The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-24
TO FORCE N. LOUDET OUT.
Oreyfus' Foes Bitter in Attacks on
the President.
OPPOSITION IS VERY HOSTILE,
snecrs for HE Country Manners and Ills
wife's Accent Majority OF the
People an tho ssriou, Papers Tru,,
Loubsrs intssrity

New YORK, Feb. GA dispatch to
the New York Tribune from Paris
says: Never before has q president of
the French republic been confronted
from the very hour OF his election
with such hostile demonstr ations, nor
prosecuted with such an abusive press.
Loubct, like Casimir- Perier, was not
the nominee Of n mere coalition and
has the support of almost the entire
Republican party, but, lik, Casimir-
Pericr, he ls Of a sensitive temperament
and reads the newspapers containing
gross libels on his character, cmpha.
sized by celebrations t6 violence.
The ferocity Of the Nationalist and
the anti-Semitic press almost justi6cs
Nj. Cornely's article In the Figaro, in
which the French political arena Is
compared by that facetious ~royalist to
a "den OF hyenas, tigers and jackals."
This morning the presidents first i'm
pulse was n Of encouragement, but
in spite OF tho noisy shouts of
dc Roulede's and Millevoye's profes.
sionai patriots, which continue to-
night as merrily as yesterday, IL be-
zones hourly more apparent that tho
masses Of the people believe in Loubct
and in the republic.
The serious papers like the Temps,
the Journal des Debats and the Liberte
come u strongly in his behalf and
this is also the position taken by an
overwhelming majority OF the news
papers throughout the country, espe-
cially In the South. Loubet enjoys
the enormous advantage of never hav.
ing expressed any opinion on the
Dreyfus revision and his views on this
point are still unknown to his closest
friends. The conviction of those In
the presidents confidence 10 that,
come what may, there will be no
hinching from responsibility. Us was
the case with Casimir-Per
Millevoye's Patric, Drumont's Libre
Parole, the Echo de Paris and the
Eclaire contain the most violent arti.
Giles that havo yet appeared against
the head Of the state. Even the fash.
ionable Gaulols INDUCES in sneers at
the presidents humble origin and
rusty habits and draws tho following
piSeuic VI Aouoct , iOEnO ltIC.
1T Is true that Loubet did not wear
his peasant wooden sabots Mt his
apartments in tho Luxemborg palace,
where he resided as the president Of
the senate, but when he came home he
always took off hGs sho,s and put on a
pair Of felt slippers, which he woro
even during meals. While eating he
tucks a corner OF his napkin in his
shirt collar.
Ills wife, who also comes from the
little town of Montelimar, near the
Rhine, midway between Lyons and
Marseillcs, Is a good cook and knows
how to stew o rabbit better than any
one. A strong dose Of garlic invari.
bly, perfumes the dishes In the Loubet
household, and to remedy this Loubet,
who, in the dialect OF the country Is
called 'Loubette' by his vito (tho
Paris pronunciation Is 'LoubayO, Is In
the habit OF taking from the rack one
OF his well colored pipes, and while
smoking 1t cxpectorates freely on the
aoor, no matter what the quality OF
the carpet may be. Mrs. Loubet is q
~loquacious woman and O good house
keeper. She speaks with o strong
southern accent.
"Loubet does not ride horseback, so
that Mont Jarret, the chief OF the
presidential stables, will be disap-
pointed. The ambassadors, and es-
pecially the ambassadors wives, will
not be bored at entertainments at the
Elyseo with the presidents rural
frankness and Nine. Loubet's expan-
sive humor. And above all what n
treat this will be for the sovereigns,
the imperial and royal princes and
princesses who may come to tho exhi-
bition Of 1000. All Europe at the
Elysee. How happy the good folk of
Montelimar will be-"
Such is n fair example of the cxas-
perating articles which fill page after
page Of the Nationalist reactionary
press. The Matin published a detailed
biography OF the president, md calls
attention to Loubet being the first
president Of the republic, except
Theirs, who came from Southern
France. The Matin adds that Loubet
has q marked Southern accent, and
that his mother, a venerable woman of
81, lives or a farm near Montellmar,
and always wears a peasants head
gear.
Loubet is not wealthy. His fortune
consists Of only $4,000 or $50, Oou.
The public feels convinced that Lou
bets honesty and integrity are uuim-
Notwithstanding Quesnay
Bureaupairs's accusations Of com
In protecting some of his
friends from prosecution in the
affair, which Is the only thing
In his long career which his bitterest
enemies have been able to rake up
him.