El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-11
CONTEST Will
CONTINU
FOUR DAYS
Actual Selection Will Take
Place on Friday at Yer
sailleS.
FALLIERES WILL NOT
MAKE RACE AGAIN
Socialists Do Not Expect to
Elect, but Will Have In
fluence.

Paris. France, JAN 1l--NeNt week
in France there viii be cO-npE eSseu
into four days all the po!IucaL $500 $3.50
ment that runs rampant IN the Ohlle1
states from June to November IN
presidential years During tnaL PerI1A
me Fre7ch nominating bodies viii as
sembIe, make choices for the preSl-
Dental candidacy and flnalIy elect the
hS The n p TSl5i Of this tabloid election
TTesfav. January 14-Parliament re-
ASSEMBLIES and the chamber OF deputies
elects its president
Wednesday, January IA fulL
meeting OF the republican party Of
the chamber and senate viii be held
and a presidential candidate VIII re
selected
will elect its president
FRIDAY January 1.-THE $50 mem
bers Of the chamber OF deputies apd
of the French senate willsmeet at YER
sailles and elect a new French presl-
This burry-up method OF selecting a
chief magistrate to preside over the
desuiries CT Erance for the next seven
years is due TO d provision IN tEe
French constitution which takes the
election OF a president ou- OF the
hands of the electorate at large and
delegates II to the French chamber
Of deputies and the French senate sit
ting in Joint session Because OF this
PROVISION, also, France has been Drac-
tiCally rid of the ante-electlon excite
zuent prevalent in the United States
during a presidential year
Race Is Close One.
Despite this lack OF direct popular
designation, however, the presidential
race this year has been both close and
exciting. with nearly dozen candl-
dates of every political complexion
swinging into the home stretch for a
reck and neck finish The Republican
party, the dominant body in the
French parliament, also has suffered q
81 lit not unlike that which split in two
the Republican party of the United
States The leading presidential can
didates are as follows
Emile COmbres, former prime min
iSter; George ClemenceaUx, also
former prime Minister Antoine De-
host, president of the senate; Paul
Deschanel, president Of the chlmbe
If deputies; Alexander RlbOt. q for
mer prime minister Raymond Pom
care, prime minister and minister OF
foreign affairs; NJ. D9claSSe, minister
Of marine, and EXPIRE miere CaillauX-
Leon Bourgeois, former prime minister
and actual minister o. 4abOr and a
strong candidate, has refused point
flank to consider the election PreSi-
dent FaIlieres is also cut of the run
Before the advent Of II Ribot as a
possible candidate for presidential
honOrs, NJ. POincare was by FAR the
strongest entrant Both OF these men
are staunch leaders Of the Republican
party, and the announcement that both
would col tend for hOnOrs is looked
end il the election of a dark horse
Disturbed European conditions have
also played a l3rse part IN the coming
election. POincare. the prime minister,
is Thoroughly familiar with the Euro
pea-n situation and it is urged by
l many that his elevation 20 the preSl-
dcncy may Jeopardize French affairs
abroad This has brought the name
Of eX-premier Clemenceau strongly to
TIE front as a candidate
Two Are Old Men
n TNearr1ln IL in
and RibOt in his isl. Age, however,
( VIII not initiate against the chance
OF election Of either man, as it is Gus
tOmary to select men well advanced
in years for the French presidency
Both are married to Americans-M-
Clemenceau to the former Miss Mary
/ to the former Miss Mary BUrch Of Chi
/ casO-
PeuI Deschanel. though SIS. is the
youngest of all the candidates except
/ Premier P0incIre, who is only 81 II
/ NJ Deschanel should be again elected
by a large majority to the presidency
/ of the chamber Of deputies, 1t is said
/ that he will prove a formidable can
1 d.date- The others mentioned IN con-
nectiOn with the presidential hOnOrS
/ trail behind these in favorable cons1d-
I eratiCn, though the candidacy OF NJ
/ CaillaUX and NJ Delcasse are regarded
! as particularly strong.
A large factor in the presidential
[ race this year mas been the ever-In-
/ CT easing Socialist party. Their posi-
I ton with regard to Il coming cleo
! tiOn was explained as follows by N
/ Jean Jaures, their leader:
| There are IS Socialist members OF
I tie chamber of deputies If we have
/ not IS more in the senate it is be-
( cause senators are not elected direct
[ by the people. We don't expect to
/ elect a Socialist president. Never
/ theless, we VIII cast the first vote for
( enc of cur own. Then Wnen compete
/ tiOn is raging outside our party we
/ will observe TRANQUILITY and carefully
( the field of battle, and without doubt
/ cur compact force Will command the
! day"