Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-28
TIE MURDERED PRESIDENT.
Sketch of NJ. Carnot, the Martyred Ruler
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5t of the French Republic.
Marie Francois Sadi Carnot was born
in Limoges August 18th, 1887. He was
the grandson Of Lazare NICOLAS Carnot,
Minister of War in the first Republic
from 1903 to 1897, whose genius and
energy in raising and maintaining the
army that repelled the allied enemies of
the Republic earned for him the title of
the "Organizer of Victory"
The son of the great Carrot, Lazare
Hippolyte, inherited the instincts of Re-
publicanism. He became St. Simonian
but turned from the Socialists Of that
school when they adopted Enfantin's
view of marriage. From 1889 to 1S4S
he was a Deputy and voted with the Ex-
treme Left. Under the second Republic
he was Minister of Education, and,
after the fall of the Empire, acted with
the Extreme Left. Since 1875 he had
been Life Senator.
His son, to whom he gave the Persian
name Sadi while interested in the study
of Oriental languages and literature, was
educated as an engineer. He entered
the Ecole Polytechnique in 1857, pass
ing fifth in his class, led the class in the
Ecole des Points ct Chaussees, and COM
pleted his professional education in
1868. After being for some time assist
ant secretary TO the council for roads
and bridges he was appointed an engi-
neer at Annecy in 1864.
He introduced improvements in rail-
road and bridge construction, and
planned, among other important works,
the great bridge over the Rhone at
Collonges, near the Swiss frontier, where
he applied new system of tabular
foundation of his own invention.
On January 10th, 1871, he was ap.
pointed Prefect of the Department of
Seine-Infcrieure and at Havre organized
the national defence in Normandy.
On February Sth he was elected by
Dc, 900 votes as the representative of the
Department of Cote dor in the National
Assembly. He took his seat with the
Left, was chosen secretary of the group
Of the Republican Left.
In the general election of February
Goth, 1876, he was candidate for
Deputy in the second circonscription of
the reimbursement of Beaune, and was
elected by large majority over the
combined vote Of his two competitors.
He was chosen secretary in tine new
Chamber, and was member of the
budget committee. He was reelected
over the official candidate in the election
of October 14th, 1877.
On August 18th of that year he was
appointed Under Secretary of State in
the Ministry of Public Works. In the
Ferry Cabinet OF 1880 he was the head
of that Ministry, and prosecuted i'm
portaEt works on the development of
which he had been engaged while Sec
retary of State. He was for a time
Minister Of Finance in 1882. In 1886 M.
de Freycinet again called him into the
Cabinet He first took the portfolio of
Public Works, but on the retirement of
M. Clamegerau became Minister of
Finance.
On October 4th, 1885, he was again
elected Deputy for the Cote dor.
Sadi Carnot had hitherto made him
self conspicuous only by his professional
accomplishments, and had never been
political leader, but he had won ex-
oeptional esteem by reason of his un-'
questionable integrity. On the retire.
ment of President Grevy, the two great
Republican orators, Ferry and Freyci-
net, were the principal candidates for
the succession. In tue first trial ballot
of the Republican Senators and Depu-
ties, on the morning of December Sd,
1887, the former received 200 and the
latter 1913 votes, Brisson coming next
with 81, and then Sadi Carnot with SO.
The election of Ferry threatened to
produce a popular disturbance. Frey
cinets supporters, when they saw that
his chance was hopeless, decided to give
their votes to Carnot.
When the Congress met in the after.
noon, Sadi Carnot received on the first
ballot 303 votes; Ferry, 212; General
Saussier, 148; Freycinet, 76; General
Apperth, 72; Brisson, 26; other candi-
dates, 81. NM. de Freycinet and Ferry
then withdrew in favor of Sadi Garnet,
who was elected on the second ballot by
GIG votes, General Saussier receiving
from the Conservatives 1856.
President Carnot's wife is daughter
of Dupont White, who translated John