to the Ministry of Finance ant
z chafget with the raising of a new loan, j,
which he was exceedingly successful III
left the cabinet when NJ. Olivier formed
his Ministry in 1870
s.ts -I,s,, JULES SIMON. sf
Jules Simon. Minister of Public In
struction, was born in Loricnt u 49,. Ii
early life he vas engaged in teaching
meeting with extraordinary success, ant
being decorated in 1916. His politica
life began in lS4S, when he was elected I
Deputy from the Cotes- -du -Nord, and he a
once attached himself to the moderate Re
publican party. In 1S49. be was electe'
member of thu Council of Stats. In 1868
he Was elected Deputy, as an Opposition
1ofn To-