Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-13
SURPRISE OF PARIS Is BRIEF
Fall of Dupuy Has Beeh
Only Matter of Date"
Rousseau's Chances Good.

Downright, 1899, by Associated fFessl
PARIS. June l2.-Shortly before 8 o'clock
this evening the boulevards presented d
trnIca, partisan scene. The sidewalks were
crowded with %lounging bo~uieVaroers' anu
evarv seat az the little tables in front OF
the cafes was occupied by a Partisan, when
rnsnnounced news vendors rushed along
with patches OF papers hot from the press
shouting Fall OF the ministry In a mo-
ment each newspaper office was the center
of a mob, everybody snatching up the pa
pers. The boys could not take the money
,aa, enough. Carriages, facres and big four
horse char-a-bancs were just returning
along the boulevards from the races and
their occupants jumped out and joined IN
the melee for the possession OF the papers.
Then the people settled down again az
the tables, read the brief bulletin, The
government has been defeated in the cham
Der and rendered its resignation" shrugged
their shoulders and looked at each other
with a half amused air.
The first news came as a surprise, but
after that Paris accepted the event in the
shirt of Oriental fatalism. The fact Is
Dupuy's fall was merely a matter OF date.
Every Partisan knew he was standing on
the threshold OF resignation. He was not
Dreyfusite enough for the Dreyfusards and
too Dreyfusite for the anti-revisiontsts
Nevertheless, the vote IN the tudLnpS4 tdLlc
as a surprise. even TO the voters, and the
Hobbies OF the Palais Bourbon were after
ward crowded with excited deputies warmly
discussing the prospective results OF their
own action.
The vote in the chamber OF 376 against
100 in favor OF the priority of VI. Vaillant's
motion, instead OF the order OF the day
submitted by VI. Saumande and VI. Char
ruyer. as asked by NJ. Dupuy, was the first
tolling Of the ministry's funeral bell. The
general opinion among political men is that
NJ. Dupuy should then have accepted the
situation. instead OF draining the cup Il
the dregs, The minority in the final vote
on the motion OF NJ. Ruau consisted ot
moderate republicans, while the rightist re,
dictionaries. the extreme republicans and the
socialists Joined in the movement 10 over
throw Dupuy. who Immediately left the
chamber amid leftist shouts OF "Vive Il
republique," and proceeded 10 a private
room. After a brief consultation with hi,
colleagues he drove TO the Elysee palace
with the resignation OF the cabinet.
Indiscretion Pointed out.
Two deputies who have supported NJ
Dupuy confessed in the Hobbies TO the con-
viction that he made a great mistake yes
terday in covering the Bois de Boulogne ant
Longchamps with sabres and bayonets. thu:
rendering Nj. IOuDet ridiculous, seeing ina
there was not a single serious demonstra'
tion against him anywhere, There was NJ
demonstration outside the Palais Bourbon
when the defeat OF the ministry became
known. Only a few idlers and intending
visitors 10 the public galleries, awaiting
their turn TO enter. were grouped at the en-.
trance. The deputies In the Hobbies dis
cussed the affalr and after mentioning
Poincare and NJ. de Lanessan, settled to tn
general opinion, which still prevails al
late hour, tina NJ, Waldeck-Rousseau vii
undertake the formation Of a cabinet, as
suming for himself the portfolio OF war
continuing NJ. Delcasse at the foreign ofic,
and appointing NJ. Traireaux minister o
Justice. Other portfolios. in such a com
bination, would be given to Nm. Poincar'
and Rouyier.
NJ. ROuyier, who is deputy for Grasse, II
an interview this evening, declared his be
lief in a Waldeck- Rousseau cabinet, pre-
dieting that it would receive the support o
the extreme left, NJ. Peytral also expresse,
his conviction that a Waldeck- Roussea,
ministry Was a certainty,
lie Courier du SotT, late tonight predict
that NJ. Henri Brisson will have an i'm
portant post In the new cabinet as being tn