The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

useful deputy, cnleHy NoFhlhB III the
committees and speaking little. He was
an intimate friend of Senator Garnet and
of Tirard, and in 1888 the latter appointed
him minister of public works in which
capacity he carried out scheme to con-
vey the sewerage of Paris into the st.
German forest.
President Sadi Carnot asked Loubet In
| 1892 10 form a cabinet, but IL fell under
! the weight of the Panama scandal, in
which some members, albeit, rot Loubet
were implicated. This administration was
| marked by the mission OF Admiral Ger
vais squadron to Cronstadt. and the visit
of the court of Russia 10 the flagship Ma
| genta.
M Loubet was personally innocent of
| Panamaism; but, like, Mn. ,ICRrnot and
| Brisson, he thought the sheltering Of the
| accused expedient He had never since
| filed any other office save the presidency
of the Senate, to which he was first elect
| ed in 1896.
He belonged 10 NJ. Carnots innermost
| circle and his wife was Nine. Carrots best
friend The President is thoroughly do
nestle and dislil1es SNOWY society. He likes
| to spend his time at home, and he Is a
! great reader He Is not rich, nor does he
covet wealth and honors, He is strong in
| financial questions. For many years he
lived in an unpretent.ous fiat and dined off
a white oil cloth instead of a table cloth.
His hands, fguratively speaking, are cleani
but his beard and clothes are untdy; thus
contrasting with the late President
Nj. Loubet for having formerly when
premier. sent jointly with the foreign Sec
| rotary NJ Ribot, Admiraf CerVais to Cron-
stadt is persona grata to Russia
For three years, as speaker of the SEN
ate, he lived in the Palace of the Petit
Luxembourg, in much the same style as
the President lives at Washington.
He returned to Paris from Versailles this
afternoon by train. He is the first Presi-
dent who has done SO. He ordered an open
carriage and pair to wait him at the sta
ton, instead of a carriage aud four. He
was well received by tremendous crowds,
He arrived by a daylight and had an
escort of Cuirassiers,, The entire absence
OF haughtiness in his demeanor was fav-
orably remarked.
NJ. Loubet paid a visit TO Nine. Faure
OF his way home, and sa4uted the corpse
of M. Faure.
Loubet is the right man in the right
place.
The importance of to-days presidential
election for the welfare of the French re-
public and the prestige of France abroad
cannot be overestimated. The issue taken
was whether the law should be paramount
or an irresponsible league-the league of
the French fatherland, in the hands of
N4CilCdlb tiloAdISiitdA anu Ailildly dGlld-
tors.
Never was a more monstrous conspiracy
engineered to pervert a whole nation 5
sense of justice in order to perpetrate the
greatest miscarriage of law Of the century
and shield a few felons from the conse-
quences of crime.
The more sensible part of France feels,
after NJ. Loubet's election, that great
weight has been taken off their conscience
and hopes that a new reaf win be turned
over in modern French history
NJ. Clemenceau wrote yesterday that It
was necessary that the new President
should be a man not connected with the
Dreyfus affair. He therefore, would sup
port M. Loubet. Fairness, this but the ma
tionahsts do not want fairness. They want
Dreyfus, guilty or innocent to remain per-
petually at Devils Island The National
lists organs are forced to admit that not
a word or deed of M. Loubet can be con-
nected with Dreyfusism.
The fact is that the anti-Semtes' heads
have been turned by victories due to the
weakness of the government and they
thought they Gould Boss France They
won another victory this morning when
Premier Dupuy, yielding to anti-Semitlc
clamor gave Herr Frishchauer, the cores
pondent of the Neue Fret Presse notice
of expulsion from France. Herr FRS
chauer, a Catholic Austrian, asked the
reason and was told that IL was on ac-
count of the general tone of his letters
on Dreyfus, M. Dupuy, however, being
unable to point to a single unwarrantable
passage in the letters.
il was the bill against the Court of Cas-
sation, | learned that wrecked M. Dupuy's
chances. The deputies thought he was
good enough for premier, but he had lost
the respect which a presidential candi-
date must command. q9u
As regards Meline, he could not win I'M
less with the support of the Right, and
the Republicans have learned the lesson
from the case of M. Faure that the Presi-
dent cannot do his duty 10 the republic
and at the same time fulfill promises to
the monarchists
NJ. Loubet granted me an interview to-
night, in the course of which he said:
Il owe everything to the republican ma
jority. France and the republic are in
separable All antl7republcan opinions
are free unless leading 10 acts against the
republic The rallies must be judged by
their acts, not by their words. l shall
govern in a republican sense only. 1 have
given proofs in my long political career
that | am neither hunter ambi-
tious nor overriding. Brought up in the
study of the law, / will be its single
minded servant The Elysee is a post of
duty. l speak the truth in declaring that
/ never was ambitious to get there. OR
quiet life is ended.
The nationalist papers thfs evening de-
clare war to the knife on Loubet vowing
that they will never rest until they have
expelled him from the Elysee. Jules Lee
Maitre, founder of the League of the
French Motherand, says he will try to
get arrested for insulting NJ. Loubet, as
he intends to do. Emily Crawford.
Duke of Orleans on the Move.
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