Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-20
TRANCE AND HER LEIDERs.
The Men Who Control the Affairs of
the ReRublic

A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CAREER OF SOME
OF THE POLITICAL MAGNATES.
Prince Louis Napoleon is too well known
10 need much OF a biography. His birth in
the royal palace, his luxurious childhood,
his exposure TO lat least the noise of battle
al Ssar Louis, his retreat with his mother
rom the Iuileries, his visit to mis- captive
father in Germany, and his subsequent exile
IN England or hanging on the frontier OF
Belgium and watching affairs and eoaspiring
With his ardent partisans, the young man
may have future before him in the shifting
scenes OF tickle France.
Henri Charles ChambOrt. Duke de BOr-
desux (Henry V, is ffty-seven years old
and head of the Olden branch OF the Bour
hons He is a son of the DuKe de Bsrrl, as
sassinated in ls2O-the year in which the pre-
sent Duke was born. Charles Y. resolved to
abdfcate in his favor in 1S}O but the reyolu-
ton compelled the family 10 quit France.
In 1S46 the pre- sent Duke married the Princess
Maria Theresa, OF MOdens. but they had no
children, and the Duke will be the last of tia
line. Next ms own house, Chambord ha
conseerated his white flag TO the interests o
The Pope.
The COmte de Paris louis Philippe Al
bert d'Orle:tns) is a grandson of King Louis
Philippe, aud is now thirty-nine years Old
He was only ten years old when the reyolu-
ton OF ~ occurred, and witnessed the turbu-
Ience OF thai line with his heroic mother.
The Ccmte and his brother, the Duke de
Charities, served for year on McClellan's
staff dming our civil war. Tue Cpmte is a
well-educated and a bright, thou shtfll, mod
crate man. He became member of the as
sernbly under Tniers, and is vigilantly
watching the course Of events, anticipating
that they viii yet lift him 20 the throne of his
The DuKe je Broglie is the eldest son OF a
French statesman, ami his education and
opinions have been on the side OF kingcraft
against the people. He was secretary OF the
French embassies al Madrid and Rome be-
fore ISIS when he retired from active politics
for twenty years. Ia 1871 ne was elected a
deputy and went TO London as minister. HIS
life has mainly been given 10 literature lige
most OF the leaders of his people, aud re is
best known by what he has written. He is
president OF the council OF state aud secretary
OF foreign affairs under MacMahOn.
NJ. ia e. SIMON, the lately dismissed min
lister Of Marshal Mcmahon. occupies the pO-
SitiOn Of editor in-ctlief OF lie S.cc'e. NJ.
Simon was born at L'Orient in Brittany
December 81, ISL Al the age OF twenty five
he supplemented NJ. COusin in the chair or
philosophy at SOrbOnne. and at the time OF
the coup de'0i he uttered dignihei protest
in the SOr6Onne against that outrage on lib
erty, aud his lectures were suppressed in
consequence. He was elected To the Assem-
bly, and chosen a Councillor OF State by the
Left Center, 10 which ne allied himself. In
1s69 he was elected 10 the Corps Leg slatif for
the Gironde- He offered an energetic oppo-
Sltfon 10 tie declaration of war against
Prussia in 1870, and after the revolution of
the ith OF september he was chosen a mem
Der of the Government OF National Defence.
Under NJ. THEIRS ne was Minister OF Public
Instruction. On the establishment of the
present const tuition he was elected a mem
Der OF the Sen ate. More recently he was for
a brief period the chief OF Marshal MacMa-
hons Cabinet.
NJ Grevy the distinguished lawyer and
statesman, who was preside 1t OF the late
Chamber, and one of the Oldest republicans
in public life, having been elected from the
department of the Jura in 1913 by an over
whelming majority, is sixty four years Old.
He is slightly BALD and wears gray whisker5.
A man of simple manners, he deyOtes his
moments OF lie iSure 10 the game OF chess, OF
which he is passionately fond. His repuoli-
canism has been answering. In the As
sembly Of the republic of 1913 he was vice
president, and also a member of the commit
tee of justice He made several able speeches
and wnen Presitent Bolaparte began the
series of intrigues which preceded the coup
Crefdt he found in NJ Grevy an uncompro-
missing opponent. As president OF the As
sembly OF ISL and OF the late Assembly, ne
gained universal applause He Is not bold,
original leader. but is earnest, sincere, con-
ciliatory, trifie weak and willing to be led,
and making friends by his amisbility and
fairness, rather than followers o. his auda-
Comte Victor Henry de R)chefort-Lucay,
commonly known as Henri Rochefort, Is
forty seven years old. Tne son OF a Lsgiu
mist father and Republican mother, he
early became writer OF vaudevilles, novels
and criticisms, writer for Chdirdri and at
last an editor OF Figaro, with salary o
10000. For his satirlcal pamphlets La Ian
ten, ne was imprisoned and heavily hned
1853 he was elected TO the Assembly, where
he made coarse attacks on the Emperor, aud
started the ATSeiHaiSe. RochefOrt was again
imprisoned and fined, and his associate, Vic
tor Noir, was assasSinated by Pierre Napo
leon. When the republic was proclaimed in
mune in Paris, started the Not d Ordre, and
In 1871 was arrested while escaping in dis
guise, tried and sentenced TO Imprisonment
for life in fortress. He was subsequently
released, and is now a. Geneva editing La
isereiHe. He predicted last week that the Re-
creased majoritys and !" p5s. MscMahon
Camille Felix Michei Rousset. a French
historian, was born at Paris in 1921. For
twenty i've years he was a professor OF his
tory in French colleges, and is a member of
the Academy and author of several valuable
LVOr q q IsOl
war With Germany.
The Duke Decazes is now sixty years old.
He has long been active and eminent In The
councils OF France, like his father. He seems
now to have been returned from Nice, and
will throw his whole influence into the scale
M' i Rouber was forme e Prime Minister of
Napoleon III, and was, at one time, called
Vice Emperor" Born al Riom. Noyemoer
80. 1911, he secured his first fame as a lawyer
IN his native town. He was elected aud re-
elected 10 tue Legislature, and secured his
first position in the Cabinet as Minister OF
Justice in Is 70. in the OCTOBER of which year
Napoleon pat forth his new policy. Oppos-
ing universal suffrage In the Tribune ne was
forced 10 relinquish MS position. he always
opposed every thing that his Imperial master
opposed, and became notorious for his ObSe-
quiousness. He was endowed with the Grand
Cross wrought in dismonds-an honor ac-
corded 10 only Two Otner persons. he repre-
sents the Prince Imperial and does every
thing 20 promote his success.
NJ, Paul de Cassagnac, the editor of LIE
PGUS, Is about thirty five years old; ne has a
iulilttIy az fOctS TAIL SOME nat Hiess,iHS duu
bent, and OF q mulatJo complexion. He is OF
Creole origin. He has enjoyed a great deal
OF notoTiety and he is always happy TO show
his person TO the public gaze on the boule-
wards He l. a continual source OF annoy
ance 10 NJ Rouher, the Bonapartlsl leader,
whom he never obeys. He seeks TO AXE
himself the chief OF the Imperial party, hut
he gives more trouble than help 10 the yOIag
Prince. He has fought many duels AMI has
the Ieputat ION OF browbeating aud bullying
his enemies. He swears by "the Prince" aud
Is reelected as an Official candidate from the
Department of Gers
NJ. Emile de Girardin is seventy five years
OF age, and is decorated with the Cross of the
Legion OF Honor. He Is the editor of La
FfdB1ce. He introduced the famous felnUetoa
In Partisan journalism. From ls3, To ls5o ne
edited La PTeSSe, and sold IL for Sl5000. He
edited La LibeTte from 1850 to 1870 when he
transferred his great ability TO La France.
He is recognized by all as the first and great
est Journalist in France. Small and nervous,
but OF a sound constitutional strength, he