The Daily Missoulian., 1913-01-18
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IS ELECTED
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that had been mentioned. that several
ballots would be necessary. According
t. the constitution, if three ballots are
cast without result, the candidate
/ then holding the highest total of votes
| Is chosen as president.
Out of the nine presidential elections
| that have been held since the founda .
ton of the third republic in 1870, seven
| have been decided on the first ballot.
only at the elections of Sadi- Carnot in
1887 and of Felix .Faure in 1895 were
, two ballots necessary.
Voting Slow.
Each ballot occupied three hours, as
the deputies and senator's are called
upon separately in alphabetical order
to place their ballot papers in tn
urnS.
The interior of the palace which
dates from the time of Louis XIV. was
brilliantly decorated. The floor of the
| congress hall itself was arranged with
500 chairs covered in dark leather The
members of the two chambers took
their places in accordance with their
political groupings.
ootSiue liS pdltCe III llle spacious
grounds there was great animation all
day, the park being filled with motor
cars and carriages, while many livericd
domestics and thousands of curious
foreigners wandered about. These
were interspersed with mounted troop
ers for the purpose of keeping order.
Twelve special telegraph wires had
been laid from Versailles to Paris for
the use of officials and newspaper cor
respondents and dozens of special tele-
phones were installed to insure rapid
communication.
The buffet of the palace was heavily
bottles of mineral water.
Considerable commotion was caused
by stranger seeking to obtain en-
trance to the palace. When he was
stopped by gendarme and asked his
business, he pulled out revolver and
shouted: This election should not
take place!"
He was disarmed and arrested. A
number of other suspects also were
taken into custody
Precautions.
The government took unusual mill
tary and police mea sures along the
railway lines from Paris to Versailles,
which were guarded the whole distance
by men posted at intervals of 100
yards. A force of 1000 policemen
drawn from all cities of France was
brought here this morning as we'll as
detachments of troops of all arms while
the garrison of Versailles was confined
to it's quarters.
The national assembly was opene /
promptly at o'clock by Antonin Du
bost, president of the senate, who read
the decree of convocation. Every inch
OF space in the great ball was occupied.
Nine-tenths of the spectators in the
g9neries were women.
Everybody present was listening with
strained attention when suddenly a
hall shouted:
I'VE protest against"
The rest of the phrase was lost in
a tumult of cries and exclamations.
The voice was that of the conserva-
tive deputy, the Marquis Albert de
Dion, who, when the uproar had some
what subsidized, started afresh:
I'VE protest against the election Of
The president of the republic by parlia-
nent instead Of by the people,
The assembly was agitated anew by
a shout from a socialist deputy, Down
with the empire.''
The republicans replied by cheering:
Long live the republic!"
Senator Dubost, who is a veteran
parliamentarian. gradually restored or
der by admonishing the assembly that
such Interruptions We're deplorable and
futile as we'll as being contrary to the
rules of what was merely an electoral
college where motions and speeches,
whatever their character, were not per-
missible.