The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-07-28

tack on st. Andres motives and Viii
laret's incapability, Barere concluded:
Now let us understand each other.
You think you can catch Admirals by
combing forecastles and steerages with
fine combs. You seem to imagine that
out of any thousand rats netted in
sewer there is one chance in hundred
of catching stray lion. The total chance
is one in 100000. If you wish to risk your
neck on such a chance, very well. It's
your neck, not mine. You say you Will
yourself 60 to sea and share ankle the
perils and the glories of our fleet. ban!
You will experience neither. The Eng
lish will simply take you and your Vii
laret together, as a beggar takes aims
without thanking France for the gilt
1t was now nearly 3 O'Clock IN the
morning. Everyone in the Committee
was tired. Carnot suggested that Barere
let his motion for the direct question pass
over to the next meeting and be the order
of the day in Committee when next the
welfare of the Navy should be considered.
Barere declined to do this, and wlthdrew
his motion for the direct question without
prejudice and with privilege OF renewal IN
the first instance. This manuver iti.
Cambon's motion of expediency to be inc
order of the day for the next meeting, ana
thereby left in his own hands the power 10
repeat the procedure of this meeting al
the next one If he chose.
Never before had the singular adroit-
ness of Barere been exhibited as in these
tactics. First he had taken the wind out
of St. Andre S sails by surprise; then
he had thrown him all aback by tne
acutest possible parliamentary manuVer.
He had shifted his own attitude from
defensive to offensive. He had shaken
from his neck the milestone of the arlsto-
cratic AdmiralS. And he had put upon
ST. Andre the task of backing Villaret.
Joyeuse against Paul Jones-the task OF
backing a man whose only known ex-
plot was that of steering Suffren'S flag
ship against the man who had
taken ii with a 30 in a battle whose
renown was already immortal. Even
Barere was willing to rest awhile on such
an achievement.
While this fierce wrangle over his name
was going on in the Committee, Haui
Jones, wholly Obvious of ii, had passed
the evening quietly with a few friends IN
the little garden back of his dwelling, ana
had retired early. AS these debates III
the Committee were not published, ne
could learn the tenor of this one only
when it might be impaired to him by MS
friends who were present.
1t seems that Barere, Cambon and their
group were satisfied with having checked
Jean Bon st. Andres plan tn have the
outgoing Assembly act upon his program
of reorganization. The next order OF the
day for the Navy had been fixed for Aug.
20, but it was then passed over To Sept. ).
The September Massacre" occurred the
day before-"the Bloody Sunday
all the energies of the Government were
directed to the restoration of order during
the next few days, so that the welfare OF
the Navy" was again passed over; and as
the Assembly had but few days OF ex-
istence after that-being superseded by
the National Convention, Sept. 2l-the
whole matter was postponed, as BaTere
InI Oh no fnr consideration
by the Convention.
ITO be coftinued1