The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-25

msAicins in 1876. accepted Radtyni candidscy.
ssd w.s elected Psgny 9r thG sn.S shat date
hss ct II 'sY xhcn sroS 81 he Is
In a committee OF Republican journalists sit.
ting in the of!lce Of the Rdpubl'dne EonSase, 10
tive of the reactionary journalists who had for
some time past been gT9TSnK S more nna pa G
y0sns IN 's nnd oi The writer's
pariicuiar Nj. Nitmencesp was then one 81 IN the
editors Of the RtDa!qe Eanfa,sc M, AZ , wHS
character and above sl having heard ,hs Nm, NJ
phs .%s q Hr labor. n Gitmcncesa in seathins
% t hat he a2 had cniersa UPON
the phase Of iail turning. o,.,,,
AS a politician. NJ Cldinenccau is Girondin
md u decentralizer, rs compared win tAW-
beta. who was a jncobin. an authoritarian;
and IL ccntralizer Furthermorc, he e one OF
who have thought. except BY accident NJ;
Clfmencemu is essentially posi.iye Logical; ana
or words Goe es" nd 1etermne he
expound without general phrases or hollow
bis po,iS,s fysts as Gsary as ms
tary and radical republic in the hands Of re-
publicnns and with republican institutions
that is to say. The right Of the nation to have
no master whatever; to DECIDE on its own desti-
nj ns to ss the q Fl tho no psUS 81 10 sss
itself freely in the domain of the commune. and
Of the department. as well as IN the domain OF
guiding my CONVICTIONS Of II, ciSmenceaH. md his
has introduced or supported in the Chamber
and In the general tendency of bis acts and
evident. An advocate of decentralization. he IL
always seeking to strengthen municipal ana
ca S Ss a by soms aG
ycnturer commanding the Ministry OF the
crty. he voted for the Amnesty bill and for tho
secuIarization Of public education. and he de-
hours % LABOR al: hs roc% q %s
cannot be solved in u day; but. mt any rats no
says. let us do what we can-lct us obtain some
ad I ne and promises. Hence his sepa.
ration from ,Gambetta and the opportunists
who pretended to DO founding the rspuhali,c
cal institutions. as IL the new democracy did
not demand new institutions.
q man OF action rather than OF words. From
time to time he makes great speech before
whom there is need; For. instance. in tho de-
batc on the expulsion OF tho princes NJ. Gle.
to his ieutsnant H. Camille PelIetan. When
he does speak he avoids frvolity and phrase:
ology; he surpresses his natural gayety. and
Correct. precise. and concise IN his language,
he says what no has to say with clearnesS. ui
rectness. md implacable logic. A mnsterly de-
batter. he has an answer for every interruption.
He dominates others because he Is In full pos
session of himself.
Physically NJ. Clemenceau is rather a small
man. slender well-built.. and with rudey
shapen head bronzed and worn with work and
thought. The hair is close cropped and turn
ing gray; the eyebrows and moustache deep
black. the eyes black and shining. the nose
somewhat coarse. the face hewn roughly in
facets and hardened in line by an expression OF
dctcrmination. NJ Cl6menceau is always cor
rccty dressed. his manners are those of u pol
ished gentleman; always ready to stand upon
his dignity and to command respect. If need
be. by positive means. NJ. Clt'menccau Is a
water drinkcr and an inveterate cigar smoker.
He lives modestly with his wife and three chill
drcn In II second floor apartment in the hue
Montagne. and what with his duties as Dep
uty and q party leader. and hi, cares us n news
PAPER editor. he has liz time left for social
other distinctions. Nevertheless. since NJ,
Citmcnceau has become more conservative, and
since parliamentary, life has rubbed down
many OF his angles the legend of his austerity
of lilo and Of principles has ceased to obtain
that ready credcnce it formerly did. Indeed,
popular rumor. which in Paris especially is
gencrnlly synonymous, with calnmny. now ac-
cus~s NJ. Clfmenccnu Of freluenting society the
reverse OF ,austere and of having dssipatcd
fortune. which there Is no reason to believe
he ever possessed. THEODORE CHILD,