Evening journal., 1895-01-18
rl,e EIeotlon Of ranre.

The Election of Faure.
PARIS, Jan 1S--Exlt Casimir- Perior
slamming the doors behind him and pre-
ferring retirement to a dissolution Of par
lament with the certainty Of his govern
ment being called a government Of dieta-
tors of railway conventions.
NJ Felix Faure minister Of marine in
the present cabinet, was elected on the sec
ond ballot to be president Of the French
republic in succession to M. Casimir- Pc
rier, who resigned on Tuesday last Nj.
Faure polled 430 votes to 86l votes polled
by his nearest opponent, NJ. Henri Bris-
son, president of the chamber of deputies.
The socialists protested violently when the
result Of the ballot was made known.
The members Of the cabinet last night
| placed their designations in the hands Of
| President Faure, but will continue tenn
porarily the direction Of affairs.
The socialist deputies met and issued a
manifesto denonncing President Faure as
"tho candidate Of the rallied and reaction-
AIRY parties =
President Faure belongs to the conyen-
tions party. He is an able speaker, admin
istrator, tinanoier and shipbuilder aged
| 53 years. He is a native of Hayre and has
| the Norman cool beadedness and aoumen.
| lie is the outgoing minister Of marine and
has an agreeable wife.
Paris and Versailles were much less ex-
cited than in the four previous presiden-
tial elections. Whom Carnot was elected,
the population was seemingly on the brim
Of revolution against Ferryism and in q
fever Of Boulangist agitation. Nota mouse
was stirring yesterday. the only noise be-
| ing tho echoes Of Casimir- Perior's slam
ming doors. There was considerable de-
| ployment nevertheless Of military force al
tho termini Of the Paris and Versailles
railways. on the Versailles high road and
about tho congress hall and palace gen.
orally. Police were numerous The work.
ing classes stood aloof seemingly unin.
tcrestod.
The Election Begun.
The senate and house heing at the Pal
acc Of the Luxembourg most of tho sen
ators 1.-Two on the south side Of the Seine
They went TO Versailles from the Mont
pnrnasse terminus, The deputies reside
generally on the north side of the river
and travelled in special trains from the St
Lazare station
The whole thing was SO hurried tha
the Versailles palace was mperiectly pre-
pared for the congress
The chair wti taken at I o'clock. Th
! galleries wers bright with elegantly dress
cd ladies, and the diplomatic tribune wa
} full Lord Duiforin, tho British ombas
sador witnessed the congress for the frs
] time and was deeply interested. Afror tn
chairman had talson his seat the congress
} mon came pressing in from the corridors
: where they had been conyersing on tn
7 situation
1 The formal proceedings consisted of th
reading OF the minutes Of both chambers
the recording Of NJ Casiur perier's res
! ignation and the reading of the articles q
the constitution empowering the congres
TO select his successor
{ A letter Of protest-hot brief and abl
: WAS read from nj. Mirman, the deput
q soldier, protesting against his being pre-
{ vented from discharginR his electoral dr
Q ties. Gerault Richard wrote from Oh
Q sainte Pelagie jail to the same effect. Th
protests were overruled.
According to precedent, the making {
speeches was not allowed, the voting ha'
ing to be done IN silence Still the NeI
dean royalist, Deputy Haudry d'AssoI
demanded leave to speak oil q teohnici
9 point and called on the congress TO SUI
y press the republic
IS The irascible but ready president silencg
y him in few dry words.
=
R protested against what no called the usu
Z patton that was going forward ana end'
sr by casting a whitening glance all rour
. ana screaming, You are an parcel
s, usurpersN
3 The ballot began with the letter L.
y the letter NJ, Mirman being called for
3 socialists rose % man to cry. knaves
Corrupt horde Of hrihod wretches,'' al
Railway ConvcntiOnists
L NJ. Dupuy, thinking it good joke
- ask Where's Mirman Deputy Avezf
socialist, protested hy calling him "a
y hog
he The president interfering Avcz remin
", ed him that he was formerly a sort Of COZ
rs munist
~ AT the letter II, when tho name Of De
uty Toussaint was called, he cried. vi
er socialism, At "A, Avez throwing J
be arms about called for the dissolution al
ith abolition of the presidency. Nobody
Tor teriering, he stopped when be grew tire
Nearly all the socialists indulned In in
yidual demonstrations with oecasiona
collective ones.
NJ Pierre Blanc, the senior deputy.
celyud an ovation as he voted at the J
~ ter G. the socialists claln0red for Gera
~ Richard, remarking that any clceii
of without him would De NULL and so
- through all the letters in the alphah
- French llveliness turned what in Engla
- would have been a formal ceremony ii
tIs q succession Of lively rows The charao
- Of the nation was very apparent throul
49, out the proceedings
~ ~, After the check OF thn vote II Brls.
W came out Of the poll with 345 votes. aeai
ar e46 for N. Fauro and lSl for NJ. Waldo
~ houssoau. IL was at once evident thnt
- falre was going TO win, as the support
OF o. NJ. Waldeek .Ronsseau were pledged d
II be polled the least number OF votes
y3te for n. Faure