The record-union., 1899-02-18

the Panama affair, he has not been
prominently before the public, and the
impartiality required for the Presidency
of the Senate seems to be regarded as
one of the best qualifications for the
first magistracy.
NJ Loubet's chances depend largely
upon whether the Dreyfus affair is to
influence the election. If it does, he will
probably be defeated, because the anti
revisionists oppose, and the revision
lists support him.
Tele grams from Turin, where the
Due d'Orleans is staying, and from
Brussels, the headquarters of Prince
Victor Napoleon, report great activity
on the part of their adherents. The Due
d'Orleans, addressing the Royalists at
Turin to-day, delivered violent speech,
expressing his hope to be able to re-
establish the monarchy.
The Echo de Paris tomorrow
morning Sunday will contain a card
by Quesnay de Beaurepaire, 50 5'ef 'ly
attacking M. Loubet, and accusing him
of eauivocal conduct in the Panama af-
fair
MELINE A CANDIDATE.
PARIS. Feb. -Midnight.-Sho
before midnight it was announced that
NJ. MeIine had definitely accepted the
candidature for the Presidency.
FAURE'S DEATH A MISFORTUNE.
copyrighted, 1899, by Associated Press. ]
PARIS. Feb. 17.--Everything is very
quiet in Paris tonight. There is no
danger of coup d'etat. The favorite
candidate. for the Presidency is M.
Emile Loubet. Still, the Ministers
whom / saw to-day think that Faure's
death is a misfortune at the present
juncture, and this is the conventional
talk They had all looked forward to
his. having soon to resign. and they
spoke to-day of the possible effect of
his death in the courts Of Europe.
If M Loubet be elected, European
sovereigns would soon transfer him to
their friendly regards. He is a good,
unaffected, level-headed man, of hon.
est, open life and far more intellectual
culture than poor Faure. Montilemar
is his native town.
AS a precaution against coup d'etat
or any attempts of the sort, the troops
have been ordered to keep within bar
racks in all the garrisons.
NJ Faure's body, now embalmed, is
lying In state in the SALES des Fetes of
the theater built by President Carnot
for concerts and dramatic entertain
ments The corpse is on an inclined
plane, the head being eighteen inches
higher than the feet. The body is
dressed in evening coat and the i'm
maculate well-known white waistcoat,
athwart which is the broad red ribbon
of watered silk of the Legion Of Honor.
The eyes are closed and fill out the
eyelids. The hands, of the color of
ivory, are crossed on the breast. The
black canopy. bordered with silver,
overshadows the couch.
Previous to embalment the body lay
on a brass bedstead in the Presidents
sitting room. Two Sisters of Charity
watched beside it. Before the opera
ton, which lasted an hour, took place,
informal dead mass was celebrated in
the Elysee Chapel.
To-day the whole of the official world
has paid formal visits of coincidence at
the palace, the formality consisting in
writing the visitors name on the regis
ter. Piles of kilograms from corporate
bodies. personal friends, sympa thizer s
in all parts OF France and, indeed, Eu-
rope and even Asia, have arrived. The
first to telegraph to Nine Faure was
Emperor William, next Prince Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria. The army has been
ordered to go into mourning until after
the obsequies.
The cards had been issued to 5000
persons to- attend a state ball next
Thursday. To-day the tapestries of the
ballroom have been taken down, that
the room. may be hung in black. NJ.
Faure had looked forward with delight
to the Elysee being in 1900 the
resort of sovereigns. The last letter he
had from Emperor Nicholas was an
acceptance Of his en-. Faure's) invita-
ton. He took great pleasure. also, in
thinking that membership in the Order
of the Annunciation would make him
cousin" of King Humbert, and the
insignia of that order was to have been
presented to him by a special embassy
this month. But his soul was suddenly
required of him. and all connected with
his Presidential career is over His
death breaches a sermon upon the
vanity CT human ambition.
NJ. Lockroy, the Minister of Marine,
is especially struck with the example
M. Faure's death gives Of the fragility
of human greatness. Twice yesterday
he communicated with the President on
Naval Affairs. M. Faure. as former
ship agent and charterer at Havre. and
once himself Minister of Marine.
deemed himself a naval authority. His
naval hobby was a fleet of Corsair
cruisers to attack in case of war, Eng
fish transatlantic steamers NJ. Lock-
roy humored him, and often consulted
him and now he cannot realize that the
President is no more. He says he feels
as he once did during an earthquake.
The total eclipse of the Elysian
preparations for festivity by the deep
est mourning also comes home to Lock-
roy.
Some fatality follows the Presidents
of the French Republic. Of the six we
have had, only President Grevy lived
through 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 motives
for throwing up the situation are still
mystery. Carnot was assassinated,
and Faure smitten as If by thunder
bolt.
NJ. Lockroy, who was present at the
death, thinks it was painless. DIR.
Lanne- Tongue shares this opinion, but
believes there was in the early stages
of apoplectic seizure agonizing PAIN
The doctor attributes the breakdown
in the Presidents health to Fashoda,
and thinks the consequent anxiety
used up his energy. President Faura
had fostered the scheme Major March
and was sent to accomplish, and he
was terrified at its possible conse-