Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-20
LoUBET IS LAMpoONED.
Hut the More Conservative Ncwsps-
pcr-. Especially In the south.
Endorse the Election.

New York Feb. 2o.--A dispatch to the
Tribune from Paris myss
Never before has a president Of the
French republic been confronted from
the very hour Of his election with such
hostile demonstrations. nor prosecuted
BY such an abusive press I.oubet like
Casimlr.pcrier. WINS the nominee not OF
mcr- coalition and has the sup
port Of almost tho entire republican
party. but. like Casimir- Porior. he i
N a sensitive temperament and reads
the newspapers containing gross libcls
on hls character. emphasized by cx-
horiaiions 20 violence. The ferociiy Of
the nationalist and anii-semitic press
today almost jusufcs ~. Cornciius's
article Ia Figaro In which the French
political arcna u compared by that
facetlous ruyniist ~ don Of ny
enaa. tigers and lackals." This MORN
Ing the presidents nnii Impulse was
ona of disbursement, but N spite oi
the noisy shouts % d. iiuulvdca anu
Mlllsvoye's professional patriots which
continue tonight as merrily ns ycster-
day. u becomes hourly morc apparent
that the masses Of the people believe In
i.oubct and In the republic.
The serious papers. like the Temps
the Journal dcs Dohhts and the Libcrte.
come out strongly In his behalf and this
Il also the position taken by an over
whclminK majority OF the newspapers
throughout the country. especially IN
the south. i.pubet enjoys the enormous
ndVantar. 81 never having expressed
any opinion on the .Dreyfua revision
and hiH Views on this point are stu
unknown to his closest friends. The
r Nat Nlaa NaHHHHNN9UNHn
confidence II that come what may.
there will be- no finchlnE from rcspon-
fitiilty aa was the case with caHimlr-
pcficr.
Millcvoyc'A Pairlc DrumontH i.ibrc
Parole. the Echo de Paris. and the
Eclaif. contain the most violent afii-
Giles that have yet appeared against
the head 81 the state.
Even the fashionable Gnulois Hnccr,
az the pfrsldrnfH humble origin ana
rustic habits ana draws the following
picture u fsnuhota home llfei n II
true that Loubct ana not wear his
peasants wooden rabUta az hia apart,
mont IN the Luxembourg palace, where
be- resided ~ the president ~ the SOM
ate. but when he came home he always
took on his shoes and put on pair %
fclt slippers, which h. wurr even dur
Ing meals. while eating he tuckH a
corner OF his napkin IN hla shirt col
lar. His wife. who also comes from the
It'll. town % Montellmar near the
llhone midway between Lyons and
MhrBcillss. N good cook and knowA
how 90 stow u rabbit better than any
one. \ strum desc of garlic invnn.
ably pcrfumru the dishes In the Loubot
household and to remedy this. Luuhct
who. In the dialect 81 the country, II
called tsoubctte by hts wife u IN the
habit " taking from the rack one %
cNpoctoriting freely on the fioor.nn mat.
ter what the quality q the carpet mas
he.
Nine. Loubct Is "a loduaclous wo.
man. and "a GOOD houHokesper. She
speaks with a strong southern ac
cont.
pupil for NJ Crozicr. the chief 81 pro-
tncoi. i.ouhet does not ride horseback.
30 that Montpurfet. the chief " the
presidential stables. will be diuap.
pointed.
''rhc ambassadors. especially the am.
hassadors' wives. viii not be bored at
entertainments ~ the Eiyrccs with the
| presidents rural frnnkneHH, and Mmc.
t.ouherH expansive humor. Above all.
what tivat this VIII be- Tor the sovor-
elgna. the imperial and royal princes
aud ptnccsaca who may come o. the
exhibition ~ 1900. Az Europe at tho
| ElNFeo, How happy inc Euod fplk OF
| M0ntclimar will be-"
such IL "a fair example OF the cNas-
/ pcfatinR articles which M page after
| page ~ the rHtioniat rractiunnry press,
/ rhr Mntin publishes u detailed bio
| rrnphy ~ the president ana calls alton
| ton o. toubet being the first prrsi-
dent ~ the republic except Thlerl
who came from southern France. The
/ Matin adds that Lquhet hnH % marked
southern accent. ana that his mother.
u venerable woman OF N. lives on a
farm near MOntcllmnr and always
| wears n peaaant'H hcadgear. l.oubet
II not wealthy Ills fortune consists
| % only t50.o00 or $4,000, The public
| feels convinced that i.oubut'H honesty
and integrity ARE unimpcachnhlc not-
| withdrawing De licaufcpuifc'H accuans
| lions 81 completely In protecting some
| OF his friends from prosecution In the
| Panama afrair. which II the only thing
| In his long career which his blttercul
enemies have been able TO ralke up
| against him.