The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-02
TYPES OF DEPUTIES.
Frances Legislature Full Of
Hair-Splitting Parties.
cuaiosITles or The CHAMBER.
Yz-.ser In New FORK Recorder.

swhIt.n had noffsing e, do with TIE qiless-
zion before the house, the great victor
Hugo was suddenly assaiaed Dy an oD-
scure intsrFuptar. calling:
go speak shsa piece at the Porte
eaiiss-Martln theaterg'
victor Hugo siishtiy disconcerseo'
answered slowly.
~ au e.rz,a,zxraSseG, sir, to know how
20 respond to You. have not the non
or TO knc== your name. IL you wonio
BE- kind enough 90 tell 1ne''----
II am ReaHbousSon'"
The fEnSsrscus unknown replied:
Tasnse were the days OF great names
N rrauch poiltics. Poets. philosophers
and newspaper editors were as thick
as black berries. They sauabbied elo-
utlesstiy with each other. but not with
outssders, business men or cornnon
7s.ysrs. What could q Hugo answer
20 3 man named Eourboussen2
And 30 when he said, I'm Bourbous-
epn,s. the poet answered with great
nsiIdness:
s'Myns.eur. that Is more than had
heg,sdg
The p-esenf chamber Of deputies conn
prices SCI members. or these 40 are
sswyers Some 50 more are qualified as
propsesors or prpperty holders. There
IRE GO doctors. g professors ard school
eeecsssrs Taereare IS merchants. As man
ufacfgreTx, 81 farmers. wine growers,
s bankers, IS ea~arny and navy officers.
10 worigsngslen. . clerks. II politicians
or functsenaries, priests. { druggists.
architects. ironmastsrs. contract
Gnxs 2 {f.FeT i ans 4 GE-aff
Gslass and Is engineers. OF painters.
tanners, brewers. printers. chemists.
surveyors there are / each; and there
IL poet. 4 tailor. / barber and bro
tar. But there arc stu Ss journalists.
Including owners, hackers and maasag-
ers many OF whom are mere property
holders. and properly Included sn the so
s'prypfietossf' already mentioned.
FOR the capitalist. as for the work
anglnan. the surcst road to the chamber
OF deputies IL 70 obtain possession of a
daily paper. Country doctors and coun-
fry lawyers need neither capital nor
the influence Of the press. Large land
holders often have the power OF elect-
sng themselves or their friends. Most
a5l Of the others get In ON some special
CRY. 1t Is supposed To be tho special
mark OF she present chamber that IL
Lacks gtrealg mcn--that It is filled with
ruriosities and types
Among these ctiriosit!es the Social
lists deserve q foremost place. Have
Americans any just idea OF the extent
- which Socialism is spreading itseif
officially and formally in Europe?
Among the ISL French deputies there
1s gneaip of fifty of these revolution
sssts. There Is % the workMgmen's
party. ts) che PosssEbilist party. ca the
Elanauist party. "a the Republican,
Socialist party. and 80 the ssocialIst-Re-
vissoEist party That they contain some
rlriosisiss viii be seen at glance.
The most taiked-of member of the
Workingnen's party. or the Marxist
or the Guesdelst party. as il Is various
~ called. il the barber deputy. Rene
Chauvin. lie got himself elected by
sncans OF his popularity among she low
er Glasses OF q Paris suburb. In the Par
asian cafscatures or the day N. Chauyin
Is regularly Represented In the act of
fendiing the lang hair OF the Possibll-
1st-Socialsst. Jean yuillod, 9TH
erwise known as the cannon-ball catch
er. who always sits IN the bench d.
rsctly heneath him. vuilsoi. who has
dona most everything from acting as a
police clerk 10 running Il general store,
earned Ia own notariety by working out
with mathematical exactness the pre-
Csc amount 81 powder that would be
~ osrc safe and nceslfui 10 throw a
sanneei hall ssssosss a theater stage SO
that man might catch II In his hands.
lie actually carried his theories into
practice. There was no pretense about
his acs: the raunoi sssau was actually
thrown hy q charge 81 powder. not A
spring. and his Success was great I'm
neasly q cafe spectacle
The Possibilist Socialists are called
- because they have no other maine.
As h their origin. they were expelled
tfent The Marxlst rsarty because they
lacked the necessary nerve. They are
seo Farlsian 10 BE- snternaticsiailsfs.
On their side. the Socialists declare
shat the real cursositIes of the French,
ssastbeF ssre not generous prophets Hike
themselves, but soaden and se1s-seelx-
ins sIespers On the benches. c,litsvators
? II restaurant fai. capitalists. defenders
oi robbers. tal'berS. pirates. Pharmacists
that Is IN say. the Opportunities. or
81 a worl. the present government
Aeeofdsag % Radicals and Socialists
sae sopposTuuiss'' Is half a sksntie
half = selfish person lie is neither
ivhaessF4n, ovleauist. Radical nor So,
s8silst~7ns = Opportunity. His object
- power: his o1jeesive f,osnx is his own
Nnii-as''ag Ills ambition = To grow
sat. soot dinners, exquisite cigars
and al The becr yau want Nh Se,,,-
sles and no principles. An is Wei, tba,
s'isis welt--fgsi- she op,s,rgasnsst srsA,h.
,aleailS~Aalad more sebayh.--.b, ..,,,,>..
sahssts ere these Republicans az ev..r,,
hsise Nad Tor the last agteen or tween
~ seass nave sunk their al0eTences in
oSdef % combine 10 hold the resas 81
spaer Ihey arc 'xhe Esvermment."
and have heea So Tor lessg wears.
dsast bow the present cry among the
orpertuntsts is q "lack ~ men. Min.
lister haaay. the present head ~ tha
party. IL tTave nga1a---,l,s,,,g-, ssos,t },
si's asiN 81 apslsexy phvsEe.1,y--. "a
ne Showed himself a brave a1ap ,,,N,s,
one memorable csocasfoa. Nhen yati.
SAINTS e1sash exploded In the caan,n,.r
he Stoe8 ealr,
MesSseaFS tes I,s4asles.e he sa,s
TIE seaace wiz cuntsauer.
Away oT IN the African Ssoss,
at~tseh soldiers. while aud black 49,,
e' Tue scene n The Partisan uew<rgs-
Pes. Nhsch esilsle ~ shasn MANY wasa.s
cid \ seggeant read Il 10 ais ,nev, Nv
s'sf sssassf' lire. They yelled. s~l'has ,,,sr
Tvs iss1Fs wsssrh il = how Fres,.,f, W.
- sAsses Gre has couYars. "s,s,,,.rs.,
eSN ia ale him CORPORAL s.4Bs = -,