New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
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poyis jan 2S-President Faure's message was
.ood IN the Senate and Chamber Of Deputies to-
sov The Chamber of Deputies afterward voted
.onadence in the new Government and passed the
Amnesty bill
In his message the President says
By raising me to the first office Of the the Kepube Uns
the ASeme encse tor Of nS sbn nsn counry
should imperfecty express the profound gratitude
ysGs Of fS fSe honor as SonferTea S on me
me toing democracy, to which ! belong; belong:
= was add dessed it is to obscure labor. eeaselessy
making progress and TO the rog glor,1caon iya
o. o. % %deternined offer their solemn homage. ap-
Srecste the whole extent of the duties which me
hin of the Constitution. and shall not fdii there-
IN a,on aVa and Vigilance as guarantee Of the observ
voIe" s Of the Constitutional laws and their loyal
p;srncrs crspsiterabie "a confidence which marked the
ssrss,nsmission ss, Of power, France has again demon
spass' s,pes under the protection of republican laws
You have proved gentlemen mat me ree osV wVrh Se
the crcunstances to assure the un6p0ken psrioS h
:lnre @ Dossesses the power to express s-wishes
through representatives. who are always sure TO
Ing to accomplish all reforms Of moment which VIII
De- useful TO the country. ,.-.,- ,.,
the ncesant pursuit Of progresS strong ,b IN ReT T
as sny peccnceved theory, though ready face
any Of the G sesT eat minds throughout the world
in seeking the solution OF these propleinss, anu
andP Customs lies the essential labor you have to
uirsue A good-wned citizen will unite to assist
Justice conciation and pachcation. thus preparing
by general concord and republican fraternity ior the
continual development OF our material ana moral
SeS:i Scontemra:ing with Just pride the fact that our
Army and Navy are strong enough to enttle US 10
am our love for peace and having a
'aehed France in new flight toward progress. is
preparing to invite the nations OF the Word 70
worthIly the century which is about to end
in letters arts. sciences. industry; commerce agri-
SS''d of the Nation is displayed. Among the masses
who enjoy the advantages Of universal suffrage; as
IN the political world IL Is necessary that there
should exist the same ardor to reune all who hays ave
at heart the 6ranry sn for OF be poWer and glory Of
the French Republic that | convoke you as sure
interpreters of our entire democracy.
In both the Chamber of Deputies. where the
message was read by Premier R!bot. and in the
Senate, where 1t read by NJ Trareux, the
new Minister Of Justice. the Presidents utter
ances were louIIy applauded. This was par''cu-
Iarlv the case in regard TO NJ. Faures references
10 the democracy, Frances love for peace ana the
coming Exposition of 1900 AT the close OF the
reading of the message the Senators and Depu,
ties expresseu 'he" s"' "
NJ Goblet Radical Socialist. declared in the
sat the pIans of the Government. but he believed
that the Chamber was entitled to an immediate
exclamation of Its policy. VI. Casimlr-Periers
strange message to Parliament on the occasion OF
fis resignation wherein he had denounced the
country and its representatives. had again Demon
strated the necessity for revision OF the Consul
,ution When NJ. Bourgeois had failed in his ef-
forts to form Ministry, NJ Goblet said, Presi-
dent Faure ought to have summoned another
Radical. instead Of intrustng the construction OF
a Cabinet 10 VI. Rbot. whose Ministry wouln
merely continue the policy of the late Premier,
NJ Dupuy. He therefore proposed a resolution
that the Chamber reject policy of compromise
with the Right and resistance to the democracy.
Premier Ribot replied that the Government dld
not aspire 10 achieve anything except the passage
of the Budget This measure being disposed OF,
they would leave the Chamber 10 DECIDE Whether
II should be a reactionist or reform BODY In
the mean time he believed that his past history
and his attitude while President OF the LABOR
Commission were sufficient to show his loyalty 10
the democracy He would. he declared, govern
as honorably as he had governed when he was
Premier Of the Ministry which voted TO institute
an inquiry into the Panama scandals.
NJ C;oblet's motion was rejected ana the CnaH-
her then voted 329 70. its approval OF the Gov
ernment's declaration.
The vote on the Amnesty bill was then taken,
and that measure was approved, 5l1 to I.
Deputy Gauthier moved that the Constitution OF
1875 be revised. The motion was defeated Dspu- spu
ty Boissy d'Anglais made motion tnat Ile pen
aties incurred by the Socialist Deputies HouaheI
and Jaures be remitted, and 1t was adopted rfan
smOusly
Abbe I,emire proposed vote Of amnesty TO
clergymen against whom disciplinary measures
had been taken for political acts or onences lhis
motion vigorously opposed by NJ foincaie
but the Chamber adopted It by vote OF 80 TO
16O The Chamber then adjourned unth lhurs-
day. .
IL is understood that NJ Gerault-Richard NJ
Henri Rochefort and Count Dillon are among
those to whom amnesty will be granted by the
new Government.
Vice Admiral Besnard has accepted the Cabinet
portfolio of Minister Of Marine General Iur-
linden. commander Of the Sixth Army Corps has
accepted the War portfolio.
or the three men whose names are mentioned In
the foregoing dispatch as likely 10 be included In
the amnesty measure. two have been prominent
in the Boulangst movement, Rochefort and Dill
lon and the third Gerault- Richard is the Cham
bard's" editor, who sentenced for having
tnsul,ed NJ Casmlr- Perier, and who soon
af,erward elected of the Paris Deputies.
The amnesty vote OF the Chamber. II the measure
should embrace those three men, was certainly an
act OF sensible politics In these times when po-
n,ical passions are at white heat in France. 1t
Is besides in conformity with the requirements
OF Justice for the Constitution intends that no
judicial decision shall prevent "A Deputy from rep
resenng his constituents In the Chamber ana IL
has been proved long that Rochefort ana Dii-
Ion were sentenced only upon the testimony OF false
witnesses This is a matter OF public notoriey'
especially since some of those witnesses were
shown TO have been common criminals brought
from their prison TO testify falsely against the
Two friends Of Boulanger "a
Since that time the successive French Chambers
have always voted down the motions OF amnesty
and the present Chamber at one OF IT'S first SIT
ilngs few months ago. rejected by 30 votes 10
190 the Amnesty bill proposed by Deputy faschaI
Grousset a friend of Rochefort. In whose company
he escaped from New Caledonia after tee1 Com-
sInune. The Chamber rejected. also, only a fort
night ago the motion requesting the liberation from
tne Sainte Paagie prison Of Gerault-Rchard the
journalist recently elected Deputy by the 18th Ar
tondssement OF Paris. II IL evident that the Cham
per, In voting almost unanimously the Amnesty
Dill. expects solace the Radicals and the Social
is,s but 1t is doubtful whether that expectation
viii be fulfilled. Rochefort, who has always de-
clared that ne would never accept amnesty from
tne Government, may adhere TO his resolution In
the face OF the vote Of this Chamber, which he has
constantly OF being at the feet Of unscrup
oious Ministers. The Deputies OF the majority
W0uld be disrla avn1 More ordinary charity In