New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-14
SKETCHES OF TIE DUELLISTS.
CHARLES THOMAS FLOQUET.

Charles Thomas Floquet is a politician, lawyer
and newspaper man, and In each Of these capacities
has earned reputation. lie Will celebrate his
sxty-frs birthday on October ). lie is a native of
Saint Jean de Luz in tho lower Pyrcnees. He
studied law and carly In life called TO tho
Partisan bar, where he gained his first aurels. He
is onspoken to a degree and this Characteristic has
marked his whole career by exciting Incidents to the
list Of which his encounter with General Boulanger
adds another
| He first found field FOR the ventilation Of his
advanced opinions In editorial writing He was
connected with the Temps the Secle,7 and other
newspapers, and successful in bringing each Of
them to the censorious notice Of tue Government by
his freedom OF pen. His ardent Republicansm
guided his choice Of the causes which he pleaded
in the court After the assassination, In 1870, OF
Victor Noir by Prince Pierre Bonaparte he succeeded
in getting damages for the murdered Journalists family
He also successfully defended Gourmet when he
was tried at the High Court of Blos for participation
In the Communist plots Of 1870
But the greatest fame, or n0tOrcty, OF his legal
career was achieved In 1867, when, during the VISIT
OF the late Car Of Russia TO the Palals dc Justice
I'm company with Napoleon III, NJ Floquet suddenly
confronted the royal pair, they passed, arm In
arm down the corridor, and with the cry OF Nivc
la Polognc, monsieur procuring for himself brlei
Imprisonment, but lasting rcnOwn among many
of his coutrymcn. NJ. Tloquet followed this audaciouS
Il
of honor, for Berezowsk a young Pole, who fired
at the Car in the Bots de Boulognc. 1t was only
! recently that VI. Floquet was sOlcmnly forgiven by
the present Gear for his insult to his father
NJ Floquct was an assistant TO the Mayor OF Paris
during tho terrible siege, and after the iall OF the
| Empire he devoted himself wholly to the liberal
politics of Frances lie was sent to repre-
sent the Department OF the Seine in the National AS
| sembly and voted against the peace prellmnallcs.
shortly afcrward he was arrested on the charge OF
intriguing with The commands Cleared OF this, he
was sent to the Paris Municipal Council lie became
It's president and In 1876 clcced'to the Chamber
as Deputy for the XIth Arr0ndIssoment OF Paris and
he at once became remarkable one of the stanoh-
est onDOncnts Of the IcactiOnary ana mOndlchca de-
| s,ons of the puc dc Brnglc, VI. de fOuiiOu and
| General Eochcfouct's " "G0uVcrnnment de Combat y
I'm 1sso he had brief tenure OF clcc as Pre,ect of
| Tho seine succeeding NJ Ucrold. In October Of the
| sams wear having resigned his Prefecture, he was
sent To- the Chamber Of Deputies as The representative
az pcrpcuan, a town In the Department III the East
| crn PVfenccs In April. 1855. NJ Bri.son having
Sr"cntsd Tho Premiership, NJ. Flonuct succeeded him
| as president Of tho Chamber m Deputies, and was
| reelected after the general elections of November.
| Last Apfll he organized new Cabinet AT the head
| of which he still rcnains. Ilo for months
previous the subject Of diplomatic conferences be-
tween Paris and st. Petersburg, and it was then an
omen secret that II the Gar had not withdrawn his
| )ppositinn NJ tloQuet would hot have been honoret
with the trust which President Carnot then placed
| in his hands, NJ. floquet rs man of srcai eo-
! Continued on 7sh PaGe