The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-29

as Is President FlOquet now seated a. =
throne above all with an array OF srr;hI
assistants and miscellaneous offrisss
broadening out IN . pyramid beneath A.
4 very iistiess lot of legislators aa
would think. and vet. believe me inssss
OF an hour they will present a dies.
appearance. There are other things tsa
smiles and polite small talk prena,,s
under those bald heads. ingI
Now they have begun. 4 tall ~.
man - talking in monotouons .au
| and no one seems to be payine ne
slightest attention. Suddenly a vois. 1asI
the left calls out something. Ths "a
man answers something. Nobodv aa
hear what they say. for At the sans can
ment two-thirds of the bald-headed s sao-
uties are on their feet shouting v.P!
their hands. stamping their feet and ras
ing the air blue with insults and inn-s.
flons. There on the right among the 80
alists - PAIL de Cassagnac. a sv,r,y
giant whose black eyes flash ike co.1t
challenging three men 10 mortal COMBS
att the same time and ready 70 chalens.
300 If necessary. There on the la,
Clemenceau, the maker and hreaks, II
cabinets. in violent alteration with = al ~.
angular man In green coat. his enar- ~
old, Paul Derou!ede. Each of them issa
ternined to wipe the other off the fa,.
the earth. and would like 20 begin 49,
away but for restraining friend, rhal
throw themselves between.
Whew things are getting lively br.
what in heavens name IS it all sbon, II
What's the matter? What does the ma
say? Why are they all fighting. for ,;,ss
lar rows are going on in ioud-taIk;,.t
groups all over the house. The vhasI
chamber seems to have gone stark. star;n.
mad. and NJ Floquet'rings his bell anii
pounds on his desk and implores s;lsn..l
with vain repetitions. No one listens ~
him for at least five minutes. and ths,l
with the same suddenness which martssI
its beginning, the storm blows ovset
Everybody sits down and keens s,;Il.
Three-quarters of the angry disnu,sn,.t
shake hands and the rest of them arranssI
for duels on the morrow, large Dorsan,
of which may be called of after the nieh,,sI
reflection.
The session of the chamber continu.,
One of the ministers is now speaking and
tries TO exp ain why he and his coIIeasn.I
should not be overthrow. He is eiooners
and seems to justify the policy of the ear.i
eminent In power His remarks NAV III
may not precipitate another row. bntf
whether there is one or two or several ~
these lite eatr' Gctes, they finally get to mai
point where vote is taken on a prons.f
sition that the chamber has or has no,i
&
time is occupied with gathering I'm tbsI
ballots and sorting them, and recess i.
taken. during which the deputies chat to.t
gether pleasantly or excitediy in the ALL
des pas perdues outside, aud he
gentlemen IN the boxes hirt with
the pretty women. Presently the M
suit is announced. The minisrv'
had been defeated; the cabinet is oyef.I
thrown, another crisis has come sndl
trouble is imminent. Comfortable in thisf
knowledge and pleased in the enjoymsnt
OF keen sensation, the actors and specta.
tors OF this interesting drama go home ,ol
dinner and over their coffee and cognac
discuss as calmly and phiIosophicaly az,
you please the probability of Monsieud
This killing Monsieur That in their meetI
ing tomorrow, the probability of President
Carnos resigning, the probability of the rel
public being upset and the streets of Parul
running with the gore of its excellent peci
pie. Then. having expressed themseIyest
with esprit on these various points. they
parties most deeply concerned light good
cigars and take their wives-or theirl
friends wlves-to the theater.
Meanwhile all Paris has heard the news
ana Is rejecting upon IL, over absinthe.
beer or coffee, In front of countless cafes
along the boulevards from the Arc de Tri-
omphe to the Bastile. No matter what
has happened or how grave the prospects
are the ever equable bouieyardiers are nes !,
in the least surprised, perturbed, or in
any way disposed to forego their ordinary
pleasures. II may be that as they talk +
and chlnk glasses together they hear the
hoots OF cavalry ringing on the asphalt
and know that troops are being brou2h.
into Paris 10 check trouble in the morn.l
ing. That does not matter in the least
Sufficient Is the night for the Joys Thereof
and all the pleasure places in the city arel
ablaZe until long after midnight and sonuI
are sung ana bright things are said and
the hours hurry by IN a whiri until
Until what? Perhaps when morningI
dawns all is quiet; perhaps mutteringI
sounds are heard in the air, which tell Of.
graver things to come. In either event It'll
- all right 10 this philosophic population
In either event they shrug their shouldeng
approyingly and await developments. hi
either event they will explain TO you wheaI
II is all over that the things which camel
about are the very things which should
have come about.
They are strange people!
Take, for instance, that January in 1881
when Gen. Bouianger was swept intoI
parliament by the overwhel ming vote Oh
Paris-nearly 100000 majority, at timed
when every vote for him meant a
vote against the ministry. The peopls0
of Paris thought Bouianger a hero. al
champion of their rights. the man of the
future, almost a god. Ii he had struck all
that time with a strong arm and fearieSt
hand there would have been neither voicest
nor arms to dispute his progress. But bel
did not strike--he ran away, and thenI
were, no tears for hlm when he lsyl
stretched on the grave of the woman fof
whose memory he blew his brains ousl
when everything else had failed him.
When the people of Paris saw their "brav,
general" on the high road to Dictatorship
they looked on approvingIy-it was quite
as it should be. When they heard that be-
had died neglected, dishonored, ridiculed,
that, 100, was as II should be-