St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-16
Against Public Liberties

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and the parliamentary regime. NJ.
Casimir-Perier had hoped that the
president OF the republic, who is de-
prived OF means Of action, would have
been exempted from party attacks, and
] the especial confidence of the Repub-
| licans would have accorded him power
and authority. He has also hoped that
] those who, despite himself, had placed
him in a position where he was unable
to defend himself, would have uuder.
taken the defense of the first mag
istrate. Continuing, the note says that
| the president has requested the minis
ters to temporarily withdraw their res
| ignations in order to facilitate the nec-
essary changes.
Prime Minister Dupuy impaired
| President Casimir -Perier's decision to
the president OF the senate and cham
ber of deputies, who will forthwith call
urgency sittings of those bodies. The
| greatest perpleXity reigns in all polit.
| lcal circles.
During the afternoon it had been re-
marked, not without surprise in the lob
| bies of the Palais Bourbon, that the
crisis was not following the customary
course, but it appeared to be assuming
greater aspect than usual. When the
| fact became known CONSERVATION
amounting almost to
Terror Seized Every One.
There had been ominous hints in the
press in the recent days that NJ. CAST
mir-Perier was growing tired of his po-
sition, yet nobody paid attention to
them. The high character, experience.
frmnass and integrity of the president
inspired the confidence of even the adj
Yanced Republicans.
The long conference which M. Casi-
mirPerier had with NJ. ChallemetsLa-
cour, president of the senate. is now ex~
planned. He had already resolved to
resign. Nj. Challemet Lacour employed
his utmost eloquence in a vain endeaYor
to persuade the president to reconsider
his decision, and quilted the Palace of
the Elysee under sense of deep dis.
tresS. All the members of the cabinet,
from Prime Minister Dupuy down, fol
lowed Challemet Lacour and exhausted
UIGSluGUI
to resign. Their efforts were without
success. Dupuy again visited the
Palace of the Elysee later in the even
ing, and was closeted with the president
for forty five minutes, urging every pos
Sible inducement and appealing to
every patriotic sentiment in order to
get him to recall his determination. All
was without avail. After him came
NJ. Spuller, whose eloquence, it will be
rememb bered, oVercame on former oe-
casion NJ. Casimir- Perier's scruples to
accepting the position of prime min
lister. All the president would concede
to these appeals was to delay the publi-
cation of his intentions until tonight.
As Dupuy and Spuller were leaving the
Palace of Elysee together they met in
the corridors the presidents mother.
who is eighty years old. They begged
her to entreat her son to remain in of
fee, and she promised that she would
do her utmost. 1t is stated that the in
teryieW between mother and son was
very affecting. Nevertheless, at O.
o'clock Casimir-Perier sent short
letter TO Dupuy. informing him that his
Decision Was IrrevocabIe.
and begging him to notify the presie
dents of the senate and chamber Of
deputies and to announce the fact to
the journal Gfhciel.
Dupuysaeeepted the task thus i'm
posed upon him, and, as on the occasion
OF the death Of M. Carnot, finds himself
again confronted with the transIlissioH
or powers involving difficulties Of every
description, arising from the unexpeet.S
ed position of affairs. He seemed to be
completely overwhelmed with the sense