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rather than to abandon one OF his coheasueS
whom he thought worthy Of his support

| rather than to abandon one OF his coileasues
whom he thought worthy Of his support
II was the misfortune Of that pure ana hohes'
| man who had nothing 10 do Whatever WIZ"
financial scandals. TO have 10 deal with the ana
ma frauds and in that way he could not nu' u''
upon himself the anmosity and the insults o'
,he pamphlcteers The filthy press, the gutter
naners the shameful sheets of Rochelort. Dru-
mont and Millevoye have accused him oil uS'nh
N cave the Panamists. and very likely 'heE wiz
s,rike that note more than once now. me ''u'n
Is that Loubet with his good conscience thous IL
q bis duty not 10 save the culprits, but 10 hnht
The Islander and to prevent the enemies oI '"c
Republic from making political captal out ..
some Individual failures. He was Mln'9''' W
tho Interior. and was held responsible Tor soI'e
perhaps questionable acts Of his ponce III wa
ton To the well-known Panamist' A'toF'
HIS SERVICES IN THE SENATE.
ropbot who did not care to be Minister was
clad 70 go back to the Senate Where ne
,ras ca non,lar. and he became again what
30 ,,.,s bofore--an active conscientious ana dil-
gent LEGISLATOR In that great body luIi Oh lnIH
of the very first rank, ne vas ~, w. Rudget
esteemed He served a. chairman OF IN s p% 20
Committee and as chairman OF the farm u
mittee. and when Chalamcl-Lacour lcslsn -, ~
was elected by the Republicans TO the iIeSi
dency Of the Senate. o. o,d "A
state the truth, that little. gray-haireu. ulue 5
eyed man, with his merdional aSGeHs' ~
to me lacking in the supreme olsthcloh u
C,heuamel-Iacour or the authority Of Jules
Ferry his predecessors. / often thought that
the Senate deserved as president more ulS-
tinguished man. =. III. T.,
Lcubet the qualities which have always maze
him popular among his colleagues-his proDlty'
his soundness OF judgment ms !,,r it'S
Of character. Those are, in fact the most I'M
portant qualities for a President OF the l'epuD-
lie too. who ought to be as much as posslole
above The attacks and the abuses OF the ueIla,
gOgues, and who has 10 uphold the stdhudIu VI
the French citizen.
Joubet will be a good representative French
man in the Presidency. He VIII not De an ele -
CANT dandy like Felix Faure; he VIII not nave
the cold and rigid correctness Of Sadi Carnot'
But he will have their plain, intellectual guam
ties their good temper and sound judgment
He VIII be a better speaker than tellX faure'
and although not n great scholar he has the
culture Of an average French lawyer VINO knows
some Latin and Greek. Although he is looked
upon rather as "un brave hOmme' than un
homme fort" he is a man Of enough general
knowledge and special ability 10 preside with
intelligence and authority at the Council OF the
Ministers. He will. like Felix Faure and Carnot'
visit the hospitals and inauSurate the nnohu-
ments and It may happen that at the official
banquets he will deliver speeches as eloquent as
those he delivered once In the Chamber, IN 1917
Prime Minister, and again In the senate, I'D
1899 which had both the so-called "honors OF
the affchage." being posted all over the country
GOOD OMEN OF THE FUTURE.
The words which have been quoted in the dis
patches, and which he is reported 10 have ut
tered when arriving in Versailles on Saturday
morning, IF YOU love me you won't vote for
me-" are likely true. and not at all at variance
with his ideas, his customs and his tastes.
Emile Loubet IS the least ambitious Of all
French politicians and anyway the Presidency
al this moment is not n place to be desired. 1t
is a post Of duty and of danger In accepting
IT NJ Loubet has showed himself a good citizen.
who sacrifices willingly his tranquility and his
happiness for the sake OF his country.
At ell events. at this time, when France is 50
divided. when Republicans are so excited and
Monarchists are talking of q coup d'etat." 1t IS
an interesting fact TO point out that the two
men between whom the representatives Of the
country divided their votes are both honest,
sound and moderate citizens. whose single pur-
pose is 20 forward democracy and restore peace
and union among Frenchmen That does not
look like the beginning Of the end. and once
more the prophets Of evil will fail To their
prophecies accomplished. The fanatics and fools
make much noise and talk loudly: but when It
comes 10 act all the good citizens unite to silence
them az they did yesterday, and show to the
world that France is still the country OF com
nonsense and that she will soon come back
again, after the end Of the Dreyfus crisis, TO her
great traditions Of generosity and liberalism.
Boston, Feb. 49, 1898 OTHON GUERLAC.