The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-11
PIu, TIE fIafBaln0'
Late Chief Of the French
Communists.


]. - pv.t member of the French
.r-s1r Il deputies from Mafseilles.
!. ~. slecfion for which seat ne de-
!. .E..x General Bsulangsr. died Sum
I .... - 3. He was the acknowi-
- ieder Of the French socialists.
..s - the party aioof from General
..ess-sev Who has just disappeared
- scIioxing sketch of Pyaf's life y
- 4 the London, England, eu~"'en-
.sl ! socialist organ
1'iir Pyat was born AZ sierzon On
..x.s..r /. lsie. His father wAs :
s..-~~ Of royalist opinions; his
49, on the contrary, was Of re-
!-s,s~.r tendencies. and II was from
800 pyat first imbibed his ID
lssII.sS idess. His elder brothers
ls..ss nnns partist soldiers who were
5ss a TIRE French wars i've years
1l.zs-. a. elevation Of the Vend0me
llls...s.. a Paris. which was pulled
49,. - the Conimunards in ISL.
= '1'e..e 20 educated at the college ct
3cses. His father wanted him 70
s,s~S hIs own profession that Of the
ss- But Pyat had for some time
z!ss,.l nth no very favorable eyes
! ...s... - law. for he found that the
-. scrsf cases could be gained By the
M n stIe attorneys. He then went 10
<.sS- = pursue bis studies and man.
49, IS keep his head above water By
) = ss.eIl amounts he received from
- sSe1her until his literary work
svNf him sufficient remuneration.
n mon threw himself into the
rifouery movement which WINS
SIlv developing in Paris. The
IN OF 1890, which promised q
al, simply brought about one
s - constitutions which mean
nv In disguise.
,s7S 1851. Pyat became one Of the
80 q the Figaro. Soon after he
1sSnded. with Delaroche, Louis Des-
1870 and Albert Cter, the famous
Iss;sari. He also wrote for the
Treierui. and in l8l4 for the Kefov,ne.
"a took an active part In the reyo-
lu11ion q February, 1S48. and was one
= fkose who went TO the Hotel-<le-
Villa 10 advise I.amArtine Of the dam
- vith which Paris Was menaced BY
~ CANNON from the fort of VinceIi-
-. He proposed that the palace Of
~ Tuileries should be turned into =
kospjtsl. but his suggestion was not
eccspha He was appointed admin
is(ratOr Tor the department OF the Cher,
where bis administration was greatly
appreciated by the Republicans,
Who had suffered under bis clerical
and Orleanist predecessor, Michel. He
filed the position gratnitousIy. AZ
lie next legislative elections he WAS
returned Is the deputy for the Cher.
His speeches, his actions, and voting
ptaced him among DE small band Of
iboreughgoing Republicans, who were
known Is the Montague"
(mountain). He demanded The
fixht to labor, the liberty Of the
press and OF public meeting. and the
Abolition Of the presidency Of the re-
public.
June. 1s4s, arrived. and notNith-
standing the efforts Of Pyat to prevent
the conflict at the barficade Of the
Faubourg Saint-Antoinc, the butcher
Cavaignac did his work and the repub-
lie, in It's social and democratic sense.
was destroyed. Only the seInblance
OF republic, a government Of the
trading classes. remained.
In June, Isa9, at the legislative eleC-
tons Pyat was returned for the de-
partments Of Cher, Nieyre and the
Seine. He took his seat for the Cher.
He was amongst those who st0udy
protested against the infamous ex-
petition against the Roman republic,
an act which proved that the republic
for which the workers Of Paris had
fought Mt the barricades OF February.
had been sold to their enemies.
Shortly afterward Pyat was obliged 70
cult France on account OF the prose-
cution of Republicans, who had taken
active parts In the "fiofs" OF June.
He went to Switzerland. but was OBJ
liged 10 leave that country for Italy.
Prosecuted there. he went TO Brussels.
The coup-d' etat Of Napoleon took
place. Pyat, with others. endeavored
TO organize a movement on the Franco
Belgian frontier, but was unsuccess-
full. He was then compelled to fly
from Belgium to London. From this
time till 1863, wh,n he returned 10
France, he devoted himself principally
70 literary work. On his return Ia
Paris he pursued his campaign against
the empire through the columns OF
the Rappei. for which he was con-
demned To seventeen months I'M
prisonment.
The proclamation of the Paris Gem.
mune again brought Pyat to the front,
He was one Of the first 10 suggest the
pulling down of the Vendome column,
which represented the spirit Of Chau.
vinism, of military glory. and Of the
Subsection OF other nations. With the
fall OF the commune Pyat had "a
make himself scarce. After remain,
Ing in hiding In Paris for about year
he managed to eiude the police and
escape to London. That was In March
is72. When the amnesty was voted
Pyat went back to France. and from
that time his tongue and pen were
constantly employed In the cause o1