The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-03

Of ths people. workEnen fsceuIed. asr-
only Tor ouaex In which 20 20 ca earn
Ing money. AID the great bulk Of tho
rns6die az wen ~ the lower classes have
not the least fear cf socialism. This
does not mean that socialism II bound
TO hare q trial N this land OF manifold
revolutions. But IL Is not too march to
sag that II sands ~ good q chance a
any possible return 20 monarchy OF any
long perseverance Of the present parisa-
mentaxfsn-
Two Other typical opinions OF French
men closely connected with the lorna
ton % the republic - is now exists In
France may help 20 clear mp American
ideas. Henry Maret. . Radical but no
Socialist. declares thar there can be no
true republic where the legislative
branch does not center In Itself all
authority. having both executive and
judiciary under the control OF Q ma
3cr.ty OF deputies. Paul BerSis son-in-
law, trained In the pure gospel Of Cam
BETA and Jules Ferry. says that neither
the name nor the thing In America has
anything IN common with the French
republic
The FIRST dennite effect Of the recent
changes has been a thorough turn-abcst
face to the old practices OF This pa<iia-
Ynentarasm. President Cassmlr- Perfer
was supposed 10 stand fer government
by a homogeneous party that should
represent the Will Of the ma jorfty Of the
people as determined by the election OF
deputies. This has been proved impos-
ssbie, at least with the present men,
bers of tie chamber OF deputies. Prob
ably the French people have no con-
ssstent political ideas or aims dividing
them into well defined parties. Certainly
the late administration was unable 10
form a moderate or conservative Re-
publican majority: and NJ. Bourgeois
and ais friends could not persuade
themselves that Q definite Radical ad-
rHinistration way possible IN the pres
ent temper of the chamber. The result
Is the new ministry. with 81. Ribot at
its head. whsch the journal Oficiel an
nounced on Sunday as finally consfi-
tuted.
This puts an end to the questions Of
those who have been asking for two
whole weeks: What would France do
with only ad interim governors. IL some
complication should arise along the
German or Italian frontier? Still. that
such a question should have been asked
does not tend TO make the general pub
lie more pleased or less disguised with
the workings OF parliamentary govern
ment, In which everything depends on
the varying moods OF q majority OF IT.
responsible deputies.
A glance at the new ministry shows
that, from the premier down. IL belongs
to the same opportunfst Concentrated"
stripe. with g. definite RADICAL shade.
which prevailed under the late Presi-
dent Carnot. Half OF the new ministers.
including NJ. Ribot. president OF. the
council, are known Opportunists who
have always kept the middle Of the Re-
publican road without turning aside TO
Conservatives on one side or Socialists
on the other. The other half are notori-
Gus Radicals, but OF the Opportunist.
not Socialist, persuasion. More surpris-
ing, however. than the sudden revival
OF the policy which such combination
represents, and which was thought to
be dead. is the personal character OF the
new ministry. One has only TO go
tlIouEu ZIG lkSt "a 1A1Ait[S ~ AtANSN0
that persons. not politics, will be the
butt OF parliamentary opposition for
some time to come
During the past two years NJ. Ribot
has kept in the background as simple
deputy. His CHOICE by the new presi-
dent for the formation OF q cabinet tndi-
Gates. in public opinion. the desperate
straits To which the deputies nave re-
duced the executaSe power. II was to
be expected that the radical Socialists
would lead off in the attack on the new
administration. But II needs no prob
phetic gift to foresee other and more
widespread aniGnosities In the near fu-
ture.
Among those who have consented to
Standard fall--with the new prime
minister. the extremes are represented
by n. Georges Leagues. who was min
lister or public instruction In the last
cabinet, and now Becomes minister OF
the interior, and NJ. Dupuy- Dutemps.
who must himself be amazed at being
SO unexpectedly chosen minister OF pub
lie works.
OF. Leygues. bald. esthetic-looking and
under 10. has actually published VOL
unle OF poems. But he is the only
French minister who for sixteen years,
has dared to pronounce the name Of
God in parliament. and he alone had
the nerve to bring to an end the scam
dal OF the co-educational communist
orphan asylum OF Cempuis. which for
rser administrations had inspected
and continued to support. NJ Dup0s-
Duternps Is prosaic country lawyer OF
IS. small In stature, but with a big
black beard, and very fat. Yet this
good natured body bristies Ike any
other poroupine when priests gown is
20 be seen. In spite OF his being faith
fui follower OF M. Brisson. If. Dupuy-
Dutemps is not Radical OF the sort TO
reconcile Socialists to the new admin
istration. They long ago learned that
anti-clericahsu1, while II has served as
a convenient Radical war cry. has little
10 do with the really critical problems
OF government
In sum. this II the thirty-fourth
change in the executives branch OF the
French government since the founda-
ton OF the third republic twenty-four
years ago. The average duration OF one
administration has been eight months
The new ministry seems likely to break
the record by length OF days.