Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

president of the French republic been confronted from the very hour Of his election with such hostile demonstra- tions, nor persecuted by such an abu- sive press. Loubet like Casimir Perier, was the nominee not of a mere coalition, and has the support Cf all most the entire republican party; but, like Casimir-P Perier, he is O. a sensi- tive temperament, and reads the news papers containing gross hbels on his character. emphasized by ezho1tations to violence The feroc.ty of the Ma tionalist and the anti-Semitic press today almost justifes M. Cornelys's ar ticle in Figaro in which the French political arena is compared by that facetious rOyalist to a 'dsn of hyenaG, tigers and jackals.'
 The serious papers, like the Temps" the Journal des Debats'' : and the ''Liberte," come out strongly in his behalf, and this is also tte p-sition taken by an overwhelming mai ,rity of the newspapers throughout the c3un- try. especially in the south. LouLet enjoys the enormous advantage of never having expressed any opinion on the Dreyfus revision, and his views ol this point are still unknown~ to h1; closest friends. The conviction of those in the presidents confidence is that, come what may, the, will be no flinching from responsibility, as was the case with Casimir-Perier.
 MilleVoyes "Patrie. D Drumont's 
 and the "Eclair" conta:n the most violent articles that have yet appeared against the head of the state. Even the fashionable "Gaulois' irdrlges in sneers at the presidents humble ori- gin and rustic habits, and dr WIS the following picture cf Loubets home life:
 ''It is true that LOUEet did not wear his peasants wooden sabots at his apartment in the Luxembourg palace, where he resided as President cf the senate, but when he came home he al ways took off his shoes and put cn an old pair of felt slippers, which he wore even during meals. While eating, he tucks a corner Of his napkin n his shirt collar. His wife, who also com S from the little town of Montelimar near the Rhone, midway between Lyons and MarseilIes is Q good cock. and knows how to stew rabbit better than any one. A strong dose Cf ga~lic invariably Terfumes the dishes in the Loubet household, and to remedy this l-oubet, who. in the dialect of the country, is called Loubette by his wifa. Is in the habit of taking firm the rack one of his welI-colored ripes, and while smoking it, eXpectorates fire ely on the floor, no matter what u Q quality of the carpet may bs. Mme. Loubet is 9 loQuacious woman ard a go-d house keeper. She speaks with a str-ng southern accent.
 "The new president will be diff cult pupil for M. Croz e. the chief Of protocol. LCnbet -es not ride horse back, so that Montjarret. the chief cf the presidential ables, will be dis appointed
 "The ambassadors an1 especially tn } ambassadors' wivIs will not be bCred at entertainments at the Elysee with the presidents rcr-I IT. nkness and Mime. Loubet's expansive humoI. Above all. what a treat this will be for the severe. .gns, the imperial and royal princes and princesses who may come to the exhibition of 1900: All Europe at the ElESea: How happy the good fclk of Mont9limar will bel"
 Such is a fair sample cf the e. as re-ating artic'es wh ci fiji page after page of the nationalist lelctiOnsry press. The ''Matin" publishes de- tailed biography of the president, and calls attention to LoUbet bsing the first president of the republic, except Thiers, who came from southsrn France. The "'Matin" adds tha. Leu let has markell ou hern acc5nt, and that his mother. a venerable woman Of eighty-four lives on a farm near Mo T. telimar, and always wears a reas mt g headdress.
 Loubet is net wealthy. lis forsLne consists of only S7O eco or SS0 900. The public feels convinced th-t Lot bets honesty and integrity are unimp each able, notwithstanding Quesnay de Beaurepaire's accusations of c0npIl- city in protecting some of h friend S from prosecution in the Panama af- fair, which is the orly thing in his long career which his Iitterest enemi es have been able to rak9 up az 5inst him.
 The Figaro" say s: "N0 doubt Lou bets short stature and his plump. round figure will prevent lin from as- sumirg theatrical attitu3es. He is by