New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-30

suspicion upon himself. The immediate cause ~
his resignation a division Of opinion between
Senators and Deputies as to the authority OF re
two Chambers in matters of financial leglslatl0n.
\ certain bill was made by the Chamber par
of the Budget. and was sent as such 10y the Cham-
Der to the Senate. 1t was simply rider. such
as the American Congress used 10 be fond OF adi
ing To Appropriation bills TIL" Senate dec'
that this bill ought To be separated from th'
Budget. and in this wise and Just contention was
supported by NJ. RibOt and his CABINET. IN"
Chamber Of Deputies. however, disputed the Sen
ates right to reject or even to modify in any re
svect the Budget as sent to il by the Chamber.
and insisted. against the earnest protests or NJ
RibOt and his Minister Of Finance, NJ. Tlrafd IN
retaining the Objectionable rider on the Budget
The Ribot Ministry thcreupOn resigned. II VIII
be remembered that similar dispute between
the two chambers occurred as recently as last
winter. ard that the Senate came out Of 1t with
rather more credit than the Chamber.
NJ Ribot was succeeded by NJ Dupuy; he by
NJ Casimir Pericr: and ne again by NJ Dupuy
Then. in January. 1N3J NJ. 'asilnlr feIler suu-
denly resigned the Presidency of the itepuniC'
which h. had held only few months ms
precipitated almost unprecedented cIlsls'
Doubt and uncertainty prevailed everywhere.
Talk OF revolution was rife. In such CHcu'n-
stances the Dupuy Ministry fell ana me ne"
President NJ. Faure. called upon NJ hlpu, ~
undertake the arduOus task OF forming aholh''i'
Seldom had man become Prime Minister un1er
conditions which threatened greater diihcultles
in conducting the Government. Seldom mao one
cone so at a time Offering greater oppoTtunl-
ties for the highest form Of public service VI.
Ribot periodically answered the can. ne ~, ~,
came Prime Minister and also Minister OF + J.
nance put NJ. JianOtauX into the Foreign VI
fee. and filled all the other places with SIM nm,
larry Conscrvativ" Republicans. IT was polo
answer to the demands or the iadicdis' anu u
was FOR a time successful
The Cabinet finally fell in October 1870. on a
question connected with the Southern Rallwas =;
certain Senators and Deputies being accused OF
corrupt dealings NJ RibOt retired win per
sonal honor untarnished. however, not Dreath
Of suspicion having been directed against MIN,
nor any criticism having been passed upon ne ~
administration Of the National nnahCeS' "
rad shown himself throughout this later, as
we'll as his former. Ministerial career sta.cS-
man Of incorruptihle integrity. OF great stIeSI II
Of will and Of rare sOundnesS or judgment. ~
had been respectful to the Church party thousn
independent of it's sway, ana utterly ledlrHS -.
those enemies Of law and order VINO sousn' "
overturn the Republic ana rc-eStdplsn wv
,,,,,o 10 had shown himself an undoub'ed au-
,boritv I'm all matters Of jurisprudence ana also
;n Industrial commercial and financial anaTS.
In the Chamber he has always l"n ,,rt no,ver-
of the most eloquent speakers ana mos po" ~
g,1 1eLaters Since his retirement IRON thc
cabinet he has remained one OF inc 'loSI p",
,rt Leaders Of the Conservative Repupi''"l'
I'm nnd &c cnnhatically to be regarded as
t,od he * regarded by all France as d man
yin a future 1t has truly been sara una MS
.rlr enemies are the enemies Oh th' i''f""
7 u,o many other European statesmen a, an,
In ~ Pilot has an American WIFE she
w. - laughter Of the late Isaac y. bulr" WI"
vas a prominent banker OF thicab9' -" ,aTen
-, il, chicago. but in her 'nlluH"'u " 90 -
~" h., father To Paris. and has hNed the,e ~
"iH,,a Al an carly age she was Haiileu ~ ~.
Dnmaneeot D rising young lawyer , Due a
1910 I,ter was left widow. Nj perlaise"ss
,,,,,i,ted her interests to the guardianship ~
, 'Ineeet friend. NJ. Ribot and the ihl-
,, arnuaintance thus formed between .he ia,-
tr and Nine DemanGeot rlIeheu' d'''' '
years into love and marriage.
Nine Kibot is a woman Of great beauty anu ~
'',..l harm and intellectual force Hhs II
p,,i;tinue FOR her husbands advance IN Pup,'o
ifr and has indeed been Of much assis'dhCe =.
ti,, herein She is constant in hof deN"'i''
he Iahnrs and spends most OF her 'lile III li'S
stud, when visitors are not present. l. - o 80
tha, once early in his career. she was hs , "
st~ ,rnuld like him 10 he a Minister CIV iv !,
,'l,ed gently but emphaticaIy; NO WV -,
rrath.r he should be Ambassador TO i'UHuo',
This vas partly because OF her l"Ne ioi w
.,,lo- xnn race and its institutions anu Pa'u
rsra,sc If her husband were Ampassau"l' '
,r,rld moi be separated from HIM as inucn ~
thnmrh he were a Minister Mime. Ribot Is ''oS'
Ia, related to the Corning and Pruyh iaiilllen W
Su.arv and To the Curtiss and Burch lh"IVS
~ Run,lo Despite her long residence AN " s
Oh. retains the keenest interest IN heT h",i'
land and has doubtless done much 10 nlsPi, H.
husband with the admiration ana IileI"7''P
he cber,shes for America and Its instituuohs'