Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-13
LOUDET AT LONGCHAMPs.
AuteuiI Outrage Wiped Out-Grent
Popular Demonstration.

AuteuiI Outrage Wiped Out-Grent
Popular Demonstration.
President Loubet has had his revanche
for the outrage at Auteuil. When he
drove to Longchamps Sunday TO attend
the Grand PriX he was the hero OF a
great popular demonstration, expressing
| itself IN one form or another along the
whole route from the Elysee Palace To
] the race course. He remained only a
quarter Of an hour, just long enough to
witness the race, and having cOngratu-
lated the owner of the winner, returned
to the Elysee, where he arrived at 4
| O'Clock. without special incident
The Revisionist and Socialist organs
summoned their readers to assemble along
| the thOrOughfares TO be traversed by
the President and his party, and from the
hour OF noon thousands Of demonstrators
set out from Montmartre Beleville, and
other working-class quarters in big Or
| ganized bands. all wearing a small, arti-
fetal red flower in the buttonhOle, and
| marched across Paris taking up positions
along the Avenue des Champs Elysees
and the Avenue du Bots de Bouogne.
LOUBET AND THE REPUBLIC.
They gave NJ. Loubet d tremendous ova-
| ton. connning their cries almost en-
tirely to "Vive Loubet" and "Nive Ia
| republiquei" The President did not hear
discordant cry. although there were
one or two scufiles before ana after he
| passed between the police and occa-
! sional hOt-headed anti-Dreyfusard, VINO
tried 10 shout ~ bas LOubetw and was
| Immediately bounced upon by swarm
| Of policemen.
Although the visit passed off quietly
1a ,.faf far
eventualty, the whole district between
the Elysee and Longchamps literally
teemlng with troops and police. a police
| man was stationed every dozen yards
| along the whole route ana there were
! squadrons Of Dragons, armed with
lances, and mounted Republican Guards
at all important points, while through the
! green foliage Of the Bots. on each side
OF the avenue, could be seen heavy
masses of red and blue, denotng the
presence Of attachments Of soldiers
awaiting orders.
LIKE \ MILITARY CAMP.
Longchamps resembled a military camp.
| Battalions Of infantry, squadrons Of dra-
| goons. and Republican Guards were dis
tributed all around the course. 1t is esti-
mated that there We're 1900 soldiers and
police under arms. VI. LOubet practically
drove through a double hedge Of steel
Infantry even stood around the race
course. between the public and the course
on which no one was allowed TO walk
between the races, while several Republic
can Guards patrolled the course itself.
The President left the Eiysee at 2
O'Clock in an open landau, with NJ. Dupuy,
the Premier. beside him, and General
Bailloud, chief of the presidential house
hold. and Major Bon, lieutenant-cOlonel
| Of horse artillery, attached TO the person
of the President. Madame LOubet follow
ed in a second landau, after which rode
the presidential suite in other carriages.
The famous outrider, Montjarred, pre-
coded VI. Loubet whose landau was
drawn by four horses with a couple Of
positions, and escorted by picked body
| of cuirassiers. All were men OF fine
physique. and formed a splendid caval-
cade, with The fiery sun glinting on their
FURNISHED steel brcastpiates and helmets.
the latter sumounted with the red cock
ade and trailing the black hOrsehair
plume.
FINGERS on THE TRIGGER.
The two leading cuirassiers rode re-
volvers in hand, with fingers on the trig-
ger, and carefully watched each side Of
the road. while beside the carriage ran a
number of policemen. rendering it abso-
|
| prOach.
! ON arriving at the race-course the Pres
ident drove through the paddock to the
presidential-boX. Municipal guards and
police lined the path across the paddock.
Drums beat and trumpets blared when
VI. Loubet appeared in the front OF the
| box. and a scene OF intense enthusiasm
lasting several minutes, with an uproar
of shouts of "Nive Loubetw and "Vive
la Republique! which settled finally into
a mOnotOnous chant.
The President sat. bowling and smiling,
with Madame Loubet at his side. in a
cream lace dress. A portion of the crowd
! i'm the paddock Shook fists. umbrellas.
and sticks at the smartly-attired people
in the Jockey Club stand adjoining the
! Presidents box, but the clubmen. beyond
returning dsdainful gances, made no re-
tort
NJ. Loubet and his party were so COM
pletely surrounded by guards and police
that ii would have been impossible for
any one to get within ten yards of the
steps Of the box
After the races the police dispersed sew
eral thousand persons demonstrating
along the Avenue dos Champs Elysees,
who were supposed TO be making for the
Elysee. cheering for the President and
the army. Several arrests were made.
Later i'm the evening disorderly scenes
occurred outside the Offices of the Intran-
| slgeant. NJ. Rochefort's paper. Several
| Journalists were roughly handled and
| eventually arrested.
At a late hour Sunday evening there
was considerable eifervescence along the
boulovards. whore traffic was much inn
pedcd. few police chsrges were neces-
sary in the vicinity Of the office OF the
l-ibro Parole.
FIGHT IL \ CAFE.
The only grave incident of the day oc-
Cured after the President had returned
to the Elysce at one OF the garden res
| taurants. the Pavilion dArmenondile in
| the Alice de Longchamp. After q quar-
ter past .. when the establishment was
| full Of customers, somebody made an OBJ
iectiOnable remark concerning the Presi-
dent. The people took sides and a regular
fight ensued. Bottles, glasses. decanters,
tables. and chairs were hurled about.
At the same time n crowd of Socialist
| demonstrators arrived in the vicinity,
and, learning that a row was in progress,
laid siege to the restaurant, shouting
| "Vive Ia Republique." The thrOng quick
" swelled to several thousands. The win
dows of the cafe were smashed and the
struggle was continued within. Finally
the mounted police arrived, cleared the
neighborhOod. and closed the cafe. Seve-
raj persons were injured, including a num-
Der OF policemen