Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-05


rite saying hut IL IL true aud the
more one lives among them the more he
appreciates how strpnge they are.
IN the main Parisians. for they are To
on intents and purposes the people III
FRANCE, they drift along with their 0ccu-
patiQns mud pleasures utterly and So
Nnely Indifferent TO what il going on ia
the chamber. They skim over the par.
linmentary reports now aud then. shrug
their shoulders ~ the luuR-winded
speeches and Ntuse to be bored hy read
ing them.
Having elected deputies and paid a
president to look ont for the interests Of
the republic, they trouble their heads no
more with Affairs of state unless II be TO
crack joke about Camots automatic
smile or Fcrry's long nose.
mat - The way Fdnslnns treat politics
IN the main. bur the way they can
charge from apathy 60 boiling excite.
ment, FROM good notured approval TO a
rage which is all but murlef0us reminds
one ot the sudden sweep of a storm over
a Swiss lake on the rise of prairie
cyclone
On the front row. right In the center.
aud directly under the tribune. are the
members OF the cabinet in fun evening
dress AZ is President lNlOuuut. now seat.
cd nc his throne nhOyr an with an urray
OF scribes, assistants and miscellaneous
officials, broadening out In pyramid
bpucnth him
A very listless lot Of legislators one
would think. aud yet. believe me. inside
OF an hour they will present a different
appearance There are other Thugs
than smiles aud polite small talk pre-
pairing under those bald heads.
Now they have begun. tall. thin
man Is talking IN q monotonous tone
ana no one seems 10 be- paying The slight
est attention suddenly voice on the
LEFT cills ous something The tall man
answers something Nobody can hear
what they say. for az the same moment
tWo-thlrds of the bnld-headrd deputies
are ON their feet shouting waving their
hands, stamping their fcct and making
the air blue with insults and imprcca-
ions. There on the right among the
Royalists Is Paul de- CnssagnUc. q swHr.
thy giant whose black eyes fash like Goals.
challenging three men tu mortal combat
al the sumo time. and ready 10 challenge
700 II necessary. There ON the left is
Clemeanceau, the maker and breaker "
cabinets. iu violent alteration with
tall, angular muu IN groom coat, his
enemy Of old. Paul Deroulcdc Each VI
them is determined 10 wipe the other
on The face Oi the earth. and would Ike
% begin right away hut for restraining
friends who throw themselves between.
Whew! things are getting lively, but
M!ldl IN ncNNPu hhlut ~ III Nll Uboul
What's the muttery Whit does the man
saw Why are they AN fighting. for
similar rows are going on in l0ud-talking
groups ul over the houscg The Whole
chamber seems tO have gone sinrs.
staring mad and Monsieur llOgupt rings
liH bell and pounds ON his desk and inn
plurcs silence with vain rnpotitous No
one listens to him for 40 least Eve min
utcs, aud then with thp snme audiences
which marked It's beginning, the storm
blows over Everybody sits down aud
keeps still Three-uuurtcrs " the angry
disputants shake hands and the rest of
them arrange for duels on the morrow,
large portion Of which may he called of
after the nights reflection
The session Of the chamber continues
One Of the minister's is now speaking
and tries tO explain why ho aud his col
league should not be- ovorthrowu. He iE
eloquent aud seems 10 Justify the policy
of the government IN power. His re-
marks may or may not prccipitutn un-
other row, but whether there Is one or
two or several of these little ontr-uctes
they finally get tu the point where q vote
is taken on u proposition that the cham
bcr has or has not confidence in the
present cabinet Some time rs occupied
with gathering mp the ballots and sort
| ing them aud a recess rs taken, during
which the deputies Chat together pleas
! pcrdues outside aud the gentlemen in the
| boxes Hirt with the pretty women. Pres.
| entity the result Is announced The
ministry has been defeated; The cabinet
Is overthrow, another crisis has come
| nnd trouble ~ imminent Comfortable
| Ia this knowledge and pleased in tile in
iOymcnt Of a Keen sensation, the actors
and spectators of this interesting drama
20 home 10 dinner and over their coffee
and COgnuc discuss as calmly and philo.
| suphiCally as YOU please the probability
of Monsieur This killing Monsieur That
| Ia their meeting tomorrow the WohU-
! bility of President Cnm0t rcsig1ing, thc
! probability of the republic being upset
aud the streets of Paris running with
| the gore of It's excellent people, Then
having expressed themselves with esprit
un these various points, the parties most
| deeply concerned light good cigars and
| take their Wivos-or their friends wives
90 the thcatcr
Meanwhile all Paris has heard the
news and is rejecting upon ID, over an.
sinthc. bAUT or convo, ia front of count
| less cafes along the houlcyurds from the
| Arc dc Trumphe TO the Basulc. No
matter what has happened or how grave
| the prospects are the ever oquublc hOule.
yurdicrs are not IN the least surprised
pcrurhod. or ia any way disposed TO
fprcgO their ordinary pleasures. II may
be- that as they talk and chink glnsscs
together lhcy hear the hOOts Of cavalry
ringing on the asphalt aud know that
troops are being brought into Paris 10
check trouble In The morning. That
does not matter IN the least. Sufficient
il the night for the joys thcNOf aud all
the pleasure places Ia the city are abluzc
until long after midnight ana songs arc
sung and bright thiugs said aud the
hours hurry by IN whirl until.
Until what: Perhaps when morning
dawns AL is quiet perhaps mutering
sounds are heard IN The air which ten
of the grayer things 10 come. ln either
event q is all right 10 this philOsophic
population. In either event they shrug
tLeir shoulders upprOyingly and await
Developments In either event they VIII
explain TO You when II is all over that
the things which came about are the
very things which should have come
about
They are strange people!
Take FOR instance that January in 1889
when General Bonlnngpr was swept
into parliament by the overwhelming
vote Of Paris nearly 200 600 majority,
ut a time when every vote for him
meant n vote against the ministry. The
people Of Paris thought Boulanger a
hero. n champion OF their rights u man
of the future. almost god. II h. had
struck ai that tune with strong arm
and fearless hand there would have been
neither voices nor arms % dispute his
progress. But he did not strikehe ran
away. and there were no tears for him
when be- las stretched on the grave Of
the woman for whose memory he blew
his brains ont when everything else had
failed him When the peOnle Of Paris
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