The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-18
ALL FRANCE is CALM
DEATH OF PRESIDENT FAURE HAS
HAD AN UNEXPECTED EFFECT
UPON POLITICS
NO CHANCE OF COUP D'ETAT
Frenchmen Realize the Gravity of
the Hour and Seem Determined
Upon Maintaining Order-EmiIy
Crawford Writes of the Effect of
the Death of NJ. Faure-SOlemn
Scenes in the Chamber of Death.
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PARIS, Feb. 17.-Everyth Is very
quiet in Paris tonight. There is no
danger of a coup d'etat The favorite
candidate for the presidency is NJ Emile
Loubet, now president of the senate
Still the ministers think that Faure's
death is misfortune at the present
juncture, and this is the conventional
talk. They have all looked forward TO
having soon to resign, and they spoke
today of the possible effect Of his death
On the courts of Europe.
If NJ. Loubet be elected, European
sovereigns would soon transfer to him
their friendly regards. He is good.
unaffected, level-headed man, of hon
est. open life and far more intellectual
culture than poor Faure. He is an
advocate and practiced at the Monte
malar bar in the department of Drom.
Montemalar is his home
AS a precaution against a coup detat
or anything of the sort, the troops
have been ordered to keep within bar
racks in all the garrisons
NJ. Faures death has Gained rather
than excited political parties The
situation is grave, and the people
everywhere feel this. At the session of
the chamber of deputies there was an
absence of excitement. The wish is to
select the best man for president, fire.
spective of party affiliations. NJ Lou
bet is, therefore, the best man. NJ.
Dupuy is also a candidate, and NJ.
Paul Deschanel, the president of the
chamber, will be a candidate, but on
second ballot NJ. de Freycinet, the war
minister, is clever, but he has no great
following in parliament.
NJ. Faure's body, now embalmed, is
lying in state in the Sale des Fetes, in
the theater built by President Carnot
for concerts and dramatic entertain
ments. The body is dressed in even-
ing coat and the well-known white
waistcoat, athwart which is the broad
red ribbon Of the Legion Of Honor A
black canopy, bordered with silver
braid, overshadows the corpse.
OFFICIAL REGRETS.
Today the whole official world has
paid formal visits of coincidence at the
palace, the formality consisting in
writing the visitors name in the regis
ter. Piles of kilograms from corporate
bodies, personal friends, sympathizers
in all parts Of France and indeed
Europe and even Asia have arrived.
The first to telegraph to Nine. Faure
was Emperor William, the next Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria. The army has
been ordered to go into mourning until
after the obsequies.
Public events in France have a
strange suddenness and take sponta-
neously dramatic character. Thus M.
Faure's body lies In Sales des Fetes
or hall of festivities The cards had
been issued to 5000 persons asked to
attend a state ball next Friday. To-
day the tapestries of the ball room
have been taken down that the room
may be hung in black.
Some fatality follows the presidents
Of the French republic. Of the six we
have had. only President Grevy lived
through a full term of Office, and he
was forced to resign by hostile vote
of parliament. Marshal MacMahon
found he could not remain president
with dignity. M Casimir- -Perier's mo-
tives for throwing UP the situation are
still a mystery. Carnot was assassi-
mated and Faure srnitten as if by
thunderbolt.
DIR. Lanne-Longue attributes the
breakdown in the presidents health 10
Fashoda, and thinks the consequent
anxiety used UP his energy. President
Faure had fosfered the scheme Maj
Marchand was sent to accomplish. and
he was terrified at its possible conse-
quence.
The German emporer's telegram is
effusive. Dowager Queen Emma and
Queen Wilhelmina. Of the Netherlands,
have telegraphed heartfelt coincidence.
Queen Victoria. as yet. has made no
sign, but Lord Salisbury has, in a mes-
sage to M. Delcasse. The cZar and
czarina are full of sympathy and the
Russian grand dukes now in Paris
have called at the palace