Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-04
FRANCES FIRST
GASCON RULER
NEW PRESIDENT WORTHY Sue
CESSoR TO L0UBET
Said to Have No Enemy--After Elee-
tlon Declares His Only Ambition
Is to Walk In steps Of His
Predecessor
speeIal cahle 10 rho 1Iornld.

Special Cable to The Herald.
PARIS, Feb. s.--Those bright spirits
who make the songs Of France in the
cabarets of Montmartre and along the
boulevards, have awarded the retiring
President Loubet a certificate of good
citizenship and are now hailing M. Fall
Heres as successor likely to tread In
his footsteps, the very words, indeed,
which the president-elect used at Ver-
sailles when he was notified Of his cleo
tlon.
II have" he said, "but one ambition.
TO walk in the steps OF that old repub-
lican without fear and without re-
proach, who during his seven years of
office has set such examples of cour-
age, wisdom. patriotism and disinter-
estedness, II like him accomplish my
seven years mandate 1 will, like
him, modestly and without stir, retire
from power"
A man of robust health and appetite,
M. Fallieres is very fond of dishes pc
culiar to Gascony. from which province
he halls, being, in fact. the first Gascon
who has attained presidential honors.
At the table he drinks petit vim"
from his own vineyards, at Loupillon,
where he has a small estate. which,
with n house or two at Mezin, left him
by his father, constitute the bulk Of
his modest fortune.
Has Not One Enemy
In his birthplace and surrounding
country NJ. Fallieres Is hail fellow well
met with everybody and is said not
to have an enemy
The Figaro states that in the whole
course of his political career, thirty
years as deputy senator and minister,
M. Fallieres has never been known to
use his power to remove a govern
ment employe, schoolmaster of func-
tonary of Lot ct Garonne, whose
political views did not include his own.
How many deputies, asks the Figaro,
could say as much?
Republican writer's see a man likely
to be worthy successor to NJ. Loubet;
In fact, some people go so far as to
trace a personal resemblance between
the two presidents, particularly in the
lower portion of the face, with a big
spreading white beard.
Difference in Stature
In stature and girth there is, of
course, a great difference. NJ. Fallieres
Is a much bigger man, with an avoir-
dupois which has been the butt of the
caricaturists. The president-elect
takes these jests with characteristic
good humor, while, at the same time,
sparing no pains to keep down his
weight.
For a year past 1t is told of him that
he every morning rain or cold, starts
at o'clock on two hours fast walk,
from which he returns bathed in per-
spiration and then, assisted by his
wife, for this simple minded man does
not like to have many servants around
him, has a vigorous rub down before
starting his days work, at half past
10. He lunches at midday, dimes at
and retires at 10.
Nor can the charge of nepotisn be
made against the president-elect. M.
Fallieres has three orphaned nephews
who live with him, and recently one
of them sought to obtain the deco
ration of "Palmes Academiques," and
induced the then minister of the in
terror to include his name in the list,
which was in due course submitted to
NJ. Fallieres for approval. At dinner
that evening NJ. Fallieres spoke to the
nephew as follows: $50 you
wanted the Palmes Academiques, and
you made use of my name to get
them. ] wish you to understand. ne
phew, that 1 don't want anybody to
say that 1 favor my relatives, and con-
l have crossed out your
name from the list"