The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-17
sRlsson THE COMING MAN.
The Great Radical Leader Likely to
Be Elected President,
Rerier Denounced by the Socialists,
and His PetuIanee and Cowardice
Condemned Even by His Friends
First Crisss showed His Unfitness.


do not erd in the ruin ef
parliamentary government in France.
He has acted Hike a sposled child or
an Ai-tenpered chess player. who. CA
finding that he has done badly. tosses
over the chess board. Paris afwoke this
to learn he had resigned. He
Is well meaning. but querulously touchy.
and is surrounded with would-be repub-
lscan rsnegades Or wealthy ssrni-iiberals.
afraid. If they moved on, 10 sIlet like
sniiis- He has been at sea ever since
the death of his bosom friend, NJ. Bur-
deau. 10 whose want OF moral sense he
WAS blind end whose great talent he
overrasal. AZ TesigT.ang. the president
raudd1ed an already confused situation
The act of resignation was in bad form
and diEespectful. though not intensely
so. The circumstances connected with
the events are dep!orab.e. The highest
post has been deserted at the first
crisis. The wholesome precedent estab-
fisssled by Mcmahon AMI followed by
Greyy and Garnet IN times of difficulty
10 consult the presidents of both legAs-
laltive houses was discarded. Challel,ei
Lacorr was alone sent for, he having
always rather encouraged than sought
to aAter Cas.mir Per-ier's touchiness
and angry ebuEations. Cfaiiemel La
cour had advised dissolution and then
threatened X as a means Of bringing
fhe nose OF the chamber OF deputies to
the grindstofe. Beside. he IS il!-teni-
pered and arrogant. and syrnpathszes
with the reactionar.es. the consequence
OF having been raised frecn nothing
to the greatest situations and assocaat-
ing with dukes ait the academy. His
saienealc temper cilined In with the
impalrience and irritabi.fty of Cas.n1r
PeIler.
NJ. RTsSSo1, who was ignored. Is a
man OF prInciple and Puritan in his
domestic life. His record is sposless
His intellect is of a high order. but his
singleTess of mind Is not associated
with the wisdom OF the serpent CAST
mir Pegier had taken ungbrage at Brls-
sons election TO the presidency of the
chamber OF deputies after Burdeau's
death. and regarded his reelection the
other day as q slight to himself. Bris-
son having opposed the nxaconian laws
which Casin1r Perier presented when
he Was prime minister to the parlia-
ment. There Was an accumulation OF
fancied sights. The first was the wran-
gle over the widow Burieau's pension
bin. Nine. Burdsau IS Spanisll-Ameg.i-
can with issnbSnt eyes, fine teeth ari
a iEy-coiored complexion, booking well
by candie.igist and as fond OF diamonds
as any coquaste. She was not left
pennileSs by her husband Far from il,
but she was not ricl, enough to live in
grand style. When Burdeau was dy-
ing. caslmii. Perier promised To be a
friend 20 his family. and was behind
Dupuy when he proposed a public
funeral at a cost or 10000 francs and a
pension TO the widow OF y, 900 francs
annually. This pension was pared down
TO 1900 francs. but the ether 5000 francs
We're given 10 Burdeau's mother The
prime minister asked fer the annuity
- be continued to three children of the
widow. after her death, during their
lives. As two of the essil6ren were sons,
and one or those a scamp aged 10 years,
who at 16 ran away from ss.lloo. 10 set
up with a denai-nron6aine this was re-
fused uaiess in regard To the daughter
There has been an impression at the
chamber that To ayenge this fanc.e.i
Sigh. CasIzitsr Perie- set on the min
lister of justice to have the blaciSmail-
ers. canivet and Trocarxi. arrested. ne:
50 much 10 punish them as to find in
tsles- desk documents datllagaag in
connection with the Southern railroad
scandals to number Of deputies
Then came on the Geraait Richard
affair. which Is analogous 10 the Cseorg,
aer
rshasd scoundrei like Wilkes He larl-
rooged caSsnnir parlar as Wilkes did
George III. The Paris eleCtafs gave
him ssat .n parliament after he had
irsey tried and severely sentenced, as
the csty of I.evaion gave Wilkes a sect.
but whereas King Geo-ge had 10 put up
with Wilkes. tire chamber refused. in
order 10 cs1flcIlfAse Cas!rnir P.srie-. TO re-
lease Richard frosn prison 10 take his
Ssat frs the chamber Stree fhxva the
chamber faS pushed its accommodating
spirit 50 FAR as 20 expcl cr, sufficient
sgeteStS TWO deputies who were present
yesterday. infrEicai - President Casfmtr
peyser. namely. Jaures. who in defend
inE Richard at the asSiyas delivered q
r1ssiEYgpIc against fhe Cassrfi5r psrier
family. in bad taste. but not CRIMINAL
and Rouaxlet. who systasr1a fic~ally at.
sackei the president IN the s,cfalis;
raswSpa p@Ts. Another deputy a few
days ago was asTSesses. fcw sowing ayfta-
fson az the Ca<nlaux cosllery. bsxauSa
casSsn2ir pe14sr is the colliery king Ths
chamber suffered this I, Is nog there.
fsne surprising that today a gufraw met
the complaint in Ire presidential ureS.
sage about his teIrg andefesnseSi by the
fs8z.s sesleTSs, though s1e Ia n a situatte1
wlYach makes seis-asgease impossible.
What made TIE esp of t.tsegrsss over
sow WIS the vote for 8 committee Il
lhe named so inquire snfo Rayaai's coa.
stuct IN THE matter % the railway ccsa.
vSsntfoa aSd - 3sypeach h.y1l The cor.
ven.soss snvalvlnr TIRE Fgsast Ezg-antle
scandals OF the times xe-e signed Is
Raygr&s a. minister ~ public wssysss il
she FERRY eaEsins-s ~ 1855, of which cst b.
sse@ CssSgrn5v Pex&eE- WIS an unde~-secre
ssaTT of state. \ syndicate os sagagas
szafIsgszzsl<zs IN that yeaT spent - asa. .ess3
f-asycs - buying 1earTaais ard steyA
ssssqs. The cvag4snsaox1s yxere 50 drawn
as 70. IA z1.agy cases. ail8x anse-es. &!
as per eea; nsa sise cssszs<Ai srssaz.ssss 4
Tney allowed guarantees of interest ssr
az the capstai IN .AaTgs ard hsSlss. hal
weEss sSErst a. to the date when sas
Snsss~esss guarantees were ~ Ss>SSe. A.
rrsrsss ssasssssss~- 1ssSSfzss- fsegze~ E-seess-,
Raynaf "a tss rxs1nfsser - Ehe Izsfsz-.e,y.