New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-18
VOTING At VERSAILLES.
bathurst of Enthusiasm Greets M.
Fallieres's Election.
tRr The Associated Press.1

ra-is Ian 1.-THE National Assembly met at
1 o'clock this afternoon in the Congress HaIt OIL
the palace at Versailles for the election OF
President Of the republic. The Assembly con-
sists noninally of SCI Deputies and 800 Senators
but owing to deaths. illness and the passage OF
some of the Deputies to the Senate, leaving tnelr
seats vacant, the number present was decreased
to S49 The greatest interest was shown IN the
nroceediugs. which, however. were long, the
members of the Assembly voting in alphabetical
order those waiting their turn discussing e1-
citedly the prospects of their favorites.
The voting proceeded steadily. Cheers were
raised whenever a popular legislator or states
man deposited his ballot in the urn. each group
sDplaudine It's leaders and hooting the leaders OF
opposins groups. Several aged Senator'S, In
Guiding NM Ranc, Coujon and Sarraut. who
were obviously ILL., received the assistance Of the
ushers when mounting the tribune. Finally
silence proclaimed the end of the balloting, and
all present eagerly awaited the announcement
Of the result Then, when the first fgures-M.
FaIlieres. 446, and NJ Doumer, 371-were given
out, there was an outburst of enthusiasm. which
WAS renewed after the corrected figures, giving
M. Fallieres 449 and thus increasing his already
clear majority, were announced
The President of the Republic of France is elected
by the majority of the Senate and the Chamber
of Deputies. The Senators and Deputies are reg
,,1arIy elected for nine and four respectively
The election Of the President always takes place
at Versailles and not at Paris. for the reason
that the electors may not be influenced by the
popular feeling which at times runs high i'll Paris
Everywhere at the Palace of Versailles, where
the election takes place one Is surrounded by
"reminiscences OF royalty and relics of the Empire
and Napoleon. In the midst of the paintings and
statuary one sees improvised bar, smoking room.
etc for the accommodation of the electors.
NJ Clement Armand Fallieres succeeded NJ. Emile
Loubet as President of the French Senate just as
now he succeeds him President of the French
Republic. He has been French legislator for
thirty years. The grandson of blacksmith and
the son of magistrates clerk, he born at
Mezin, in the Department of Lot-et- Garonne, in
1871 and is in his sixty-fifth year He was
educated for the law and practised in Nevac. of
which city he Mayor until elected from his
as Republican. He made his mark In pub
lie affairs and in 1882 he became Minister of the
Interior in the Duclerc Cabinet. He held that
post also in 1888 and 1887 From 1888 to 1895 he was
Minister of Public Instruction. and again in 1SseaO
In 1SS7-SS he was Minister of Justice and also i'm
1890 go. When NJ. Duclerc resigned as Premier nj
Fallieres his successor but his ministry lasted
only month under President Garnet
He continued a member OF the Chamber until
1890. when he was elected a Senator. and he was
reelected in 1897. When NJ. Loubet was elected
President OF the Republic in 1899 to sfISceed nj
Felix Faure Senator Fallieres was chosen to snr.
coed him presiding officer OF the Senate fta
presided at the trials of NJ Deroulade M fSuArir
and others for conspiracy. '-