The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-25
PRESIDENT cARNor's CAREER.
From His First Public Service He Was
an Ardent Republican.

From His First Public Service He Was
an Ardent Republican.
Marie Francois Sadi-Carnot, fourth
president of the French republic, was
born at Limoges, France, Aug II, 1887
He was the eldest son of the ex-Minister
Hippolyte Sadi-Carnot of 1913, who died
In 1885, and was the grandson of Sazare
Carnot, known as the "Organizer of Vic
tory"
The late president was an engineer by
profession, and entered tho Ecole Poly
technique in 1857. After the revolution of
Sept. Sadi-Carnot was charged, as COM
missary extraordinary of the provisional
government, to organize the national de-
fense in the three departments of the
Seinc-Inferieure, the Eure, and Calvados,
and was appointed Jan. 10, 1871, prefeet
of the department of the Seire-Infereurc
He was elected representative from the
Cote-d'Or to the national assembly on
Feb. following, and took his seat with
the left, and had himself inscribed as a
member of the party known as the Re
publican Left, of which section he became
secretary, and voted for all the measures
which tended towards the definite estab-
lishmcnt of the republic.
Sadi-Carnot presented himself at the
general elections of Feb. 20, 1876, as a
candidate for the chamber Of deputies in
the Second division or circonseription of
the reimbursement of the Beaume, and
was elected by 1,05S votes, against about
5,T00 votes cast for his two opponents. He
followed the same political course in the
new chamber, OF which he was elect ed
secretary, and, after the act of MAY lG
1877, he formed part of the 1863 deputies of
the United Left, who refused vote of
rnttiInn1a in hn RrpfrIio mil, J,,t
election of Oct. a. 1877, Sadi-Carnot was
reelected in the same circonscription by
7,1N4 votes. against 5,324 obtained by tho
official candidate, NJ. Bedoit Champy, Jr.
A decreee of Aug 3d. 1878, appointed
Sadi-Carnot as under secretary of state of
the ministry of public works in the Du-
faure ministry of President McMahon,
and retained this position under Premiers
Waddington and NJ. Narroy in NJ. Jules
Greyy's presidency.
Subsequently he was minister of public
works and then minister of finance in
President Ferry's cabinet. In 1887, when
President Grevy was forced out of power,
NJ. Carnot was put forward as n candi-
date for the succession, and on the second
ballot NJ. Carnot was elected president by
GlG votes against lsS east for General Satts-
sier and 25 votes scattered among other
! candidates. 1t is generally believed that
he would have been reelected had he so
desired.
The prominent part which President
Carnot took in bringing about the So
called Franc1-Russian entente, the visit
of the French fleet TO Cronstadt, in 1921,
later its visit to Portsmouth, and the visit
of the Russiau squadron TO T'onlun last
year, with the accompanying Franco-Rus-
sian fetes, are matters of 50 recent occur
renee rs not to require any further mem
tion at this time. In a word, President
Carnot tried his utmost to do his duty,
and he will be remembered as an honest
and fearless president
A president of France is elected for seven
years by majority of votes by the senate
and chamber of deputies, united in na-
tiOunl assembly or electoral congress.
President Garnet came into power on Jan.
| issS and would, in the natural order of
things, have retired on Jan. l. 1895.
NJ. Casimir-Percr is probably the
strongest candidate for the presidency, us
he seems to be the most powerful man in
France at present, Firm, fearless and
alert, the ex-premier was looked upon MS
likely to succeed NJ. Canot and it will be
recalled that his recent ''fallf from the
premiership was looked upon MS nothing
more than political move, calculated 10
strengthen his political chances.