New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-24
NJ. CHAILEMEI-LACOl HoNokED'
ELECTED MEMBER OF THE FRENCH ACApLMi
TO SUCCEED RENAN.

ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY
TO SUCCEED RENAN.
Paris March 23-M Paul Armand Chalicme''Lacour'
the weknown writer and satesnaN was "u",
elected a member Of the French Academy 10 s"cce'u
Joseph Ernest Renan. VI. Challems-Laconr rece'eu
seventeen votes. TO thirteen for Gstcn Bruno ra'i
Paris, the well known wr'er anu s'"""
vote for Emile 2ola.
M ope was elected to the place made vacant oy
the death OF John Emile Lemoinne. SIX paIo's were
taken for this seat without result the Candidates nss
Professor Manuel Henry fouq'h"r' 'ne eo'i''Po"' "
and editor, and NJ. Brunc'iere'
cn,nemcl.Iacour was one Of that galaxy Of ceie-
hr.,.d writer's journalists and professors when hp
pearcd in the zenith of Intellectual Franc" soon "'r
ho ,.vn,,,tion OF Is4s and which comprised snch men
,s ,Iotr Tain. Provost paradol, j. J. Weiss e'c''
whose literary works familiar 10 American '''"'
Like all of them. the new Acade"i'l'h' '''" ="
,,,.nclee in Is27. had received the last touch "f
his oducaIion at the Normal school OF farlS' "hci''
urofessors Of high class are appointed by the 'o'
r,or, far dutv I'm the lyccums all over France
N,,st NJ these yo,ng men Of talent. to u" l't oi
uhom can be- added the names 0l freuer' ''''
Hcpcard Lanfrev and othes, r. mained tru' W ""e
liberal traditions OF the Normal SCHOOL, an" i-"
,oluntui,v or under compulsion their "t"a'lohs ~
,t,,,,. Il, toycnmcnt sch hooS after the "s'abiiSh-
mcnt of the second Empire. For the hloS' par, Wv;
became journalists or writers OF BOOKS. '''''"''
,o.our ,yos ,xiIcd bv Napoleon III, ana a''"r d
.hor, so,ourn in Belgium he accepted proi's'oiSnp
In , Enrich gymnasium, where he T'm'hn'" "'
,ho amnesty proclaimed in 1853. which rcopeh"'
tho Gates Of France To many cAii's. SUM- Nv VI" " ~
,,rs, .. Abou and Provost Plradol did laur oh' NV
nrom,scs made BY the Imperial Government anu ~
o.d c,just If a Journalistic warfare. espcciaiy III
., 81. Pawn. PoIi,iane founded by him.
The political career OF Chalemei h"oo'' o's
co,orr ~ 1870 when lie was appointed rreieo'
of Che Rhone. The Royalisfs OF Lyons anu ''
ncichhmin2 provinces were conspr'ns "s'''
new Republic but they were so'h co"eo "'N" q"
L ~. energy Of Challemel, who telcgrapf"u 10 o''
- ,h sub mcfects asking for instructions IN e'sc
- IN opcn Royalist movement: shoot ho"h ''os'
.,, -, , di.patch which was often thrown IN ms
r,o, L.. tie r.actionis,s, who forgot that nv was
man Io;ic, ing IN the old motto: "Sains pop"n ."
,rou, est lex After the Republic had been "riS
so,da,e l. Chalcmel-Lacour. from radlcai e'o'i
,,ouis, became on OpportuDist Or toDseiva ANY : :
ReDnlcan lie was elected Deputy t, 10 .ht Inn,
n md U,en n life senator lie was succcs-iv"N ,,n,, @
'.sadnr 10 switzerland and To Great Bri,an Nnrlo
be r.u,alnrd for more than two InIs' a.rr VII N
Wv Nv c,"i s Mil istcI Of Foreign Aftairs III the Icrr!
dcw of ih,. senate which elected the lat" Jnle,
Tr and il 1, qle possible that Clallenrl iacour
- rin at IN. next election for tlnt hleh Po,, INV
r"canf lie has written few DOCKS on pivsops -, h
a s,.tory but his principal claim to seal III vi;
,radcmy rested upon his former reputation as Il
;rmaIist Ills election Is n success for Republican
;de,s ns Il shows that the acaneiIcians WHO p'"s
+" what Is called nj the Institute " the parn ., m uc
Dukes,' that l., who are lnhuenc,'u ny ''u NJ ' ',,
,.mn,,,e dc Brogle and other Orleanls's, may ho'
u,'m"n n. q, predOminate forever In the Academy
,I d"rs Of which they have opened to many oi tlcir