The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08

that just fallen. We presented one TO OLD
.Boulanger for the Wal Department.
"Laisant for Public Instruction.
George Laguerrc for the Ministry OF
THEIR PLANS.
or condition OF adhering to this list,
Father Grevy was guaranteed the only
thing he really cared about-his mainten-
ance at the Elysee. He would send away
his son-in-law and we would present our
selves before the chamber with a declara-
tion promising constitutional revision in the
broadcast sense. which implicated the sup
preston of the Senate We would ask
Parliament for a vote OF confidence which,
naturally. would be refused by an over
whelming majority. But, although over
thrown, Grevy would be entitled to keep
us to attend to current business. If the
Chamber and the Senate attempted to drag
us from our ministerial benches, they would
be guilty of sedition. We should be COM
PEELED to move the seat of the government
to Versailles, and the Partisan population,
which never tired Of acclaiming Boulanger,
being incontestably with US. the parliament
tarians would soon be where we wished
them to b.. Boulanger, who was then in
Paris on military business, and was to re-
turn TO his at Clermont the fol-
lowing day, was present at these delbera-
tons without taking part.
"Clemenceau, who could not reconcile our
extra and even PROPOSE
items with his ideas concerning the tribune
and legality. showed plainly that night his
intention tn break definitely with Bou-
LANCER, whom he seemed 10 regard as out
side OF any solution. When the plan, to
which only Crews consent was necessary,
was definitely settled, L took, L remember,
q sheet OF note paper on which i wrote
down the names OF the future ministers. as
fast as we appointed them. Andrieux I'M
dertook TO go and propose the lists to the
Old tenant of the Elysee, TO whom the
Tho NJ har hod Given nnffna = n rrrff and xrhn
aid not ask better than renew his lease.
III he entered into our views, instead Of the
message of resignation that they were
waiting for at the PaIais-B Bourbon and the
Luxembourg. he would issue a sort Of proc
lamation to the country I'm which he would
declare that he had finally constituted a
ministry with which he was in perfect SYM
pathy, and which would appear that very
day before Parliament.
But Grevy evidently thought there was
too much OF an opera comique flavor about
the list submitted, for he refused, saying:
All L can see in the offers you make me
Is that you don't want to serve me. but to
serve yourselves. Once the masters. moth
ing would be easier for you than 10 crush
me, and it's probable that you would not
hesitate In which" adds Rochefort, "the
old gentleman was not mistaken"
The elections followed, and Boulanger
was made a candidate in several depart
ments. The government in a desperate
effort TO diminish the Generals popularity,
removed him from active service. This
his popularity. I'm the department of the
Aisne,' writes Rochefort, The obtained at
a s%crutin, before he had even come forward
as a candidate, 5000 votes, beating all COM
petitors by $4,000. Then IL was that the
frightened government resolved to put him
on the retired list"
He became candidate for the department
of the Nord. and was elected TO the Cham
Der by the enormous majority or lE2,5Oo
says Rochefort, 'inaugurated the series of
triumphant scrutins which were to avenge
the ex-Minister for all the base iniquitieS
with which he had been pursued. He was
then living at the Hotel du Louvre. . .
Although he employed several secretaries.
he barely had time to eat. and rarely went
to bed before 2 o'clock in the morning. He
was always up at T."
MORNINGS IN THE BOIS.
II had rented for the summer" continued
the journalist, "a charming little villa, situ-
ated in the Bois de Boulogne itself. at the
entrance TO the Suresnes Bridge, and al
most every morning the General came out
on horseback to pay me a visit, accompa-
MED by Count Dillon. They sometimes
lunched with my family and me in the
garden. and afterwards we sat down and
prepared manifestoes or replies neeessitated
by the incessant attacks against him.
l usually wrote the replies and Alfred
Naquet who elaborated. together with
Boulanger, the projects of revision. which
the de0eral TcdQ IN the tribune, dnQ WHICH
brought Floquet there IL pronounce his cpl
gram. celebrated for his inanity:
AT your age Napoleon was deadH
"Boulanger sent Floquet his seconds, and
the famous duel came OF, in which Bou-
LANCER was seriously wounded"
and 30 his iht snemie on b ine GeneF agaip PfP bim i1y
creased daily until the Paris election of
1889. when Boulanger opposed the minis
terial candidate named jacques. As was
to be foreseen, the votes accorded the Cen
eral almost literally swept jacques out of
sight. Boulanger seemed the master of
Paris. the master of France. That was the
critical hour. A coup d'etat was momenta-
rily expected. Rochefort. Boulanger, Lu-
guerre and their friends were awaiting in
a room of the Durand restaurant. near
the Madeleine. for the news of the cleo
ton. The kilograms poured in, the mobs
were yelling In the street and It was
was then that the conspiracy was formed
to excite the mob further, march on the
Elysee md seize the mower. a. plot that
failed owing to B~oulanger's lack of moral
courage. Rochefort does not have much t.
say. concerning this episode, and it is
bubbles when he SAYS:
"A coup d'etat is the act of a government
which employs the military and civil forces
under its authority to overthrow a constitu-
ton to which ii has sworn obedience. Bou
LANCER. not being a Minister ncr even a SOL
der, and having for him not only his popu-
larity in Paris, but all over French terri
tory, would not have committed any crime
In permitting himself to be carried to power
Ou ttc pOPuidI wave. lhOIcoNtfs IOtHlUS I'll
that solemn hour could have been easier
Sure as we have been for a long time OF
the result of the election, we should only
have had to summon silently forty thou.
sand partisanS and have them meet at mid
night at a point determined upon. wher
Boulanger would have put himself st thei,
head. Several members of the nationa
committee was M. Rochefort oneD urged
him TO profit by this marvellous oprortuni'
~. He resisted r~esoiutely. i'm the fallacious
conviction that in France it is possible tC
arrive at power by legal methods.
On Information lodged with the Minister
of Justice warrants were issued for Bou.
hanger ara -hefort, but beth fed to Bel.
GUM. '2.ef seeking refuge in London.
e'Bou' lager soon found London unten.
able says Rochefort, owing to the many
invitations he was asked to accept. So
advised him to take up his residence al
Jersey. 1t was there that / met, for the
first time. Mime. Bonnemain, OF whom
had caught chances in the park and a
the theater. She had then seemed yer,
stout. but / found her very much thinner
She was the victim of a terrible cough
but Boulanger was optimistic and appeared
not TO realize her obvious condition. Wa.
IL her misfortune and the nonrealizatior
of her hopes that brought on consumption
Others claimed that faulty dentition Ia,
brought about a shrinking of the stomach
which ended fatally. And. in fact. 1 no
ticed at table that she had the creates
difficulty in ma~sticating her food.
Later Boulanger took Nine. De Bonnie
main. who had grown worse. to Brussels
and after a few weeks / received the fol