New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-18
rlI[[ERES PRESIDENT.
uECTED IN ONE BALLOT.
rontinudtion of ". Loubet's Policy
Assured to France.

,.,..s, by French Cable 20 The New-york Tribunal
,-.rv-teh.. 1905. BY The Tribune Associationo
Ls Ian. I'm Faliieres. President of the
= was elected President of the French
's. sT,o nv the National Assembly to-day at
ess,lles on the first ballot. Eight hundred and
'.-.v.nine voters were present The figures
rere:
!, r.Tiares. 44e M. Doumer.......- 371
-ss-a were 2s scattering votes. and one repre-
.--.s+,ve did not deposit his ballot
:, rsuares returned to Paris from Versailles
'.a-.ss bv 3 military guard of honor. He will
=. over his new duties on February 49,
- election of NJ. Fallieres means the absolute
-.,,,stion of the administration OF NJ. Loubet.
- rsr President was acclaimed on his arrival
p.-ss nv crowds that although unable TO
,,a his features owing 10 the darkness,
80 friendly greetings as his closed landau
a5ad from the Care des Invalides to the
r.,sa Palace. where he arrived at $40 o'clock
=. president-elect was met by President Loubet
.ts large entrance hall, and the old friends
u,a5 arm in arm 10 the private library. where
- remained alone together for twelve min
ties.
,u.s;6ent Fallieres then asked if he might pay
sage IN her small salon upstairs. and with
,e.,ort smile said: Tell the new President
am going downstairs at once to salute
-. hut meanwhile President Fallieres had
-,.r -- sscended the stairway and, entering
r,a Ioubet's reception room. galantly Kissed
hand The two Presidents and Nine Loubet
A., chatted for few moments. ana NJ
,.r,s-es drove 10 his residence at the Luxem-
5o-,4 0S he
;. has occupied for eight years. President
,,,hat after President Fallieres's departure
r,le,noed ernphatically to his friend Comoa-
leu:
lam heartily glad of the result. and If could
,.rs selected g successor my choice would De-
,.,5 all doubt have been for Fallieres.
Tonight Paris is quiet. and with the excep-
.on of a few noisy reactionary and Nationalist
nufbs the Parisians accept the election with
rnpathy. There were a few Kisses and groans.
,ut many more cheers.
The new President seemed to be in exuberant
eath and spirits, and looked fully strong
rough 10 accomplish the irksome gymnastlc
hnctions of inaugural visits, dinners and recep-
inns sdberent to the Presidency of the French
aspublic. During the sitting Of the congress at
FersaiIles he presided with dignity and frmness.
md. according TO the French custom. wore plain
Uening dress. With his characteristic simplicity
u wore no rings or jewerly. and his shirt but
ms we're Of plain mother of pearl
Prominent in the diplomatic tribunes were Sir
7-ancis Berthe. the British Ambassador; Herr
t,n Flotow, Of the German Embassy; the am
,assadors Of Russia and Austro-Hungary and
or. Motono. the Japanese Minister. The galleries
rere thronged with women in elaborate gowns
mi beautiful feathered hats, notwithstanding
sownpour Of rain. It was a strange sight to
lee the famous Cour Honneur. with the eques-
sian statue Of Louis XIV. filed with more than
Ieven hundred automobiles. The only American
present at the congress, besides half a dozen
newspaper correspondents. was James H. Hyde.
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