The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-27
PRESIDENT cARNoT.
He Came from an IlIustrIous Family
His Public Career.


the French republic was born In Limoges,
Aug II, 1887. He was a grandson OF
Lazare Nicolas Carnot, minister OF war In
the first republic. from 1898 10 1897. whose
genius and energy In raising and main
tainltg 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 Carnot, Lazare
Hyppolite. inherited tire instinct OF repub-
licanism. He became "a saint Simonian. bat
turned from the socialists OF that scnool
when they adoptsa .nr,iiantn's views OF
dTs Deputy and ron yo1ed ne se .teeme s %as left
Under the second 49, II was minis
ep2e se5 4f eagSafioR Scted Rtb tAil ef gt ne ne
has been a life sem No
His son, 10 whor the Persian
OF oriental languaffa ~ Il AZURE, YVES
educated en-inf Fttlt4| entered the
Ecole polytechnlque 3 WSN.,slng, ffth in
his class, led the Clt SIS - the Ec0le de
Points ct Chaussees and corfspleted his sro-
fessional education IN 1858 .Ai-er being
council for roads and bridges he was ap-
pointed engineer at Annecy in 1864. He in
troduced Improvements In railroad and
bridge construction and planned. among
other Improvements. the great bridge over
the Rhine at C0llonges, near the Swiss
OF tubular foundation of his own invention
On Jan. 10, 1871, be was appointed prefect
In the department Of Seine-lnferieure and
Normandy being nominated commissioner
extraordinary for The departments OF Seine
lnferieure, Eure and Calvedes. On Feb. s.
he was elected ~ 1900 votes the rep
reseutative Of the department. Cote DOR
IN the national assembly. lie took his seat
with the left, was chosen secretary Of the
group Of the republican left and voted for
all the measures tending to dehnitive estab-
lishmcnt of the republic and in favor Of all
constitutional law. lie was a member Of
various special committees on public works
ana industries and advocated the bin re-
latng to explosives In the general election
Of Feb. 20, 1876, he was a candidate for
deputy I'm the second clrconscrptlon OF the
reimbursement OF Beaume. and WAS elected
OF his two competitors. He was chosen
secretary In the new chamber and was also
a member OF tn budget committee He
In the election OF Oct a. 1871 took a
prominent part In all discussions reat-
ing TO public work. especially railroads and
budget committee and in 1915 was chosen
to report a budget Of public works.
on Aug ~ Of that year ne was APP
pointed under-secretary of state in the
ministry OF public works. In the Ferry
cabinet OF 1850 he was the head OF that
ministry and prosecuted important work
on the development Of which he had been
engaged while secretary OF state He was
for time minister or finance In 1882 In
1885 NJ: de Freyclnet again called him into
the cabinet He took the first portfolio Of
public works but on the retirement OF NJ.
Clamegeran became minister Of finance. In
that office he had he same trouble with
the ~iru6get As ms predecessors, but was
unable 10 induce the budget committee OF
mendatiOns. Among OtheU propositions that
were defeated was one that he made 10
allow the Panama canal company 10 issue
lottery bonds He gained much credit for
refusing TO refund 1900 franc Of stamp
duties that the banker, Dreyfuss claimed
were Illegally exacted. retiring from the
ministry in December, 1856, when President
Grevy insisted on the restitution. On OCT.
4. 1885, he was again elected deputy for the
Cote dor.
Sadi Carnot had hitherto made himself
conspicuous only by his professional accom-
pilshments, and had never been a political
leader. but he had won exceptional
esteem by reason Of his an9ue,s5Jionl93be BILE
Grevy the two great republican orators,
Ferry and Freycinet, were the principal
candidates for the succession. In the first
trial ballot OF the republican senators and
former received 200 and the latter 1913 votes.
Brissen coming next with elghty-one and
then Sad Carnot with siS ty-nlne. The
election Of Ferry threatened TO produce
porters when they saw thai his chance was
hopeless decided TO give their votes TO
Carnot. When the congress met in the
afternoon Sadi Carnot received on the first
ballot 300 votes, Ferry 212, Gen. Saussler las,
Freycinet 176, Gen. Appert u Brissen 26 and
other candidates g. NJ de Freyclnet and
Ferry then withdrew In favor of Sadi Car
not, who was elected on the second ballot
by 66 votes Gen Sausser receiving from
the conservatives 1856.
The wife OF the deceased president of the
French republic Is a daughter Of Dupont
White, who translated John Stuart MINIS
works into French; NJ; Carnot's family
consists of four girls. NJ. Carnot himself
on The Revolution Of 1913 and Its De-
tractors"