The Portland daily press., 1895-01-26

cnurch-that is to say, the Roman Catholic
Cnurch. Neither have they any friendship
TOT the remaining Huguenots, who form a
nigh and dry respectable body only moder-
ately republican, These radicals now
threaten to be swamped under the rising
waves OF socialism ON the one hand and con-
| serVatlve republioanism on the other.
henry Maret. an old time editor, Is a spec
imen of the radicals who forget nothing
and who learn NOTHING, like the Bourbons
| themselves. In his idea it is essential to
| any true republic that the only author.ty
should be vested in the parliament or legis-
iatlve body. Hence, he has considerable
contempt for America. where the President
has right TO say something for himself.
The radicals of this kind refuse to have any
thing to do with the socialists.
THE CONSERVATIVES.
A sample of the radical who is wiling to
compromise in the right direction is NJ.
Goblet. who was once prime minister him.
self. he Is the leader of the radical-social-
ist departure. which has swelled the num-
Der OF deputies regularly voting with the
socialists 10 something over 100 when all
told. He is pom2ous, 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 it, the separation of the state
from the churches-since priests. ministers
and rabbis are alike recognized and paid
from the French treasury.
Tho conservative side of the house, as is
but natural. is made up in the main of the
well-to-do proprietors, who cling to the old
order OF things. Sometimes they are almost
AS fat, physically, MS the opportunists them
selves. 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. A speci-
men OF these is Geores Berry, a bona fde
Par1sIan, who lives on my own, street, and
who Is really Simmer than the pictures rep
resent him. He is one of the men in Paris
who know most about the misery and crime
of the grent city. He is specialist on beg
gars, and does good work in the city chart
ties. OF which he is a great organizer.
Monse1gDeur d'Hulst, in spite of his being
a priest and rector of the Catholic Univer-
slty and Roman prelate to boot. remains a
monarchisf. The artists represent him
thin and bending in his long robe, and with
a beakcd nose like a orow-the name which
Is shouted in socialist quarters after priests
as they pass. His full name is several
inches long. bringing in the different fami-
lies of the French nobility to which he is
related. he is good speaker in his way,
though with rather a rough voice, and is
really much respected in the chamber.
Like most of the present royalsts, be does
little more than hold on to the remnant
that is left of tie monarchist hope, waiting
for better times. just as he sits at the ex-
treme right, so across the house at the ex-
tIemc left is another priest, the Able Lee
n,ire. the Christian socialist. TIE latter
was elected By workingmen proper, and was |
one of the few injured by vaillant's bomb. |
He gets on not TOO badly with the socialist |
around him. This young man is a strong |
signjof the bl eaking up Of the old politics. |
whether radical or conservative.
A FREE LUNCH JOKE.
In this breaking up of all things. the final |
tendency of which no one can see as vet. |
two special features OF the chamber may be |
laid down as sure to Iemain-the special |
deputy cigars" and the free lunch. AS I
must b. well known. the French govern