New-York tribune., 1880-02-16

mixed commissions of Louis Napoleon. whis'
NJ. Jules Simon at the second ballot was diHtanceo'
He did not suspect the part Leon Say, VINO was
buppering for the rich finance portfolio, had p'a!c''
against him in getting round voters to Mar'c''
All his anger was turned against GamOe''a'
who had never proposed to be Ms Iio"",
and had broken with him at Bordeaux put y,
whom by way of extending the olive branch he hau
eulopizsd in a recently published history Oh tno
Siege of Paris and the FIRST year of the liners A,
ministration. One is only betrayed Dy oho
friends Gambetta in first working for Duciefc anu
then for Martel was not therefore a traitor u
Simon. His action in this matter at the tune ia
mented and do so STILL II was Inpohlc IL Was WIS 90 /"
blunder, mistake, an injustice, but u was ,aTt nU
dishonorable. There were also certainly apadS apns
from the Bordeaux broil. plausible rreasoiss reasoHs
act They alleged that NJ. jules Stpon Dau ~ olo' ~
IN retain his portfolio of Minister oil PuOc inslIu
tion made antoward concessions on the OnlFersly
bill to the DuPanloup faction Inc G2ncTSs'onS l Irs
were unfortunate but they were advised ~ lh'eio,
and consented to, with, no doubt, regret py h .e
honest Barthelemy st. Hilalie NO uouwu'
last February they were thrown IN NJ.
JuIes Slmons face-0T rather in the faces OF mos
friends of his who supported IN the o9n.e ii aTbev %
were told ne had been guilty OF treason loH'Iu Yn
the university, and had docked the PRIVILEGES
when he was Prime Minister OF the lower
House. and more especially in REGARD
10 its power over the Nal0na putsc'
No doubt Jules Simon yielded 70 the koVansi poi-
tion of the Senate when II claimed the rlght, 10
amend the budget and To send 1t back amended 10
the Deputies. Bur he was then in tcklish situa-
ton. lie perceived at the tiysee symptoms ora oi -"
coup d6tat and be wished to AVOID a con
Aict between the two houses. NOBODY
could have them fOreseen how quarrel between the
Soldier President and the Legls'uEe MOuld nHoe roe
ended NJ. Simon was President Perhaps he was
weak Bnt he was no traitor and he was by MS
long and honorable political life, never suIed 1y
scanAal of any kind, and by his undonetsu t",on,,
I 4 ot,1 faft
to preside over tho Senate he had looked lof~alu W
being elected to the chair OF that House ana was 50
ceofdent that he refused the Embassy - vienna,
when was offered him by NJ. Dnfaure. Defeat was
to him cruel disappointment and mortllcation'
SIMON REIALIAlING.
All his efforts have since tended to put spokes IN
the wheels Of the Gambettist party and to extract
rather than to wrest the executive power
ont of its grasp. NJ. Simon ~ould. TO at
tain this object, support the Catholics III the
Senate in the debate Article z, lean on the LeiI
Centre. and in the Chamber. form coalition oil
Orleanis.s Moderates and OF the extreme men OF to
Left 70 whom be would yield on the Amnesty and
some other burning questions. With GTeyy's as
sistance in talking over deputies in private. he
might he able to govern for a while with
4 majority. and when that governmental
aqency was slipping from him dissolve
If TO avenee personal grievance. however wrouged
be has been. he would weaken the Republic and
prepare the way for an Orcanist dynasty heart
ilv trust he will not succeed. But do not think ne
harbors such a trcasonable design. lie is the per
gonal friend of the Orleans Princes; but heard MN
sav myself last Spring that they had PLAYED
tneir cards too badly ever to enter
tain a reasonable hope Of eventual success
NJ. Slnon IS last becoming a power LII IN n.s ane
away he influence he is regaining there IN pro,
noting an impossible Orleanlst RESTORATION.
rather believe that be will seek 10 pull cord with
rAv VIII thOUNl pleasant
terms with NJ. Gambetta, looks askance at his most
intimate friends when they present themselves at
the Elysee. $4,000
The article in the R6pHbligHe FrGHcdise. which
refuse TO believe until learn the contrary ema-
mates from NJ Cambetts. will do. perhaps. moro
good than evil to ~ Simon. 1t is in bad taste. and
/ expect n find the Bonapartist press tomorrow
exulting over II. Itsays:
The Right Of the Senate was composed Of five groups
oou federation sxth Right now attaches Itself It's IN
and recruiting serGeant appears 10 % ~ JUS
nate himself the Protean parsonage impossible to seze
or hold in turns repre- sened the ocy oI tornou
electoral intrigue Of kadicalism IN white necktie
in the Oreanist salons OF threadbare moderation AZ
Bris0nes lecture-roon, OF caltOlatlon tbe Govetn
,o,t OF National defence, OF Jesutifm ~ the university
Of Judaism with tho Jesulis OF LOWti bIlttahy IN ~
s Ono - relieved o. salutary for the good
opinion Of universal suffrage which De lh turus h'.fs
oHd cheated and insuted. of nature 10 astQund
ond excite the wonder future ages This Old Minister
M Thrrs this webeloved of the Episoopacy who Wne
cent for by MacMahOD at De Broglies in-tigat0D ana
Kicked out by the identical MaoAahon 10 make room
Tor the same Bruglic. and 10 please the Aforesaid
Episcspacy Ia now ally Of De BroSiie the com.
pany OF Jesus. and an the mottled cohon
Who hate the Republic. And be Il thi5, ms
ne gave ont In cOrrespoudencfs he inspired
in hs study 10 remain true TO the convictions OF
his whole life We know that lac j. a dutyloNug man
and that his conscience aDhOr, the vulgar c0nprU-
MAC of the pontca arena! What auseriiy and what
snppleuesS! How he mOralzes and how 10 edihes !
nov lie bounds from left 10 right aud turns sumne r
saults and with what grace NJ Ihs on hH iect A4''
bends his spine IN bO ing to the spectatoTs
Since Ills address is prodigious, why was 1t
that the R6pabiQue FraHease did rot secure 1t for
the service of the RepubhcH Jules Simon last Feb
ruMy would hSve willingly followed Ganbetta' =
lead and very able auxiliary he would have been.
But NJ. Duclerc wanted TO be President Of the
Senate and NJ. Allain large and Madame Adams
coterie backed him tooth and nail. You know tho
rest. Jules Simon may be very good Republican,
though hostile to Article 7. But the unfortunate
thing is that he is now bound 10y the attack
lust quoted from the MpgbiiQue IrdHelse to var
| tothe-knife fcud with Gambetta. This fcud may
be productive Of very evil consequences