New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-06
FRANCES COMING MAN.
Lord Cursor Abohshes Grill Service
Com DefitiCe Examinations.

frances coming man. who. 81 he wishes. can be
Sc -ezt Premier. and who at the present moment
,s che leader the for the Presidency OF the
77epubHc. Is II. Doumer. Even at the present
mont as chairman OF the Budget Committee in
~ chamber OF Deputies. he virtually holds the
nurse strings OF France, and such is the power
Seflrl the throne" Gar beta. Il may be remem-
bod was never so influential. not even when
Premier and President OF the Chamber OF Depu-
.ie4 IS when chairman OF the Budget Committee.
- T1aluer IS antagonists 70 the present admins
,-7,io-. He Is remarkable man. The son OF
,-crlsfng people who could afford TO give him only
O., elementary education. and who brought him up
- the trade OF a working lock smith. il was not
,aqv for him to I'll Up the vacant educational gaps
7,l.t he cid it by dEt OF prIvation and hard work
mart o. the money he earned workman going
- Day for his books and instruction Thanks 10
,fte he eventually passed his examination as a
80. ,1,s1ier" and thereupon abandoned his trade as
. goldsmith and became journalist, realizing that
4. r--7n~e more than anywhere else, lie Jour
slis-le meme tout condition de ne pas en- faire
--r lonrte-aps' (''journalism leads to everything
,rovidng one does not stick TO it too long , tie
-r-o+e Tor some time with great success for the
.-p-oc~ss &c St Quentin a local paper, and his
salient as q Journalist his FIRST stepping stone
20 fame.
PARIS followed. ana he became Editor Of the
s.,-o1-asre and shortly after entered political life
77a Vas the chef de Cabinet principal private
secretary % Premier Floquet. got caught in the
77o,,lanaer storm. and entered The Chamber as a
7,or1znrer Deputy. After successive rises he be
nc minister OF Finance in the Bourgeois ad-
,fse+ai oy, 7I- when the Cabinet went out OF Of
&C. exrarfonced a rather hard time, having no
-,-ivsfa means and being hurdened with a family
~ Sis, r~ eieht children his wife being the penni-
les daughter Of college professor. n,the Cham
- however he showed himself sklful an op-
,.,-e~- and so caustic a critic that the admins
.~tio- Of the DAY. anxious 20 get rid OF him. Of
ss--5 him the Governor-Generalship OF lndo-Chna
.e De Rad 60 OG0 francs worth OF debts ne &C
.o-4e4 and remained in Frances Oriental Dc
,.e-5a-ry Tor his fun term If five years, SAVING
enough from his annual salary OF $4,000 year
,-5 saooa q year more Of allowances, 10 pay on
sfs liabilities and to insure him MODEST cam
reterrv on his return 10 France.
-5e IS s man OF the simplest tastes drinks moth
e, ,-+ voter is - model husband and devoted
fs+bo- Tire hest type. in fact ~ the frencn
..,-se without however. the preiudices OF that
class q which he got nd While IN me Orien.-
-,-lre tsere he did 50 much 70 promote French
-, re- ,,o established a strong hold on the re-
- aud consideration OF the great coUnerclal
- -,ar,Ifa curing centres at home, Lyons, Bor-
ses,x MarseiIles Isle. etc which constitute real
:, +s Ia lhoue OF France. In one OF the 8ddreSses'
which he delivered at Lyons when home on leaFe'
=, rsee--ad 70 those magistrates OF the ancient
-s,,trlcs sent out by the people 70 govern DISTANT
colonies who having accomplished their tempo
-. missions returned 10 solicit once more the
- ~ -tef- fellow citizens and TO offer them the
,,,- ~ tbei~ rfpc talents and experience ms i
- -ere- which he is now making to the french
80 and fudging by appearances. his oneT IS
On the eve Of being accepted. and ms COUNT IL
are about to intrust the direction OF 'h'i' w.
st-ies 10 his HANDS.