New-York tribune., 1894-06-28
u C1STNIR-PERIER.
CAREER OF THE NEW PRESIDENT OF
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE SCION or HOUSE LONG HONORADLY EAlI-
NENT IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
rha favorl,e has won. Even before the murder Of
President Csrnot but after Il was known that that
plps,r,ois man. who organized victory for the Re
nubljc in peace as did his grandsire In war. would
not be candidate for reelection. NJ Casimir-Perier
was regarded the probable successor Nhen the
awful deed Of Sunday night startled the world the
ewes os France turned instinctively 10 him as the
fttest among a group Of emnently ht men, 10
ossure the heaGship Of the State and continue the
work 81 well begun and established by the martyred
President.
Jean Paul Pierre Casinir- -Perier comes OF a family
long honorably eminent in France. His great-srea'-
grandfather notary. living near Grenoble'
who dying, left son, jacques, a tradesman OF
Lyons The left fortune Of s25ooo to his SON.
. Claude long-heade1 and ehterprising speculator.
who In the troublous days before the ReNoluuoh
contrlved 10 amass a colossal capital part OF wn'ch
ne invested in the splendid Chateau OF While After
the Terror he came to Paris where he helped 10
found the Bank Of France and sat IN the Corps
IAgislatif This worthy left eight sons the two
elder Of whom were received into the French peer
age while the third displayed h!' fathers CONNER
cia sagacity in many fields. It was the fourth OF
hi. children. Casimr. VINO was destnel 10 es'aplsh
the political fortunes OF the family on a prouder
basis than heretofore. lie was man OF indomtable
X energy and strong but honorable ambition; In per
son a giant with a voice OF thunder bitter style
OF eiouuencc. and a coarse even brutal, manner.
He played a considerable part in the Opposition
after the Restoration, and his policy as President
OF the Council under Louis Philippe is a matter or
history In 1882 he visited the cholera hospital with
. the Due d'Orleans father os the Comte de Paris.
caught the infection and died. The elder of hH two
cons Paul by name still survives as Senator OF the
Seine In:erieure. but he has never been a promnen;
parsonage. Auguste. his younger brother adopted
the baptlsrnal name OF his father as part or his
was kn -V-n az r.
In 1876 he vas returned for one Of the divisions OF
Paris and In l8i9 he represented the Department of
the Aube in the Legislative Assembly. During the
Empire he held absolutely aoof from public affairs,
but in 1871 he gave in his adhesion to NJ Tniers. VINO
made him Minister OF the Interior Like his son to-day,
he was suspected OF canags toward the Orleanists,
for he had married the sster-in-,aw Of the Due
dAudinret-Pasquler and received visit from the
Comte de Paris at his country house. However. he
cleared himself Of these aspersOne by a letter in
which he frankly avowcd his loyalty 10 the Republic
as the only form OF Government that could save
France from Anarchy. His death took place in
1876 and his Jean succeeded 10 the greater share
OF both his political reputation AMI his estate. The
family still retain possession OF the Chateau de
While noble feudal structure built in lGll by the
Constable de Lesdlguiares. near the ruins of st!N
more ancient stronghold. IL was Inuch lhlu,eu u ~
fire in 1926 and subsequently restored; but most
OF its artistic contents perishet beyond recovery
NJ Theirs was entertained there In 1914, and NJ
Carnot visitor more recently; but the new
mother at another mansion, the Chateau De Pont-
sur-Seine much accessible from Paris
f NJ. Casimlr-Perier born in Paris on Novem-
Der s. lS47 and received a fine classical education.
In the with Germany he distinguished him
self commander OF a battalion OF Mobiles. lie
mentioned In general orders for one daring
feat He rescued OF his wounded comrades
under very heavy hre in an affair in front OF the
redoubt of Moulin SaQuet. For this ne also re-
oeived the decoration OF the Legion Of Honor. In
the winter of 1912 he served under his father In
Ministry of the Interior and In 1874 was elected
a Deputy from Nogent-sur-Seine. He was reelected
by the same constituency In 1876 and in May. 1871.
OF the 3S3 Deputies who refused 10 give
the Ministry OF the Duo de Broglie vote OF con,
fdence Dissolution followed, and he was a third
time elected 10 the Chamber Under the new Gov
eminent he was made Under-Secretary for Public
Instruction. Worship and Fine Arts; For the
fourth time Nogent-sur-Seine sent him to the
Chamber in 1881. Soon after law was passed ex-
cludng all the members OF the families who had
regned over France from all civil and military
Offices and he showed his OF that law OF pro-
scription by resgninR his seat az member of
the Chamber HIS immediate reelection showed
that his constituents approved his conduct In The
fall OF 1883 ne becamH Under Secretary FOR War.
Al the election of October. 1SS, ne was chosen
DEPUTY for the Department OF Aube. and In 1883
Nogent- -sur-Seine returned him once more. In 1890
ne was elected Vice President Of the Chamher and
chairman OF the Budget Commission; and IN Au-
gust OF last year he was again chosen a Deputy
by an overwhelming majority
In November last NJ. cas.lnir-Perler was chosen
President of the Chamber Of Depa;.es. fortnight