The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
SPEAKERS OF THE FRENCH
ASSEMBLY.

: Gasttte furnishes some entertaining
gossip about the different Speakers
Of the French Chamber. He assumes
that of the twenty-five gentlemen
who have held the Speakership since
1889. three only have left their mar K
M. Boissy d'Anglas, NJ. Dupin,
and the Duke de Morny. NJ. Boissy
d'Anglas ''was feeble man, who
wore blue-striped stockings, and car
ried an unloaded pistol IN hispocket.
He vas President of the Conven-
ton; and when the debates grew
stormy-which happened every day
he would scream distractedIy,
'What am / to do? entreat you to
respect your President. Pray con-
slider, citizens, that moderation is
the charm of language One single
act of firmness has immortalized him.
The Assembly having been invaded
by a mob, the representative Feraud
was killed and his bleeding head,
stuck on a pike, was thrust under
the Presidents face. Roissy dan
gIas naively avowed afterward that
had he been aware that the door be-
hind his chair was ajar he should
have bolted through it; but this door
was generally locked, SO, fancying
escape was impossible, he rose and
uncovered himself before the head.
The act was so grayely and decorous-
ly peri rmed that it overawed the
popuIace; and Boissy d'AngIas,
treated from. that day forth with a
respect to which he was unaccustom-
ed, wsxcd frequeR Iy bold and even
personal. One day, seeing Barrere
scale the tribune in front of the old
and infom representative Durrieu,
whose turn it was te speak, he
shouted to him to stand down. 'And
what if l don't ? yelled Barrere.
you have given SO few proofs of
personal courage in the course OF
your career that such a refusal
would surprise me- answered Boissy
dang las coo.ly; and Barrere, who
was no lion, skunk away amid gener-
al laughter - 3
Lucien Bonaparte occupied the
chair at the time of the First Napo
Icons coup d'etat when the Assem-
bly, was expelled by bayonets. mot
feeling sure at first whether the coup
d'etat would succeed. he buried his
face in his hands and appeared to be
weeping over the outrage offered to
the laws; but as soon as the bayonets
began to get the best of it, he stood
mp and cried. 'Vive Bonapartel' add
ing, with great presence Of mind, i
shed tears ofjoy to think that our
vain debates are now at an end >"
NJ Dupin, the second of the three
prominent Speakers, came in with
the Revolution of 1880. He was
the first Speaker who used a bell.
He 'wore pair Of dumped high
lows, delight of the comic papers,
and he would stamp these WI h great
determination on the floor when the
appeals of his bell proved unavail-
ing. ,aa
president Dupin was famous for
many qualities. He was impartial,
keen lawyer, an eloquent debAter,
and ready wit. He treated the
House like parcal of schoo!-boys,
and piled his tongue like rattan
about their heads; but he made no
difference between one side Of the
Assembly and the other. His great
est friend was Berger, from whom
be differed totally in politics, but
whose vigorous tits against some Of
the Ministers whom he, Dupin, dis,
liked often pleased him immensely.
One day Berger went little too far
In his attacks on a Tembeer of the
Government, and Dupin felt com
PEELED to sing out, M. Berger, il
you 60 on in that style, I shall be
obliged to call you to order;' but,
leaning over, he whispered in the
speakers ear, pitch into him
('Tape dessus'.) On another occa.
sion NJ. Abraham, one of The colo
NAL members and a mulatto, had as
cended the tribune with a formida
BILE writ ten speech, which immedi
atelv Trimmed the Housa Tho va