Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-23
NJ. JULES FERRY.
First French Statesman Of the
JUG nlV.

The F Fe Minister OF Foreign Affair
jules p so. Of the Council Of Minis
and F NJ, jules Grevy is only the figure
ters; Chief hi Magistrate Of the Republic ::
he'u Cl 81 tbe present government is
the s3u no f. in the Palace Of the Elysee
i0lIlu 4 4,o Palace Of the Quai d'orsay
o on, III NJ N Jules Ferry became a Leader
DS S;s nartv he had been trained In three
N I iis pI Of inestimable value to the future
SI I;t;o;on He had practiced law he
Po,l' been a journalist and he had d passed
lar ao Dr in the Lower House This al
1 1yoas 'p ' before the Franoo-GeEmar
@ppS nJ tbe establishment of the Third
VA IIic During these early days o.
wy. .,+;on he was an intimate friend Of
p nrh.ta But Gambetta always over
!, I p,J,rei Ferry, and it was not until
s st, tbe sudden and premature death Of
-. former that the latter doomed up as
his reritable successor in the leadership
Of the Republican party.
Born among the Vosges mountains in
'1Sg2 N. Ferry, now in the prime OF life,
seems to have imbibed the strength OF
he oaks. beeches and frs that cover their
,teep sides. He is tall aud large, with
Froad shoulders and the deep chest
which Tvndall holds is necessary for sue
cpss in the struggle for life. Almost any
peasant afternoon he may be seen walk
inc along the south bank of the Seine, in
front of the Esplanade of the Invalides,
qDioving constitutional before going in
70 the study hall of the Chamber of De-
puties. Jules Ferry carefully husbands
his physical forces and never lets an oc-
clsion pass to increase his stock of bodily
rgOr. He is sometimes one of President
OTeyys party for a days shooting in the
forest Of Marty, near Paris, and flies to
his country home for air and rest when
ever he can slip away from the capital.
With Dryden, NJ. Jules Ferry believes
that it is far
Better to hunt the fields for health unbought
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught."
HyOu happen to be in one of the gal
lenes Of the chamber when NJ. Ferry
enters you will notice that he has not the
same easy, erect carriage as a few mo-
ments before, when you saw him on the
quay. You might exclaim with Shake
Peare:
lido not know him by his gait"
The hands are clasped behind him, the
chin drops on the breast and the eyes are
rTeted on the floor, turning neither to
Ne one side nor to the other. When he
caches his seat, in the middle of the
mont row, he seems to be himself again.
The explanation of this strange bearing is
very simple Whether NJ. Ferry enters
the Chamber by the door to the right or
10 the left he must pass in front of the
errled ranks of his political enemies, and
n some instances work his way among
hem if they are standing in the open
pace before the Presidents or Speakers
Ek. If he comes in at the right he is in
be midst of the Royalists and Bonapart.
SIS; ii he comes in at the left he is in the
midst Of the radical Republicans. Both
aegories of Deputies detest NJ. Jules
Ferry; the former because he is an insur-
obstacle in the way of the re-
sOratiOn Of the monarchy; the latter be-
cause he is determined to preserve the
republic by keeping it conservative. So he
asseS to his seat without noticing his
glVnents, and thus avoids embarrassing
himself and them too.
,Hyhen NJ. Jules Ferry goes up into
Mtbme to speak, he is not the same
man. You might think him on the
qlymCe more. His head is now thrown
iacE the pectoral muscles become active
ana give to the statesman the true ora
IGIca prOtrusions; the eyes no longer
hesitate to meet those of his political adj
'eSanes, and the mouth is ready to hurl
~ mem the hot words sent forth from the
aroused and energetic brain. He stands
~ q moment in this position, calmly sur
tymg his audience and waiting for alb
@lgIe silence, Then he assumes a new
a oau more mslnuating pose. A moment
s :; ne was the bold journalist; now he
S 7 .le willy lawyer. He plants his big
naiuS palms down, on the broad marble
o@o Oh the tribune, while his muscular
ans ;na ; support the body, bent and inclin-
riS Forward. His head droops again, as
T Tmen ne hrst came into the chamber.
i nUHl Ile galleries you cannot see the
will Will . only the crown of the head, which
tbi his ooGh De bald. He begins to speak in
T NH astlt n But as he warns to his
i SuU!tGI the tall figure grows erect again:
com rroav out not over-graceful gestures ac-
listap "l W. lhe words, and the hearers
tor f so.[ T4 not so much by his ora
m orot ~, M Jules Ferry cannot be called
No o to,ol IN the highest and best sense of
S ~ tIe enas by his clear. strong con-
prO7 1ar,gu5ge: The Romans would have
S n noced him cir bonus d;csnJ; ,1er re
heno,pTtf reads e,ld his speeches, never writes
even No T,, ana generally speaks without
sell caro JT Dut he always prepares him
sketcS %nelully, thinking out. and often
Ferry is s, out important orations. NJ.
most a ,; rlSo an able extemporizer-al-
liamentarvv qua qua non Of a successful par
unexper,:ya leader, and in a sudden and
display or nv" passage at arms he is sure to
come off S'V Tt Skill and almost certain to
called tbo Victorious. Theirs has 'i been
Gorol ue FOUNDER of tho TIL n1I
tined to ant. It's tribune, and Ferry is des,
the case So become &c if such is not already
N. JuIIa IsS par parliamentary chief.
any Of h. mas as, better opportunity vO than
since h. aiS !. colleagues for SHINING socially s
5onS to d him that the diplomatic 4 coTns
hese the only pay Tsa its respects. Nor are
he o Of the President Of the .ne eo GTaMng
World 0'f brilliant in the Partisan Par Gapn oc are
nd 6andImne Jules Ferry is the '' vo U,Ssst
ives " anus Of the cabinet minister;
lave not Nu IL, feminine beauty and youth
iepubTOo.o,, yet lost their charm in this this
maiden an capital. Nine Ferv;s
!mily Of 'l rinh was Rissler-Kestner.
l. Ferry NIL ,,om :Alisatian bankers; SO that
betty girj "SS rrI a fortune as well as a