New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-26
IOUBET'S NEW SPHERE.
THE LIFE AND SURROUNDINGS OF THE
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.
r1.AnoRATE CEREMONIAL INTRODUCED UNph''
FELIX FAURE-OFFICIALs OF THE FIX
EClTIvE HOUsEHoLD-AN EX-
PENSIVE LUXURY.
PENSIVE LUXURY.

ALTHOUGH II was with the object or bringing
,,o nov President OF France into contempt that
,ho por,e "Gaulnis" of Sunday last portrayed
M Ioubet MS donning an old pair OF felt SIP
rorc ord tucking n corner Of his table napkin
into his shirt-collar when dining at nome YET
,his nicture far from harming the Chief Magis-
tratc IS on the contrary. calculated 10 increase
tbc Goodwill with which he is regarded by I'M
noople at large For the scene thus depicu'u
finds its COUNTERPART in the home OF almost every
netit bourgeois not only in the metropolis put
alec in the urovinccs-and il is the petite bour-
,eoisie that, since the Introduction AT the W.
ginning Of the century Of the NapolconIc C"u''
forcing parents to bcqueath their properly III
coual shares to their children. Constitutes
go 70 sneak. the backbone Of France; IL Is 'h'
petitc bourgcoisic that furnishes by idr '"'
largest portion OF the electorate. that by us IN
dustrv ard thrift contributes IN a greater ~
gree than anything else to the prosperity anu
wealth Of the nation and that personlhes Inc
con,uon-scnsc the sobrcty and the rcspecA-
biitv Of France-a France very Inherent from
that imagined by those foreigners who gather
their IMPRESSIONS thereof from the irothy
Partisan press
Nor will any one whose heart is in the right
Mace think the worse Il President Louhct DC
cause his aged and widowed mother lives on
farm near MontcIimar and wears peasant FarD
WHY THE AFFAIR" WAS TRANSFERRED.
Before proceeding any further it may be oi
interest to explain why President Loubct Ike
his friend Ribot. who will doubtless ere long re-
eurc his former position of Prime Minister.
have both given their sanction to the bill OF Inc
presont Cabinet transferring the Drey1us re-
vision case from the criminal section oi 'h'
Court Of Cessation to the entire court me iac'
has been brought 10 light that the son oil me
Judge Lccw who presldcs over the cr'i"'h"'
section Of the Court Of Cessation has for years
been the most intimate friend Of Matthe" Drey-
fus acted as the lattcr's social sponsor at Mui-
house and is general manager OF a company
which has for its legal adviser Counsellor lie
blos. the friend and associate OF Colonel nc
quart and indicted jointly with that oflcer Tor
making use Of State secrets These circum-
stances Will they in nOwise !mpugn the hon
esty or the integrity Of Judge Loew, neNerthe-
less would expose him 10 charges Of partiallty
In case he rendered decision favorable to the
prisoner Of Devils Island 1t is with the object
of averting this and for the purpose Of satisfy
ing the people at large as to the absolute equity
of the final judgment in the Drcyfus case, that
the responsibility OF giving the decision is 20
be Transferred from the criminal division. which
consists Of merely fifteen judges. to the entire
court which constituting the supreme tribunal
Of France comprises about fifty judges. II is
therefore on grounds Of cXpedicncy that both
President IoUbct and CX-Prcmicr RibCt have
given their sanction 10 the Dupuy bill! which
at first sight appeared nquitous, and a calcu-
i"'od 10 su'o' u''"'' 'i' ''s'''S' ~
t. a legislative majority.
diead,ar,or. with all az his urcdcccsgore in
o t,,...,. ono ~ Thorn f,,r, Tii.re IN
1,.,., how, boon ,,,, ,,I,o o., tt, time 81 tb.ir