The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-02

1. eassafed 70 the grade % corporal In
the regiment.
A cory ~ the writing was sent On tn
Paris But the present chamber of DEP
nsies. with It's new Sociafissic blood. its
rallied Conservatives ard its long
patient Radicals. fl IL 10 be feared will
not maintain the faithful admiration OF
the black sharpss1oosers OF the Soudan.
Minister Dupay has been rs bong
enough. they say. Each one should
have his turn. And 50 1t Is a question
whether that most curious feature Of
French politics. the oppcrfunist con-
centrasion. viii not fail away with
him.
All the cid ministers Of 0pportunism.
Ii in said, are passed. discred1ted or
used up NJ. Picard eDded BY being
called the Belle Fatsna," because of
his swaytng stomach. NJ. Spuisers 9TH
erwtse called .Lose-sspuiler." because
OF his changing principles, appeared 30
resemble the changing e0lnrs Of Lose
FuIIer's dame. damaged Esrnsesf with
the 'snsw spirit" which. Though II no
longer blows about him. makes him q
ts.esg of fear even 10 the Moderate Re
pubiIcarls.
There remain the Radicals and the
Conservatives and Royalists, although
the names OF all the parties are not
used up with slfrk quickness. It Is we'll
understood that the French chamber
OF deputies In composed of Republic
ans. RevIstonists~Republ Socialist
Republicans. Radical Republicans Con-
servarive-R Republicans tralliesD, Radi-
aI-Repubiican-Social isfs. Independent
Republicans. Progresssorlist- Republic
ans. Maderate~R Republicans, Republican
Liberals, Repubgican-SociaIiss --AlIeman-
lists. Rasiacal-Repub lican- Isouiangists.
Liberal ConservatiYes, Radicals. Social
lists, Reyolntionary-socia Radical
Revisionists and Socialists. Allemanists.
Rreussists. Bianquists, Revisionists and
Guesdists.
But just as the name of opportunists
covers a multitude OF yariols republic
ans, just as the word socialist sweeps
UP list of diverse hairy Interruptions.
SO also the one word radical viii gather
together two-thfrds OF the remaining
types. CONSERVATIVES count by them
selves.
The Radicals are the extreme Repub-
ncans. who win never believe that the
dangers of the first days OF the republic
are over. They see a priests gown dis
appearing around every corner. Their
chief idea IS to make constantly new
laws against tta church; that is to say,
the Roman Catholic church. A sample
of the Radical who Is willing to COM
s1~ sf1 nj CHI "a isS<s sx
Goblet. who was once prime minister
himself. He Is the leader OF the Rad
ical-Sociaiist departure, which has
swelied the number OF deputies regu-
larly voting with the Socialists to
something oyer 100 when all told. He
is pomposis. as becomes a small man
physically who is the pink of propriety
in dress and manner. His special hobby
Is the separation Of church and state,
or, as he puts ii, the separation OF the
state from the chtiyches-since priests,
ministers and rabbis are alike recog-
nized and paid from the French treas
ury.
The conservative side of the house, az
Is but natural. is made up in the main
of the. weIl-to-sfo proprietors who cling
to the old order of things Sometimes
they are almost as fat. physically, as
the opportunists themselves. Since the
pope has tried to take the Catholic
church out of French politics they have
been split into two camps. Those who
have listened To Leo XIII. have, as the
saying is. rallied" TO the republic.
In this breaking up of all things, the
final tendency OF which no one can see
as yet. two special features Of the
chamber may be laid down as sure to
rensain--the special Deputy cigars
and the free lunch. As must be well
known. the French government has
long kept tobacco monopoly. by whose
operation the state is the sole nlanufac-
turer and retail seller. The only ex-
ception 10 the regulation in all France
Is thus made for the deputies and SEN
ators. special brand OF clear uIa-
safaa filler at IL 1-2 eentines EACH .
cents in American moneys made up
for them. The free funoh, on<he other
hand. Is absolutely free.
To show upon what little trifies great
affairs Of politics may turn. IL is enough
TO cite the fall of M. Ciemenceau. at
that time he was deputy. and, as he
SFVsse AEaSii tI MS tffiie IN the buffet,
he noted that another Radical had the
fixed habit OF pocketing the sandwiches
and cakes. The deputy was so expert
that he could pylm a piece OF cheese
and pass 1t into his breast pocket while
gesttculating in an argument. But NJ.
Cienfenceau Was also n practical poll
ucian. One day ne lifted out again each
sandwich, cake and piece of cheese his
confrere rocketed. A crowd OF gig
Cling deputies stood watching. At last
one laughed too loud; the frugal legis-
lator turned around and caught the
leader OF his party in the act. about 20
operate upon chunk of sausage. the
last thing left in his pockets. when he
thought he had put by enough for din
ner. His anger was terrible. Hs would
not be ooinforted. And three t,ays Ia
Ter. when NJ. Clemenceau was candidate
for the presidency OF the chamber he
was beaten by NJ. Meline. He lacked
one vote-the vote Of his former Rad.
ical colleague, whom his small Joke bn a
transformed instantly into a Moderate
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