The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-28
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BY PIERRE RosIER.

Paris February 19.--Loubet Is the most popular president that France has had since 1870, and one of the most able. He is now in his 66th year and descends from family of farmers settled since the mid dle of the 17th century In the province of Dauphine. He studied as lawyer in Paris. and in 1865 joined the bar at Mon telimar, the nearest town to his native village of Marsanne. M Loubets whole career has constituted an admirable ap- premiership for the high post he now oc- cupes, having given him an insight into many, if not most, of the branches of the civil administrations He was elected Conseiller Acknowledgement in 1863. The same year he married lady Of Monteh- mar, of which town he was elected mayor on the 4th of September 1870, the date or the downfall of the second empire. In lsh he was elected to the Consell General or the Drome, and fourteen years later he became president of that body. He was returned a member of the Chamber or Deputies for Montelimar in 1SI6' ana Joined the Tirard Cabinet as Minister TOT Public Works in 1887 He ented the senate inc following year. Before M. Loubet be- came president of the republic, in 1s9s' he had distinguished himself by the good work he did as chairman Of the hnance committee In the senate in 1S90 as prime minister in 1892, as chairman or the GUS toms committee in 1893. and as president of the senate. to which position he was elected the same year. He kept the posi- ton of mayor of Montelimar up to the time of his election as member of the chamber of deputies. His father, M Aug,lste Loubet had been mayor or Marsanne for no less than thirty-seven years The family was originally set tied in the village of Reauvtlle, where they can be traced back as far as 164o The head of the family, which was en- gagged in agriculture, had repeatedly held the position of village mayor There has thus been a long family tradition Of ex- perience in municipal affairs.
 The commune of Reauville is situated near Grignan. once the residence or Mme de Sevigne The presidents home borders on Provence but there is marked dif- ference between the Dauphinois character of that district and the neighboring Prov encal. The population Is practically un- mixed Dauphinois The typical Dauphln- ois has little or nothing in common with the literary. poetic and artistic tenden- cies of the Provencal. The Dauphinois is a harder and more simple nature. and po- liticany he has long displayed democratic sympathies In 17sS the revolution began k in that province before it broke out in the rest of France. Dauphine had an Etat general of it's own year before the Etats Generaux at Versatile. In short. the province of Dauphine does not form part of the true Midi it has an entirely dis tinct temperament. The president takes a keen interest in country life and In local affairs of his home. He is profoundly att tached to his native soil. Two months after his election as president he paid visit to Montelimar, where he met his aged mother. Mime. Loubet lives on the farm of La Terrasse at Marsanne near Montelimar, in the house in which her son, the president. was born. La Terrasse Is a little estate composed of three farms belonging to the family. It Is situated in a large plain surrounded by mountains. The president is fond of shooting and day of that sport is still his favorite recre- ation. He owns pheasant shooting, and there Is a good deal of mixed game to be found in the mountains. The property re- gently purchased by M. Loubet is about l5 kilometres from his old estate of La Terrasse. and half way between Marsanne and Grfgnan where the president spent part of bis youth and where his brother now practices as a doctor, .f
 The presidents line in politics. Is that