Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-07-04
Election of the President of France.


our issue of that day would probably
be the case, NJ. Jean Casimir- Perier.
President of the Chamber of Deputies,
was elected President of the republic
of France to succeed NJ. Marie rancois
Sadi-Carnot, who was stabbed to death
on Sunday night preceding in Lyons
by Cesare Giovanni Santo, an Italian
anarchist. The election took place in
the great hall of the Palace of Yer
sailles, where the Senate and Chamber
of Deputies assembled in electoral con-
gress for the purpose.
The sitting opened at 10 P. NJ, III.
Challemel Lacour, President of the
Senate, presiding.
The great hall Was crowded and the
galleries were thrcnged
Nearly all the members of the diplo
matte corps were present among the
spectators.
NJ Challemel Lacour, after a sympa-
thetic reference to the late President
Carnot, read the articles Of the consti-
tuition relative to the election of
President and then declared the
National Assembly open.
The casting of the first ballot then
commenced.
The mem bers of the National As
1embly deposited their ballots in turn
md then the tellerS took the urn to the
committee room.
The assembly, after a long and i'm
patient wait, was much relieved when
the Jellers returned and announced the
result, as follows:
NJ. Jean Casimir Perier 451
NJ. BrlSSOn. ....-.......... ..................l91
NJ. Charles Dupuy. Observation-Disclosures. SO
General Fevrler........ ....... ............. 90
NJ AfaSO........-........ q
Scattered NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80
Total. .S53
Tremendous cheering greeted the
result of the vote.
After reading the figures NJ. Chal-
lemel Lacour said
IN. Casimir- Perier having obtained
an absolute majority, | proclaim him
President of the French republic y
Loud cheering, intermixed with social
list protests.
M. Casimir- Perier was not present
during the proceedings which resulted
in his election to the presidency.
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
NJ. Jean Paul Pierre Casimir- Perier
was born in Paris on November s, 1877
His grandfather was president of the
council under King Louis Philippe, and
his father was a minister under the
first President of the republic, M.
Theirs.
During the Franco Prussian war M.
Casimir Perier served with distinction
with the volunteers of the Aube, who
were called to the defense of Paris
During the siege of Paris M. Casimir
Perier displayed so much bravery that
he was mentioned in the order of the
day and decorated with the Cross of
the Legion of Honor.
In February, 1871, he became minis
ter of the interior and chief of the
cabinet of his father, who, in order to
open political career for him, resigned
as consellor- general of the Aube in
April, 1874. At the general elections
of February, 1876, as a straight repub-
lican, he was elected to represent
Nogentsur- Seine and voted constantly
with the majority formed by the left
centre and the republican left, which
refused a vote of confidence in the
Broglie ministry. In the elections
which followed the dissolution M.
Casimir-Perier was reelected. and
when the republican cabinet of Deem
Der IA was formed he was appointed
under secretary of State in the depart
ment of public instruction. Later III.
Casimir-Perier became a member of
the republican left and in 1881 he
joined the republican union.
Following the adoption by the Cham
Der of the proposition which excluded
from public functions the members of
families which have reigned in France,
NJ. Casimir- Perier resigned his seat as
a Deputy on February l, 1888, not
being able to conciliate family duties
with the conduct which his conscience
and republican sentiments Dictated
After some hesitation he again became
a candidate for election to the Cham
Der of Deputies, and on March IS of
the same year he was re elected and
became under sec1 etary of State in the
ministry of war, where he remained
until the resignation of the minister of
war, General Campenon, on January
3, 1885, He has been member of the
Chamber of Deputies ever since, and
was elected vice president of the Cham
Der and president of the budget com
mission in 1890.
Recently NJ. Casimir- Perier was
premier of a short lived cabinet, from
December of last year until the latter
part of May of the present year, when
he rode for d fall, according to re-
port, in order to improve his chances
as candidate for the presidency
against the late President Carnot.-
Later he was elected president of the
Chamber of Deputies.
M Casimir- Perier is wealthy man,
of strong mind, and was looked upon
as the candidate of the conservatives
of France. He has shown himself to
be a firm upholder of the law and the
advocate of repressive measures
against anarchy
In appearance the new President of
France is short, dark and well dressed,
extremely polite and of military bear
ing.
IF YOUR BACH kCHES.