Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-02
The lta Ian Prime minister.

AAO IS"lCl 10 ACd1lJ SONOdJy
years old. His bronzed face, sur
rounded by white beard and white
curly hair, and his deep set eyes are
expressive of energy, self-confdence
and proud, obstinate, indomitable
will. In talking he looks straight into
the face of the person whom he ad-
dresses, as if trying to look through
the eyes into the mind. If the per-
son addressed is intelligent, M. Crispi's
attention is soon attracted he holds
his head higher, his face expresses
interest, he listens and he replies. If
he is face to face with an Indifferent
person his eyes wander about, he
smiles half pleasantly, half disdain-
fully, his head sinks on his chest, his
hands fall on his knees, he shrugs
his shoulders, expresses distrust and
ends the conversation as soon as pos
sible. M. Crispi has all the charac-
teristics of the silent Sicilian. There
are in Sicily two races of men-the
old Gr,eco-Roman race and the race of
the more recent conquerors, the Arab.
Normans. The latter is very much
like the inhabitant of Southern
France. He is gay, lazy, conceited,
untruthful without knowing it, ex-
aggerating, not bad but superficial
voluble, always ready to make prom
ises, although not able to keep them,
and more inclined to words than to
deeds. TheSicilian oftheG Graco-Roman
is silent, suspicious, wise, faithful
unable to forget good or evil deed
without having rewarded or revenged
the same; he is not easily
moved from his purpose, and is al
ways armed with infallible logic. Full
of boundless self confidence, he hates
cowardice and Incidence, will use any
means in order to obtain desirable
end he is faithful friend, a terrible
irreconcilable, but honest enemy, and
more inclined to action than words
To this latter race belongs M. Crispi
and to it has belonged every Siciliar
who has ever attained to anything
Francisco Crispi's only passion
is politics. He negIects litera
ture, and knows the names of the
most famous authors and poets only
from hearsay. At the theatre he goes
to sleep whenever he is obliged to &C
company his family, but as soon al
he enters the Chamber of Deputies ht
is different man. On the platform
he stands straight, like an arrow, hi
fist tightly clenched, and his voic,
grows loud as thunder. His speeche,
are caustic, nervous, trenchant, no
always fluent, but enlivened at ever,
point by logical hits and conclusion
which unveil his thoughts ant
show him as he is. He ad
mired Garibaldi very mucl
and has taken great pains Il
collect all Garibaldi's arms, viii
are collected as sacred objects in
room in the ministerial palace. M
Crispi regards M. Cavour with res
pect, but without admiration. He ha
an excellent memory, and remember
all the small incidents and the les
prominent names of the Revolution
Two offenses he has never forgotten
one is the attacks of the members o
the Right, after he had lost his seat a
Palermo, the other is the opposition Q
several groups of the Lett, for tn
purpose of preventing him becomin
Home Secretary after the death G
Victor Emanuel. He demands tn
highest esteem for the existing inst
tutions; respect for the government h,
holds to be the greatest necessity, an
he tries to raise it in the press as wei
as by his words and actions. The Brit
ish constitution arouses his creates
admiration, and his recent toast q
Turin has shown that he considers
Parliament like that of England to b
the best system of constitutional gov
ernment.-[Italian Paper.