Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-18
An { }ICAN WOMAN
MAY Be FIRST LADY
Anna Gould May be Wife Of the
Next President OF the French
Republic.
"OuR COUNTESS AMBITIOUS.
viii spend Fortune In Feting sena-
tors anl Deputies Who VIII Sc
lcut the President

Suo,LI Corr, H1ndcpce.
~AElS. Nuv i'm few months, or
- perhaps even in a 'e" weeks Il
uoalsIy s TO ba credited, France
Win have new president though
bis Identity rs sun so lost amid the
hos OF cuuddutes that 40 one can
guess shreVdly what his name may be.
For according Go the French c2nstitu-
dion. the now president is not elected
from among leW nominees pointed
ONT by political parties. but is chosen
directly by the members Of the senate
and chamber meeting q what is called
the congress " Versailles. The nuns
her of candidates Is Consequently un-
limited. ana the one winning the most
votes becomes president The system
ia much the same 49, tha. of the party
conventions preceding elections In
AmeriC., and the surprises are Sener-
ally as great Several men have already
been mentioned as favorites but, to
Judge by precedent this would almost
suffice to bar them out and TO render
AN the more eager the search for tho
| dark horse who will win In the lat
ter category. one of the names Is none
other than that OF Count Boni de Cas-
tellane, husband OF Anna Gould. Those
| who know Boni hest say that his horses
| and his club are much nearer to his
| heart than would be the glOries Of hold
ing the helm of the ship Of state. But
! his countess has been stirred by the
| accounts OF what Consuelo Vanderbilt
| has been doing tn further the political
! interests OF the Duke of Marlborough,
/ The countess II is who has been largely
| responsible for Bonrs recent entrance
! into active politics.
"a SORE THORN
While. however Bonis parliamentary
| HE has In a way gratliied Anna Goulds
| vanity IL N "A sore thorn in her flesh
| that she is sull beneath the social
| prominence Of the Duchess Of MARIE
| borough. who ranks above all Ameri-
| cans married TO titled foreigners But
| ms the wife of the president OF France
| would 0uulnk all the duchesses in this
world, Anna Gould has set her heart
! upon climbing 10 this pinnacle, and she
! hopes TO succeed by dlnt of dollars
| spent In giving nm unprecedented series
| of dinners. balls and entertainments
| generally for the members OF parla-
| ment Many of the members OF both
| the senate and chamber, indeed, the
| vast majority of them. are obscure mem
| from the provinces, who have taken up
| politics because they make living out
| of IL. and who, however liberal may bs
! the principles which they proclaim, con.
slider It a privilege and a joy to be res
| ceived By "A count backed by an Amer-
| lean millunllress And as in France
| the future president has to count sole.
" with members OF parliament tho
Countess de Castellanc's idea IL not y
bad one.
LAuRELS AND ROSE LEAVES.
And Boni may stand more chance
than would be supposed from anything
me has accomplished so far. The ona
| achievement of his life has been captur-
Ing the Gould millions. which in itself
was a masteriul performance, perhaps
iustifying a man In resting thenceforth
on laure,s mixed with rose leaves. This
! Incidence * precisely what counts for
| him There - nothing which tho
! Third Republic fears as much as pop,
ularity or surprising merit The less
sons OF Louis Napoleon's coup detat
| and Of Gen, Boulanger's plot have sunk
deep. So whenever a Frenchman shows
| himself To- be intellectually head and
shoulders above his fellows, the whole
government coalition Is turned againsr
him 20 Gust hin, before he can do anys
thing or become anybody
COMPELLED TO RESIGN.
As soon as Caslmir perler showed
himself to be an able. sincere and ems
srgetiC man his encourage forced HIM
into such a position that he had IA