Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
CARN0T'S SUCCESSOR.
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Cssimir- Perier, the New President OF
France-A True Patriot
M. Casimir-P erier did not go TO the
palace, but awaited the result of the
balloting In Paris. M. Dupuy, how!
ever. was among tho first arrivals al
the Versailles. Tho railways between
Paris and Versailles were all lined with
soldiers who stood almost compactly
the entire distance. At 2:30 p. m.
the consensus OF opinion was
that M. Casimir-P erier would be elected
on the first ballot. The social
lists pushed M. Brisson with the utmost
energy and prophesicd n revolution IL
NJ. Casimir-Pcri SHOULD be elected.
In the lobby an ex-menber Of NJ. Du-
puy's former cabinet loudly declared
that he would rather lose his right
hand than that such an unpublished
peasant as Dupuy should DO elected
president.
Like NJ. Carnot, OF illustrious revolu.
tionary ancestry, NJ. Casimir- Perier has
family traditions Of honor and fame to
sustain. AS did Carnot, he traces his
pedigree to a regicide, and IL is a mat
ter of no small significance and conse-
quence that the leading statesmen of
France should trace descent from men
who sent a king to the scaffold. :
NJ. Casimer-Perie Is not as unpre-
tending as was M. Carnot in his pri-
vate life. A genuine republican, he is
not without an attachment to the cere-
monies and courtly powers which arc
rather associated with monarchy than
equality; but once admitted 10 his pres
ence, the respectable visitor is sure OF
a cordial welcome. NJ. Casimir- Perier
was approached, about two years
ago, by emissaries of t~heoexiled pre-
tender 10 the throne Of France with
promises of the most lavish rewards, IL
he would espouse tho cause of monarchy.
II was animated hat NJ. Casimir-Perier
would be created n duke and chancellor
OF France, and the emissary who
brought the offer showed authority TO
pledge the word of royalty itself in sup
port of the proposition. NJ. Casimir-
Perier repulsed the bearer of the
message with emphasis, telling him
that he regarded IL as more hon.
orable to be a citizen of France
than to 100 n duke under q king.
lie also told the emissary that the
count of Paris might as we'll give up
all hope Of the restoration Of the mon
archy, for the third republic would con-
tinue to live. This reply from a man
SO distinguished and ut the same time
so moderate for n time put a q~nietus on
the schemes OF the exiied bourbons.
The latter had counted on M. Casimir-
Perier's jealousy OF Carnot as likely to
lead him to betray the republic, but
they we're mistaken.
Casimir-Pc. ier, u was understood,
was not an admirer of NJ. Carnot, al
though he served in his cabinet, but he
was as true as steel to the principles
which Carnot represented.
The extreme socialists also sounded
NJ. Casimir-Perier not long after he had
repulsed the monarchists. 1t was when
the Panama scandal burst upon the
country that the men who tread upon
the thin edge of anarchy, without ross
ing the border, prepared for revolution,
should the opportunity offer. They
formed q directing body with the
dreaded name of committee OF public
safety, composed Of chiefs of the vari-
Gus factions of the socialist party. and
organized eighty sections in the eighty
districts of Paris, so that they might
all be prepared, on a given signal, TO
march against the Elysee and tho
chambers.
Part of their plan was to arrest Pres
ident Carnot and occupy the Elysee,
and they also proposed to make an ap-
peal TO the army with the object OF es-
tablishing q social republic. The So
c~ialists saw the need of a leader whose
reputation for moderation would pre-
vent a general uprising against their
cause should they undertake to put
their schemes in operation, and Gen
este, Allemane, Perpjean and others
turned toward Casimir-Perier as the
man.
He was cautiously offered the presl-
dency of tho proposed social republic
without being made fully acquainted
with the means by which it was pro-
posed to Great the republic. Casimir-
Perier simply warned the delegation
against disturbing the peace of France,
and told them that he would be among
the first and most earnest to support
severe measures for the suppression Of
any disorder. At the same time he in
formed HIS visitors that he felt IL a
duty to make President Carnot
acquainted with their proposals. This
put an end for that occasion TO any
thought Of revolution on the part Of
the socialists, and also confirmed Presi-
dent Carnot's high estimate of Cashier
Perier's loyalty and patriotism.
IL was because of President Carnot's
conviction Of Cnsimer-P erier's impreg-
nable devotion 70 the republic. founded
upon the incidents stated, that he Sc.
lected him for premier.