New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30

ot bis time Of lifer "No Cest rous sdre; ,asg G
iii he ali the mere ready because of the trouple .aV
he gives himself to accept the hrst suI'oi WIZ nv
sents himself for a husband" ., A. to,-or %
NJ de Iesseps too severely tested tine laEoI VI
fortune by putting himself forwarH a. TIC
for Immortality. He was elected Dut uel MN ~
unanimty that was expected, ana since tlIeI ii5
astounding though perfectly We c,od M
appears to have turned; me ntbcr dav was a
hitter pill for him t. swallow, and the o9scuy Ea
the person who inflicted u on MN rSiHIl' 81 =;
more disogreeable As Bailey junior sald: ! y
more camev by which he meant more honII an,o
and agreeablc TO be knocked doWh TX ru',ii ho
hin than by acaunOn ball N; Aneiil' innS n
comDared 10 the rOling-pn. lie Is the son y! d
dortor who cut n dash in Partisan society curing
the Fnpire owing to his relations WIN pv GU
ners,nares high in the favor OF the EmpiIs am
iyitb Trrot bo Ecrsand BOuTsC spectators: MS we
was very handsome and tolerated at het house
carl-Dlaving for very high STAKES " hoJ W
ir who Organized the onslaught on NJ ue -
80 ond onnc1ed 10 chauvinlst passions was not
left fortune and has Tor some yedis uI tJ
tried on the turf, the BOurSe ahd AZ q pu.l;L4 III
nm Ter 10 make one. lie about loIluEii. I'm
forned n syndicate of shareholders some OF Wiiom
belong TO the financial world ana some O! MhGln
merely invested TO assure themselves Cer'd,9 ~
Lesseps getting wind OF their lhtehIohs 5.ioNJ ~
provoke an attack H. the newspapers De,oIe tne Jay
on winch the general meeting was 10 nave tdAVn
nIace 80 that ne could answer beforehand the az
tacks thew meditated on the convention WIN ing
land whioh the shareholders WeIS 10 10 @ o,tJ
vote He felt hat the medlt&ted 0Olectons "o9i9
not stand journalistic sitting. And So 100 uiu
NJ Abeilie aud his friends, VINO took care not TO
let themselves be drawn into JouihaiiS"c 'oi-
However. they had 20 deal into a m1ster-dIp To-
matist The only mistake that VI. dc Lessels lnauo
was in holding the meeting in the Edeh lneaIIg,
becanse there nobody, unless in the pr, can WciI
hear what is said on tho stage; 10" LioIo
were more than five hundred s4aI =,
holders most of whom were not B0urSe people, IN
the wide amphtheatrical gallery which taxes the
place at the Eden of the BALCONY andGleren ,Iets
of boxes The voice OF me illuStrloes
"a. Lot no "a "a
one docs not however vigorous ones heaith, SPEAK
with az great sonOrOnsness az 1T forty. N, ue Les
seps was also at the dlsadYahtsge Oh na ~ M
written speech, so that when han storm OF MT
runtions broke upon him he could not retort. NJ
Abeille, and some Jews OF German orlglh MO
were on his side and more chauYln tnaI
if thev were born Frenchmen, happened
to be gifted with powerful vocal organs ne ma ma
jorlty therefore heard them, but hardy caught the
knew that he wanted them TO vote the convention,
and this object he has accomplished, but Win idr
less number Of bulletins than he had expected.
This morning was favored with conversation
with him about the general meeting which wit
messed He said to me that the acoustic cOndlJlohs
of the Eden Theatre were unfortunate, and that
he was aware of them beforehand. But as that
nIavhOuse was much nearer to the BOurse than any
of the smaller circuses, he decided to hlfe, IT.
The proceedings of necessity had to be opened at
p. IN. The BourSe closes at $3.50 i the oPposIlo1
had made short speeches they might nave h3stenctu
the vote and have caused it to be hurried through
before friends of Mr.. de LeSseps, VINO are stock anu
outside brokers had time 70 run IN. lie was greatly
afraid when he saw what serious cabsl had been
formed that all the work he and his son had GOT
through in England would he lost iaoor, anu vas
Obliged to resort to divers eXDedlcnts to prevent
failure, One of them was TO affect fatigue. Wnen
attempts were made 10 now nun
down he bad to raise % nj t5sn aid
" Gentlemen. | am no longer only tWeht! years
old and though in many respects young IOr. NY
age | cannot bawl without feeling very tlred III d
short time shall therefore demand permission 10
rest little. With your leave therefore, now sus-
pend the sitting for, say, twenty minutes 1nIs
enabled him TO make sure of achievements coming
i'm before anything could be done. When ms OPP
Donents had exhausted their invecuves against
ENGLAND and the English and had no other
man TO nut forward, NJ. de Lssseps instructed
in a whisper his son to make long
and aggressive speech so as 10 orilg t tIi',
alone the ratification of the cOnventloni 1or whch
simple majority would suffice and TO adjourn SINE die,
the change of Artice2l of the original statues en-
abling the council 10 bring the NUMBER Oh uIsc.o
from % to 81 The object of the proposed change
was TO introduce a stronger English element INTO the
Board of Management. tut 1t could MOI, DC maue
unless voted by majority or tWo-thlrds Which
NJ. de Lesseps saw he would he uhapie 10 optalu:
While the vote was going on ] went Denlu1
the scenes and thence on the stage ana bioOu
behind the tables AT which the bureau was seated,
and on which the tin boxes into which voting
papers were thrown, were placed. a fIeuch pouI-
CeOis will sacrifice anything sooner than MS dlhhGI.
As soon as q voters dropped their tcKets i1to the
recipients provided for them they hurried nome
When the boxes were opened the tlckeIS couulct,l,
and the results declared. the theatre was nearly
empty NJ. dc Lesseps then had count, anu uHH-
ing that there not a quorum, declared the
meeting at an end, and with NJ. Rivers wilson ana
his son went of too, TO dine.
The convention is therefore voted But IL re-
mains TO he seen whether England VIII consider
herself bound by il so long as the Ar:lcle u Is not
revised and the seven English directors Drought
into he Board of Management.