New-York tribune., 1880-03-01

ELECTED DEPUrY-DcAToh EDITOR AND
PRESIDENT or TBG cHAMBEg or DEPUTIES
To the Editor OF Ths Trfbune
SIR The following sketch Of Gambetta is based
On notes furnished me recently by a Partisan pub
lici.t who held an important position under ths
Dictator during tho war Of lS70-7l, and VINO 10
still on friendly terms with the President OF tho
Chamber OF Deputies. THEODORE ofANIoN'
Tcaofy, " d., Feb. 10, 1850.
GANBErTNS CAREER AND CHARACTER.
rHE GREAT REPRESENTATIVE OF MODERN FRENCH
.pFMOCRACY--UIs HATRED or CH>ARISM AND
EFFORTS 10 SAVE FRANcE-PERSoNAL CHARAc-
TEKsIics AND HOME LIFK-THE SUNDAY MORN
ISG BREAKFAsr-IIFE II THE PALAIs BOURBON
, GENIAL FRIEND AND COAIPANIOS, AND BOLD
AND TAR-SEEI>G sTATEsMAN
IEon Michel Glubotta was born IN 1888 at
Cabors the CAPITAL of the Departments of Lot.
part of the old Province Of Ggenne, IN the south oi
France. On completing hs studies at the lyccum
or college Of hls native town, Gambctta went M
70 Paris and became a student at the famous Law
school Of that city. Gambetta's father however.
WAS opposed 10 hls leaving home. and hence
| arose a mi,uudcrs andng between father and
son which made il very diticHl5 for the
younn law student to pay his way at Paris.
| But. thanks to tbe devotion of his mothers
painen sister. Nile. Massabie, Gambetta was
proyidcd with home in The great capital, luxury
seldom enjoyed by students from the Pfoyiuces'
Who for the most part. are forced to pat mp with
the dismal hotels and forl0rn lodgng-houses OF the
Latin Quarter. Nile Massahc, Who by the way.
,ra, an invalid and vito spoke with a strong South
crn accent, hearing of her pophe~'s trouble with
hi, father left the ttle village IN the environs Of
Cahor, where she lived. went TO Paris aud had 40
interview with him. 90 am Jlone,' she said "you
are alone Won want home and some one 70 take
care Of II. Here am l. ! have little something,
A. ven know. WHAT'S mine i yours; LET Ms DIVIDE
They took modest rooms up near the roof IN house
situated ou the Rue Bonapare IN the Latin Quarter,
and here the faithful aunt and ambitions nephew
resided until the latter was chosen Deputy IN
1863
One OF the professors Of the Law School, NJ. Val
cite, a deputy of the National Assembly in $50,
who WAS arrested at the comp d5'ai OF 1891, and
who at the time Of his death last wear. was dis
tincuisheJ member Of the Academy Of Moral and
Political Sciences, was struck hy G"mhetta' ora
! icricaI powers and advised hm 10 enter politics,
pr,dlc ing tlat hc would have brilliant success.
/ And molc than oue Of his fellow law students also
remarked Ia, talents for debate displayed IN The
earnest and noisy 81. cussious that often took place
at the fayurtc rcud,zy Of the Young men of tho
Par. schools. the famous CATO Procope. IN the Roe
de rAroieuue Cou6die and IN the forensic Tits that
occurred i'm q sort of debating society Of the Latin
/ ON naa thc Conference Moif, composed OF youuf
/ lawyer. bent ON Improvement IN defamation aud
! cSJcmp.sau"ous ,pcaking
Tnr FIRST GREAT oEAII1N
! Tho liVh expectations Of tistririd- were first re
az,d in that eloquent defence of d Dicclua'. prose
cucd for words used at the ceremony o the dedlca-
/ tion in the cemetery of Ier--Lachase, of monu-
| mcnt TO laudiu. the dtputy NnO was killed on the
barricaGcs in 1901. GAmAetta5 speech Is uiastcr-
piece Of oratory worthy f thc antique cloqueuce OF
Dcmostheuc.. Of whom. hy ihe WY, he d, an ardent
admirer and passionate reader Ihs wa~ toward
the close Of 1,GS. \ few month. later he was
| elected deputy at Marseillos aud rars.
Then began that .plordid noi''cll career which
has not Yet reached its cu,mugtou: his inp'a-ab!e
! war ON C,sar 30 during The session of S6o'7o-ihe
last of The Corps L6gslatf his activity m ;he Rev
oluiion 0f September 8, 1870 Which rut period to
| the Second Empire; hs iudeia. igabic LAHORE l-
member of The Government oi National Defence, lis
| patriotic efforts IN the Province, Gurug the war
| of 1901, h.s despair after the cIptulat.ou
| of Paris; BIS attempt to pIolong che struggle,
which. through The tccbencs, OF the BoldoauX A..
semby, proved abortive; his agency in bringing
Ghicrs over 10 the Rep bile and the earnest aup-
port be gave him during the laitci's presidency;
his unappca,abe opposition 10 the r,actiou5ry mlr-
! .
campaign that he conducted against the conspirI-
tors Of MAY 1G 1877. aud the great moral aud po-
litical elevation that the electoral victory of tho
Autumn OF 81 secnrel hm-lll .hIs IS we,i-knowu
and still fresh IN tho public mind
When Gambctta became a member Of the Cham
ber Of Deputies. or rather tae Corps L6gslatil.
the Lower House was called under the Empire, be
moved from lis old quarters in the Rue Bouaparte
| to No II Rue Montalgue m The pristocratic Gil.
| lor'1od Of the Champs tlys6e,. taking possession
| IF u plain suite Of apartments. After the war he
! returned TO this same house lIi- lle was simple,
! his table frugal, like that Of the most ordinary
! bonrgcois. At breakfast there wCro but two
dishes. have often brraklas,ed thcre with
out suffering from Indigestion IN conse-
onence. IIo almost always dnrd en- riie. Ol
sunday hr was accustomed 20 bring his intimate
freuds together about hi, breakfast table. Il wa
not necessary to wait for An invitation to bo Of
| the number the hour vas known and all YOU had
| to do was to " drop in" The mos formidable dish
at this Sunday hrclkfast--thc pi8ce de r6SistdHCe-
was a ragout prepared by the aunt IN fashion pc
cular 60 the South of France. The VINE came from
Gambettas native Gmenue. The conversation wss
free from all restraint or ceremony. aud the guests
| chatted about politics. art. war; the news OF the
day. Just as they did of yore at the Cato Procope.
In 1876 the R6pubiique FRANCHISE having purchased
the fine building No % Rue de Ia Chaus-6e PAn-
tin. Gambetta lett the Rue MontaIgne and installed
himself in these new and elegant apartments. Here
he remained until his election 10 the presidency Of
the CLamber of Dppute es last Winter. when he took
| no his residence IN the Pnais-Bourbon
PLAIN LIVING ~ sUMPrUOUs QUARTERS.
Ganbctto preserved in the spacious hotel Of the
Ruc de IA Chauss6o dAntin the simple course of
life of the Rue Montaigne. The intimate Sunday
breakfasts were continued the same cook presided