Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-19
The Conservatives.

ciausts
the Conservatives.
\ sample of the radical who is willing to
compromise in the right direction is NJ.
Goblet, who was once prime minister him
self. He is the leader of the radicals)cial-
list departure, which has sweled the num-
Der OF deputies regularly voting with the
socialists 10 something over lO when all
told He is pompoTs, as becomes small
man physically who is the pink of pro-
pretty in dress and manner. His special
hobby is the separation of church and
state c., as he puts il, the separation of
Tic state from the churches-since priests,
mil listers ard rabbis are alike recognized
ard paid from the French treasury.
The conservative side of the house, as is
but natural. is made up in the main of the
wcll-to-do prcprietcrs. who cling to the old
order Of things. Sometimes they are al
clost rs fat. physically, as the opportun.sts
themseiS es. 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
XII have, as the saying is, rallied to
the republic. 4 specimen of these is Georges
Berry. a bona tide Partisan, who lives on
my own street, and who is really simmer
than th2 pictures represent him. He is one
OF the men in Paris who know most about
the misery and crime OF the great city. He
is a specialist on beggars, and does; good
work in the city charities, of which he is Il
great organizer Monseigneur G'Hulst. in
spite Of his being priest and rector of the
Catholic University and Roman prelate to
loot, remains monarch:st The artists
represent him thin and bending in his
long robe and with beaked nose like a
crow-tiie name which is shouted in social
list quarters after priests as they pass. His
full name is several inches long, bringing
in the different families Of the French no
blity to which he is related. He is a good
speaker in his way though with rather
rough voice. and is really much respected
in the chamber. Like most of the present
ioyaiiSts. he does little more than hold on
to the remnant that is left of the mon
archist hope, waiting for better times. Just
as he sits at the extreme right, SO across
the house at the extreme lett is another
priest. the Able Lemire. the Christian So
cialst. The latter was elected by working
men proper, and was one of the few in
jured by Nallant's bomb. He gets son not
too badly with the socialists around him.
This young man is a strong sign of the
breaking up of the old politics, whether
radical or conservative.
Free Lunch Joke.
In this breaking up of all things, the fEal
tendency of which no one can see as yet,
two special features of the chamber may
be laid down sure to remain-the special
deputy cigars and the free lunch. AS
must be well known, the French govern
lnent has long kept tobacco monopoly.
by whose operation the state is the sole
manufacturer and retail seller. The only
exception to the regulation in all France is
thus made for the deputies and senators.
\ special brand of clear Havana filler, at
twelve and half centmes each-two and
a half cents in our moneys made up for
them. The free lunch, the other hand,
is absolutely free.
TO show upon what little trifies great af
fairs Of politics may turn, it is enough to
cite the fall OF NJ. ClemenCeau. At that
time he was deputy; and as he spent much
of his time out in the buffet, he noted that
another radical had the fixed habit of pock-
citing the sandwiches and cakes. The dep
uty was SO expert that he could palm
piece OF cheese and pass it into his breast
pocket while gesticulGting in an argument.
But NJ. Clemenceau was also a practiced
politician one day he lifted out again
each sandwich. cake and piece of cheese
his confrere pOcketed. A crowd of giSgling
deputies stood watching. At last one
laughed too loud. The frugal legislator
turned around and caught the leader of his
party in the act, about to operate upon a
chunk of sausage, the last thing left in his
pockets. when he thought he had put by
enough for dinner. His anger was terrible
He would not be comforted. And three
days later, when NJ. Clemenceau was can
didate for the presidency of the chamber
he was beaten by NJ. Meline He lacked
one vote--the vote Of his former radical
colleague, whom his small joke had trans
formed instantly into moderate.
STERLING HELLO.