The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-25

little taps of their fans. Indeed, this
week of debate has almost rivaled the
"grande semaine" az festival for
women. One of the reasons is the
presence of large number of new
deputies in the house, end their wives
and daughters have crowded to the
tribunes to see them cut their first
parliamentary capers. Even If M. LIE
Depute has remained silent, his fe-
male admirers have always the proud
conviction that he is capable Of maxi
ing great speech when the moment
arrives.
It is curious that the protagonists
in the great fight, Clemanceau and
Jaures, are both journalists. Clemen-
ceau is the greatest political writer
in France, and his articles in The
Aurore were wonderful piece of tren-
chant criticism and Illuminating coun-
sci. He is rare instance of man
who can speak and write with equal
cogency and power; he is rarer in
stance of the man who can act as we'll
as speak. He has two distinctive
traits; one is his remarkable grasp of
complicated questionable greatest
of all qualities for publicist as we'll
as for minister-the second is his
ingrained democracy. A benevolent
state provides him with a carriage and
pair and cockaded coachman to con-
duct him daily to his Office; he prefers
the more lowly method of the omnibus.
In his private house, at the TrocaderO,
he lives in the greatest simplicity, and
his chief Joy seems to be the feeding
of his pigeons. Like Mr.. Balfour, he
does not read the papers-at least
not nowadays. Strange. is 1t not, in
one of the "metier?" To a friend he
said recently: zone of the advantages
of my position is that I am so busy
l have no time to read the press"
NJ. Jaures is the director Of "L'Hu-
mantle" He is an admirable speaker
"a real orator-whose imagery Is al
ways striking, and Vten very beauti-
full. Some of his speeches remain in
the ears long after they are spoken.
A remarkable discourse was his en-
tente cordiale speech, uttered at the
banquet to British NJ. P.'s at the Grand
forest of misunderstanding thawing
beneath the rays of international SYM
pathy. AS writer he Is much less at
lTdCIlV0 anu 1883 COuVluCluS. l1c udo
been compared with John Burns.
Physically there is a resemblance to
the president Of the local government
board. Both give the impression OF
power, both are emphatic in their
speech, so that it seems to be a real
physical exertion; but, beyond that,
, the comparison hardly goes. Jaures
hides beneath an exterior that recalls
in its vigor and robustness the work.
ing man-an effect heightened by his
entire disregard for appearances and
his rooted objection to evening dress
an erudition that is common to few
men, He is a real intellectual, and
could today step into the chair of
philosophy at the Sorbonne.
This debate, which will be continued
tomorrow afternoon, has aroused I'M
wonted interest. 1t has set all the
world talking of socialism. The brill
liant advocacy of Jaures has infected
many of the young men one meets
socially with an enthusiasm for the
larger, II impracticable. ideals Of poll
tics. Many discuss the bearing Of
these doctrines Upon actual life. I
have just listened to the eloquent
apologist. Said the young speaker:
DO not run away with the idea that
socialism means the dragging down to
one dead level of the whole of society.
1t means, on the contrary, that every