Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-19
crowds. He arrived by daylight and had


crowds. He arrived by daylight and had
an escort of cuirassiers.
+. The entire absence of haughtiness in his
derneanor was favorably remarked. NJ.
Loubet paid visit to Nine. Faure on his
way home. and saluted the corpse of NJ.
Faure.
Loubet is the right man in the right
place,
The Importance of to-day's presidential
election for the welfare of the French re-
public and the prestige of France abroad
cannot be over estimated. The issue taken
was whether the law should be paramount
or an irresponsible league-the league of
the French fatherland, in the hands Of
clerical, monarchical and military agita-
tors.
Never was a more monStrouS conspiracy
engineered to pervert a whole nations
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 Loubets election.
that great weight has been, taken off
its Conscience. and hopes that new leaf
will be turned over the worst page of mod
ern 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 NJ. Loubet. Fairness. this, but the
NationaIists do not want fairness
They want Dreyfus, guilty or innocent
to remain perpetually at DEVILS island. 1t
was enough that NJ. Clemenceau supported
Loubet. The Nationalists declared that the
latter should not be president or they
would make Paris too hot for honest people
to live in.
But suppose Loubet were elected by a
large majority, would they set their will
above congress? Yes. they were quite
frank. 1t was to be expected that De
Besurepaire, that mad man and story teller,
would make up some falsehood against
Lcubet. Sure enough. he published this
morning Panama story against Loubet;
if possible, more empty than his charges
against the court of cessation. He showed
how little he. himself believed in his own
t:ttle-tattle by admitting that he doubted
not Loubet's uprightness. adding, in pc
| culiar, dishonest way, insinuations against
NJ. Loubet too fatuous for contradiction.
/ The Libre Parole branded him this morn
ing as Panama -Dreyfusite candidate -
| having the effrontery to remark that he
was supported by such as Reinach. Zadac,
Kahn. chief rabbi of France, and by Drey-
7 fus himself.
| The Nationalist organs are forced to ad-
NIT that not a word or deed of NJ. Loubet
| can be connected with Dreyfusism.
/ The fact Is that the. anti-Semites' heads
have been turned by the victories due to
| the weakness of the government. and they
| thought they could boss France.
They won another victory this morning
when Premier Dupuy. yielding to anti
| Semitic clamor.. gave Herr Frischauer
| the correspondent Of the Neue Freie Presse
notice of expulsion from France. Henry
fFrischauer, Catholic Austrian, asked the
i reason and was told that 1t was on ac-
count of the general tone Of his letters or
Dreyfus. Dupuy. however, being unable tc
point to single unwarrantable passage ir
| the letters.
4 N. Meline. who, through his shufaing ant
1 double dealing, caused the Dreyfus drama
l to become a national crisis, deserved the
honor of being put forward as candidate
by the Nationalists and rnonarchists. the
enemies of law and order. Apparently h,
realized that it was a doubtful compliment
\ declined, wavered, accepted and declined
last night; to the dismay Of the Nation
alists reaccepted this morning, and half de
| clined in the afternoon.
! NJ. Loubet, on his appearance in the con
gress house at Versailles, was received
with rounds of applause, a good omen. B.
| counting the hands that clapped 1t coult
4 be seen that he had clear majority amont
the outside candidates. 1t is significant O
the present yellow state of French opinion
that Colonel Monteil should offer himsel
simply because he has slaughtered few
negroes in West Africa.
4 Premier Dupuy replied to ethe Nationals
threats of street disturbances by orderin,
the troops in the barracks to have thei
arms stacked in readiness for every emer
gency.
The lunch at the Hotel Reservoirs was a
lively as usual at presidential election
Many ladies in handsome toilettes wer
present. Champagne was freely served an
I there was no trace Of mourning. Coun
CasteIlane was glad to squeeze himsel
in at a corner of a table beside mine an,
as other persons were drinking cheap win
he had the discretion to order small bot
tie of cheap wine. too
After lunch, all adjourned to the con
gress.
1t was the bill against the court of cas-
sation, I learned. that wrecked n. Dupuy'
chances. The deputies thought he wa
good enough for premier. but he had los
the respect which a presidential candidat
must command.
AS regards Meline, he could not win un
less with the support of the right, an
the Republicans have learned that lesso
from the case of NJ. Faure that the pres
! ident cannot do his duty to the republi
and at the same time fulfill promises t
the monarchists.
During the voting the Nationalists al
tempted disorder. That nefarious mounte
bank, De RouIede. mounted the tribun
and. addressing NJ. Loubet, in the chail
, called him a Panamist. and inquired wha
reply he would make to NJ. De Beaure
: paire's charges.
Loubet replied:
None. Your conduct is beneath m
, notice. Leave at once that tribune"
: NJ. Baudry d'Asson. a wealthy royali.
=, landlord and noted for his eccentric freak
Il while putting his paper IN the box, erie
''Vive lie roi," but two Republican deputie
who expected some scene. quickly shove
him along.
At a little past o'clock the news W.
!. circulated in the lobby. during brief a,
journment, that Loubet was elected by 4
votes against 279 for Meline and As Il
Cavaignac.
? When. the sitting was resumed, NJ. Loub
having given up the chair to the deput
chairman, NJ. Chauveau, the result was al
nounced and received with ringing chee
:. on the center and left, but the right mai
$ tanned sulky silence. Various cries we
heard. such as Down with forgeries
"Vive rarmee" and Down with the Jews
but all these cries were drowned by II
cheers for the Republican, NJ Loubet