New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-18
THE ELECTION or NJ. FArRE.
SKETCH OF THE NEW PRESIDENT.

A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS Man AND A STUDENT OF
FINANCE
Francois Felix Faurc. the new President Of the
French Republic IS a business man OF capacity and
experience and throughout hts political HE has
been Identified with the Moderate Republicans, who
made NJ Carnot President and aferward elected
NJ Casimir- Perer to the office Through all
his public ne he has made speciality OF the study
Of commercial AMI financial topics. and is II recog-
nized expert on them.
VI Faure. though born In Paris. on January 30
1871 has been more Identified with fIavre than with
the capital having been engaged In business IN tha
city and several times represented IT in the Cham
Der Deputies. Early IN life he became Interested
In foreign commerce. and WAS a shipping broker
and shlpowncr in Havre and FOR several years pres
idont Of the Chamber OF Commerce there During
the Franco Prussan War he was chei OF a Dat
talon OF the Garde- Mobile. and NJ the time or the
Commune was active In taking measures To carry
relief from Havre to Paris TO put down the out
RACES
lie first appeared in National politics about h''een
wears ago and on August q. 1881. was elected
member OF the Chamber OF Deputies from Havre
by 1916 votes aga ms; 5.C,5 cast for NJ l. \aiant
du Douet the Monarchst no held his seat ana
was a candidate for reelection. VI. faure was
Identified with the Opportunist policy 81 damDe'ta'
and that leader almost Immediately Invited MIN 10
become a member OF the Ministry when ne was
forming NJ Faure became Under Secretary OF state
for Commerce and Colonies. but on January % 49,
resigned with the other members or the 'ap'he''
on September o. lss} however. he was recahed
to the same post under the leadership OF NJ jules
Ferry. NJ Fcrry's last Cabinet held together "h''i
March a. lSS, when " Faure again went out on
Office By this time he had come to have great IN
fluence among the leaders Of the Union KepuDhcan
group and his opinion colonial questions was
much r.ga rlel In the election OF october T. lsS' ne
stood a Republican candidate IN IN" 'eparlnieht
OF the Seine lnfericure, ana rectNcu o"0'' out OF
ii9, JiG votes east ,o.- =,
When NJ Carnot became Pesrident. In 1871, ~
Tirard undertook TO form Ministry, ana NJ
Faure became Under Secretary FOR the COLONIES
"A third time. and served from January a. 1893,
10 February 49, of the same year. In lSSy he con
tested his old constituency OF HaVre. against NJ
Anseime the Monarchist candidate ana on sep
tember % was elected TO the chamber by n vote
OF IN against 1913 for his opponent. When the
Cabinet OF VI. Dupuy was reorganiZed aiter the
assn ssjnatIon OF NJ Carnot and the elevation OF
NJ Casimir-Perier to the Presidency, N ramfe
became Minister of Marine. and retained his once
no TO the resignation OF the Cabinet this week on
the railroad Investigation vote, winch preclpitatei
the crisis and now places him In the ONCE vaciteh
by CasImjr- Perer His election IL IA triumph OF the
Moderate Republicans. The Socialists and Radicals
were strong enough to make VI. Brisson president
OF the chamber OF Deputies. to defeat the Dupuy
Cabinet. and frghten the President from ONCE
but they could not overcome the Moderate
strength in the senate, and the union OF Repubi-
cans places NJ Faure In office. holding pracucany
the same relation to the parties ana the iesisd'-
ure AZ did his predecessor. 49,, -,
NJ Faure Is an author as well as pontician
Several wears ago he published an important worn
on the comparative budgets OF the Inherent ma