The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-02

ing fRmiiiesi and We hrapieaBed TO hnt
that such az these, besides not being
eligible for the pfe sidQne are debafTed
by the constitution from EerVipe ~ SEN
ators or deputies The French plesi-
dency, however, ia anything huf an ex'
elusive Office. In theoFyit is as access
Idle to the French citizen 90 the ballot
box itself. There is not even an age
limit, unless the attainment Of ones
majority may be SO called, To be eligl-
BILE for senator the French citizen must
be forty, and he must not be less than
twenty-five before the chanbero Of depn-
ties can open to him, But the pIesl-
dency 10 within his reach, with abso-
lptely no condition attaching to 1t be-
You'd the mere fofmallty OF getting
elected, the moment he is old enough to
voIe,
This ia decidedly liberal, though
whether Frepchmen are satisfied to give
them one good chance, in competition
with ten millions Of their fellow cltl-
Gems, to attain TO the presidency them
selves, ls q sufficient compensation for
depriVing them OF a direct vote In the
filling Of that Office, Is Q different qnes-
ton. Such, however, is the situation
Of the case, aud this ia another feature
in which tile French. republic differs
so fundamentally trom our own as to
almost lose all kinship with 1t, The
French president is chosen by a ma
tional assembly, In other words, at 9
Joint session OF the senate and house OF
deputies; the only relation OF the great
mass OF the people to such an event
being that neutrality-suspicious. years
before-they themselves .electedrprl-
marily for legislative duties-Ihe men
upon whom now the election Of. q head
OF the state devolves, ii these men
had been voted for in special view OF
a presidential vacancy, with due an
nouncement on their part OF the prAsi'
dental candidate to whom their sup
port would closely resemble our own,
But nothing Of this kind occurs, and it
Is questionable II, whilegth French re-
main aa excitable aa they are, our
highly approved American plan, spite
of all its checks and safeguards, could
with safety be introduced here.
MEnIocRa srATEsMEN,
Where Frenchmen, in the working Of
their political system, bear adecided
resemblance to Ourselves is in the ten
dency they have shown to pass by their
strongest mon, and to exait to presl-
dental dignities respectable ~mediocrity
only. Jules Grevy was o retired lawyer,
his chief recommendation being that he
was honest aud not q meddler. The
only thing which distinguished NJ, Car
not beyond thousands Of other we'll
equipped Frenchmen was the great
name he bore, a legacy in the second.
degree from one Of the best men Of the
revolutionary era, In this tendency
tho two republics are considerably
alike. But how different the reasons
in the two casesl No American Is big
enough to imperll the republic simply
by his occupancy Of the presidential
chair, whereas experience has shown
that q man may do this in France even
II he Is not very big, but only thinks
himself 80, providing lie has grit. and
the prestige Of q little military fame.
Because they know this, and have
gained their knowledge OF 1t in SO hard
a school, the French are shy OF great
men, and are ceasing to take much
stoSk IN gteat nanes' ,h4.,. ~,
= u on9 Eeason nuS NJ. M;iS
oaplnets lali 80 soun. ny tne cli ha
reason. that W. nlusv iOoA tor ~ Wv
want OF a~greeHepss Dasa!yenss
amongst french hepupllcans-fln sne
lact tnat ihs.e1u ~ t ihp ! cps
parry !1e itisa1s ~ sn s.asns .nbo act
tam rct;voa az enite and who Ia
carry their point, do not disdain alli-
ance with the bittereat Reactionarles.
Here IS the enles reason IgySl9e Min.
lstry IS 50. Rs9N on
valves, as we Gail, IngnlsetXss, ase VI
ways agalnst y, anu WV tnese suu
the extreme haulcals cotlptue ns they
frequently ao' Iawn soes W eAissins "
government mere u, however, "s
we ave hlnteu, anost!er tessou
beneatn al !nis pettlless ana tove =.
change, there X no aoupta sppSsIasuM
OF pr,nclp,e. tNoS Z ILL., W. y
pI.nSipie ous NJ, u y, r. ana a %s.hoiossn :
niue atrlot,sni ~ auI " TSssnnL
nloune pruusnce as wei. .haus.
are a.tal OF tnose Muo goysfn slet
AFRAID 70 give tnem 100 y y.
70 keep men t9o = " t Ivy
Nv = motsat, Sfeea She
later years, anu noe u nI''e @ppten a;.h
SION o. aemagogues; anu sgse,yt Ti ~
tne sbeCtres o. Napoe "a - the raanmi
ana p9ulanger Using 19s u wy t'e y.
past' ~, pieusy 94Ju'Nt't 40'
this ieellng'
SALARY AND PATRONAGE.
The salary Of the French president ia
etoooOo a vear. and he ia allowed sion.
oao SaI,aa. -.
ooV s9a Sa NJ nlnisI
get Slz,UUU o year. 1nS pTesluenti