New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-13
VI. CAsIM1R- PERIER.


Ex-President Of France, who died Monday night.
an hour later. All the members of the family.
with the exception OF his sister. the Countess de
segur were with him when he expired.
President Fallieres. Premier Clenenceau, mem
bers of the aristocracy in Paris. the diplomatic
corps, Senators, Deputies and the leading off,
Gals this morning sent their condolences or
signed the register at the home Of the EXPIRES
ident.
The Cabinet met at noon. and decided on a ma
tional funeral. but the family Of NJ. Casim!r-
Perier declined the honor. in accordance with
the wishes of the ex-President
The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies adj
Journed as mark Of respect.
Jean Paul Pierre Casmir-Perier was born in
Paris on November g. 1s47. He belonged TO fam
fly long prominent in France. although Of COM
paratvely humble origin.
His great-g-eat- grandfather a notary OF
Grenoble The notarys son. jacques, tradesman
Of Lyons, was able TO bequeath TO his Claude
fortune OF 625.OO0 francs. This Perier-the
was not then hyphenated-a longheaded and dar-
ing speculator. enormously increased his inherited
capital in the troubous days before the Revolu-
tion. With part Of II he purchased the stately
Chateau do While After tho Terror he went to
Paris, helped TO found tho Bank OF France and
sat in the Corps Legisatf
Eight sons survived him, the two elder Of whom
became peers ~ France. the third riyalled his
father In commercial saEaclty. while the fourth
son, CasimIr. destined 70 establish the political
fortunes OF the family a still prouder basis than
before giant in frame with n voice Of thunder
eloquent but bitter. to brutality in manner.
he played a considerable part in the Opposition
after tho Restoration. or strong but honorable
ambition. he rose TO the part OF President OF the
Council under Louis Philippe lie supposed
TO have caught tho Infection on a visit 70 tho
Cholera Hospital in 1852 with the Duo dOrleans
He was treated for tina. and for various other all
ments that the treatment induced. ana when he
was dead It was discovered that hts original i'll
ness had been due simply to overexertlon
Casimir left two sons Paul and Augusta tn.
latter who was the younger adopted the baptlsmal
name OF his father part of his surname and was
known as Auguste Casimir-Perier. Both brothers
entered politics. but younger became tho moro
distinguished Holding aloof from public affairs
during the Third Empire I'm 1871 he supported NJ
Theirs who made him Minister OF the Interior
He died in 1876, and his Jean Paul Pierre sue
ceeded 10 the greater share Of both his political
reputation and his material estate The Chateau
dc While stiil remained IN the family but the
future Presidents favorte home was always tho
Chateau de Pont-sur-Scine. which was much moro
convenient OF access from Paris
jean Paul Pierre was educated nj the French
capital and received a degree in literature and
history at the Sorbonue. In the war with Germany
ne served as a captain In tho Mobiles d'Aube tho
department which his father had represented nj
the outset of his political career, in Isl9. The
young officer was mentioned In general orders for
having rescued n wounded comrade under heavy
hre. IN skirmish in front of the redoubt OF Moulin
saquet For this act he received also the decora-
ton OF the Legion of Honor
From October, 1871. until February. 1872 he acted
as his fathers secretary IN the Ministry OF the In
terror In 1874 the elder Casimir- Perler who had
resigned his portfolio in 1879 and had resumed it
two years later only to go out again in a few
Gays with the Theirs administration. presented his
son to the electors OF NOgent-sur- Seine as a can
didate for the Chamber of Deputies. His election
followed by a vote Of 1907 to no. He was re-
elected in 1915, and in 1877 was one OF the s63
deputies who refused 20 give the ministry Of the
Duo de Broglie vote OF confidence Dissolution
followed. and NJ Casmir- Perier was a third time
elected 20 the Chamber Under the new govern
ment he received his first public Office as Under
Secretary of State for Public Instruction Worship
and Fine Arts post which he held until the re-
trement Of the Dufaure Cabinet in 1879. Hitherto
tb put he now definitely cast in his lot with
s smT sEe , LETT His constituency Of Nogent
passed excluding from all civil and military ofices
over France. NJ Casimir- Perier thereupon re-
signed from the Chamber on the ground that he
FOUND II impossible 10 reconcile his political senti-
calculated TO make favorabe Impression ON the
voters OF Nogent Seine. who Immediately re-
In 1889; during the Ferry Ministry no was ap-
the most innor3t ar OF S'dte Tor war 1t was
held and when he resigned It. a protest against
the agitation for the expulsion OF the Orleans
princes, his act aroused temporary disrust his
oyaIty 70 the republic in spite of his consistently
logical Republican Several years later,
when tho Royalists offered him an exalted position
in return for his allegiance to their party, he
rejecting their proposal and saying that he would
rather be a citizen In a republic than duke In q
kingdom.
In 1855 he was chosen a Deputy for the Depart
Seine again returned him. 1890 he became Vice
President of the Chamber and twice re-
q he u
made President Of the Chamber OF Deputies, and
q fortnight later he became Prime Minister In
the following spring his ministry went out of
poweT through its failure to receive vote of con-
chosen President OF the Chamber, and was holding
that Office when President CaTnOt was assassinated
in June. 1894.
On the 9th day OF the same month he was
elected President of the Republic by the National
Assembly Versailles only ballot being neces-
sary. NJ CasimiT-Perer received 45l votes. against
l95 for NJ. BTisson, his closest rival
Some of the new Presidents first public acts
made an excellent popular impression. His walking
alone and unguarded In the streets on the day
after his election and other evidences OF MS iree-
dom from personal fears al that time OF serious dis
quiet, aroused a feeling OF great coTdlaIty on the
part of the people. he was greeted win cheers
hand. This favorable impression was increased !
when he following on loot the comm OF
his murdered predecessor. But puDnc seutlnent
soon underwent a change-at leaSt IN Faris. In /
October. when he visited the Longchamps races, !
mis- reception by the pOpulace was decldedly emily.
Both as "A member OF the goVernInenl ana as |
Impressed every being an energetic, hard
working servant the people, influenced solely by
a sense of honor His anti-socia!ist, ana anIl-rad-
cal views were we'll known, ana u was telt mat
the country would be safe In his conservative |
hands But in spite OF his triumphant majority |
there were soon indications that HIS OF Of
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