The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-17
CHARACTER OF FAURE.
Emily Crawford's Estimate OF the
Late President.

Copyright. 1899. by the Associated Press.)
Paris, Feb. 16.-President Faure died
suddenly tonight of apopleXy," says the
bulletin. but it was really of worry
apprehension and their effects on his
health: OF the intOxicatiOn of the eX-
alted situation, OF imperial and royal
friends"
His doctors had long noted symptoms
of general paralysis. He meant well;
but he did great harm to the republic,
because of a commonplace mentality,
and that sort of vanity which Moliere
ridiculed in lie Bourgeois Gentil
Homme" Louis XIV himself, though
standing on a right divine pedestal, did
not attach nearly so much Importance
to courtly etiquette.
NJ. Faure had no insight into the
great problems of human life, and saw
only externals. He revived, so far as
possible, the ceremonials of Napoleon S
court. Not even a deputy or sena-
tor could speak TO him without beng
first spoken to.
Whenever a French diplomat who
had freshly arrived in Paris came TO
pay his respects, N. Faure's first
question was: What are they doing
at other courts?"
1t was noticed last week that the
whites of his eyes were yellow, his
speech was thick. his sleep uncertain,
his neck bent forward and his under
lip inclined to droop. He was 5S last
January. / mentioned on Tuesday to
NJ. Clemenceau, who is a doctor, these
signs of premature old age, and he said:
Il also have noticed them. If NJ. Faure
is not soon turned out of the presidency
he will die from general paralysis, the
effect of 'follie DIES grandeurs.
NJ. Faure alone was unaware that he
soon must resign, but no one save
Clemenceau and few others foresaw
the fatal issue.
The situation brought on through his
fault is most dangerous. Never has
there been better opportunity for a
coup d'etat in France since 1852. The
republic. for the next forty-eight hours,
will be lying at the mercy of the first
man who Will seize it. but the sudden
ness of NJ. Faure's demise prevents the
enemies of the republic concerning to
strange her Besides. there is no man
of sufficient prestige to make coup
d'etat The geneSdls are disSffected,
but the soldiers, though hostile to the
Jews. would not obey if ordered to fire
on the republicans. NJ. Faure aDDar-
emily died at the nick of time. The re-
actionist forces, under his encouraging
eye, were being gathered to battle.
Goodness knows what he fOndly i'm
G2lneQ. -HefndpS IL was llldl pllllldIy
coalition would hail him as a savior. NJ
Faure went privately and Unexpectedly
last week to the opera. Notwithstand-
ing the surprise caused by his visit, the
directors staff rushed out to receive
him. NJ. Faures aide-de-camp, as the
president advanced toward the stairs,
made a sign that the attendants were
TO fall back a considerable distance to
mark their respect. He had received a
few days before a letter from the czar
and had not yet descended from the
high sphere.
At st. Petersburg he was almost
shocked to find himself and the en-
peror returning from the review with
out a military escort. After the car
had conducted him to Peterhof pal
ace, NJ. Faure remarked, How lacking
the Russian court is in dignity"
His best point was genuine charity
for the poor and suffering. There was
doubtless parade in his visits to hos
pitfalls, but there was also much kind
ness. He gave handsomely to the poor
though clOse-handed in other respects.
His Thursdays were devoted to visiting
hospitals, and IL was on Thursday that
he was called away.
The Elysee was no bed of roses to
NJ. Faure. He loved its grandeur, but
he dreaded blackmailers. Urban
Gohier one of the most respected jour
nalists in France. had threatened to
expose the jobs of the Madagascar ex-