The News and ()bc?**ver.
VOLUME XXXVII.
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FINANCIAL BILLS
TW O NEH ON ES XV ERE IXTIIO
m « i:n in tiik sen ate
A KBTERI)IY.
PROVISIONS OF THE GILLS.
Mr. Posh’s Provides lor the Issue of
#100,000,0011 Lean I Tender Notes
and Coinage of ihe Silver Biiillion--
M . Sherman W «nis lo Issue Three
Percent. Ronds and Three PerCen*.
Ceitilieaies—-The “Old Muscovy
Drakes” Annin.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 17.—The
fiist business of importance in the Senate
to day was the introduction of twofinan
ci; 1 bills, one by Mr. Pugh and the other
by Mr. fthenuot The title of the fir-t
was “To meet deficiencies in the revenue
of the Treasury of the United States; to
regulate the rtdempsion of Treasury and
coin notes of the United States; to res
tore silver to oedoage; to amend the Na_
tional banting and currency laws; and
for other pnrpos -s. "
That of the second was to ‘ To provide
for a tmnpnrary deficiency of revenue.”
Provisions of the Rills.
Mr. Pugh's bill provides for the issue
at onoe of not exceeding #10(1,000,OOo
legal ten ler notes to meet deficiencies
and to be redeemable in gold or silver
standard coins; for the coinage of silver
bullion in the Treasury to be used in the
payment of the public expenditures; for
the issue of certificates for silver to b •
deposited, to the amount, of its marked
value; for the reserve of $100,000,000 in
equal amounts of gold and silver; and
for the payment of custom duties, cue
half in gold and the other half in other
currency.
Mr. Sierman’s bill authorizes the issue
of three per cent b aids for the redemp
tion ot Unit'd States Treasury notes ami
to pay current expenses; also the issue of
three per cent certificates to lie sold at
public depositories and at postofflees, and
allots the issue of national bank cur
rency of the par vdue of the bonds de
posited therefor. Ruth bills were read
in full and were referred to :he finance
committee.
The “Old Muscovy Drakes” Again.
Mr. Pugh made an impassioned
speech when he introduced his bill, iu
which he alluded to Mr. Vest’s facetious
characterization of Senators yesterday
as a lot of “Old Muscovy Drakes,” and
condemned it as “degrading, mortifying
and humiliating.”
The pension appropriation bill (ap
propriating #140,0 >O,OOO for pen
sions) was passed with an amend*
. meut to abolish #2 and #1 disability
pensions, and to make the minimum
amount six dollars per month.
The army appropriation bill was taken
up, but got snagge d on a que-tiou ot
change of array posts a question on
which Mr Mitclnl ! (Rep.) Oregon, and Mr.
Blackburn, (Dom ) Kentucky, got heated
up to a point which came uaugetousiy
near to a personal altercation.
The Array appropriation bill went
over without ti al action and after
a short executive sessio, at 5; HO ad
journed until to morrow.
THE DAY IN THE HOI SK.
The* Indian Appropriation Rill m:der
Consideration.
Wasinutov, Jan 17.— The proceed
ings of the House in the morning hour
lacked general interest and were besides
interrupted to receive a message from
the Senate announcing the passage, with
amendment, of the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill for the current year.
On motion of Mr. Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, the amendment was agreed
to and a conference ordered, with
Rreckenri 'ge, Styers, of Texas, and
Oannon, (Hep , III.,) managers on the
part of the House The Indian appro
priation bill was then taken up iu com
mittee of the whole.
To Pay for the Cherokee Strip.
Mr. Cobb, of Missouri, moved an
amendment appropriating $1,660,000 to
pay the first installment, due Ma eh Ist,
1895, of the money due for the purchase
and opening of the Cherokee strip, tin
der the act of 1893.
Mr Holman made the point of order
that the appropriation belonged in the
sundry civil bill, and he made it for tie
express purjwise of totting a ruling of
the eh nr. for the first time in the his
tory of Congress, upon tne question of
jurisdi'tion of these matters.
Chairman O'Neill said that the appro
priation was different from the aopro
priations under the jurisdiction of the
committee on rivers and harbors, to
which Mr. Holman had referred, in that
that c wmnittee was authorised to make
appropriations for new work only The
Indian appropriation bill was a bill ap
preprinting money to carry into effect
treaty stipulations with Indian tribes.
The amendment was evidently to carry
out a treaty stipulation, and was there
fore in order.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Holman said he hoped the com
mittee on Appropriations would bear in
mind the ruling of the chair when mak
ing appropriations for work carried on
under contracts made nunsnant to river
and harbors appropriation bills.
No other important change was made
in the bill, which had not been disposed
of when the House, at 4:40, adjourned
until to-morrow.
Mi** Stevenson row ing Weaker.
* Asheville, N. C., Jan. 17. Miss
Stevenson has grown steadily weaker,
a >d at 10:30 to-night, it appears impos
sible that she can live through the
n gl t.
TWO NEW COTTON MILLS.
Fayettevill**’* Advantage* for tlii* ln
du* ry R ing Recognized.
Special to the News aud Observer
FaVBTTKVILLE, N. C.. Jan. 17.
There is a party of Northern capital
ists here with a view to locating a large
cotton mill in this city. That Fayette
villi' off**rs very great advantages for
su ;h a i industry is evident from the fact
t iat we have unlimited water power, un
equ died shipping facilities, both by rail
and water, and the fuel supply is both
sure and cheap, owing to proximity to
coil fields at Egypt. An effort is also
b ong made to build a cotton tuill on the
co operative plan. The several cotton
mills in and around this city are in a
very prosper ms cond tion. Nearly all
of them are running on double time.
Toe Fayetteville cotton mills has recent
ly added an electric light plant.
The AH ntic Coast Line has com
menced work n its new depot here. It
is to tie the finest passenger station in
Hie State. The construction will be fin
ished is in l ard wood.
The Southern Telephone company is
planting poles for its telephone system,
which will lie very complete in every de
tail. The charges are nominal, being
only one half of the American Bell com
pany’s prices operating in other cities.
The telephones to be used in this system
are made right here and are
said to be the most perfect speak
ing telephone on the market.
The company has just completed ship
ments of instruments and exchange
equipments to poiuts in Texas, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, and both the Caro
lines.
The Misses McKeithan entertained a
number of frieu Is at their beautifu
home on Hay street Tuesday evening
Games and music were the featur es of
the evening, folio ved by an elegant
luncheon.
TROY TO HAVE A PAPER.
rhe First Issue will Appear About the
First of February.
Special to the News and Observer.
Trov, N. C . Jan 17.
For the past week Rev. J. W Jenkins,
a Baptist evangelist of Winston, has
been conducting a revival in the court
house here. The town gave him a very
warm reception, and much good has
been done by his earnest preaching
P -of. Downing, a graduate of Kee Mar
Vocal College, conducted the singing
Troy is to have a newspaper at an
early day. Mr T. 8 Pool, of Red
Springs, will come here this week, and
will send out the first issue of a paper
about February Ist.
Mr. W. R, 11 irris, ex-Olerk of the
Su erior Court, has decided to leave
Troy. He will probably g > into business
in High Point or Concord.
Mr. Mofii t, a young attorney from
Ash boro, has located in Troy. He has
formed a copartnership with Mr. M S.
Robbins, of Ash boro'.
The law firm of Douglass and Spence,
of Carthage, is represented in Troy bv
Mr G. B. Sanders
Miss Annie G. Gaster, of Fayetteville,
teacher of music in Troy High School,
after spending the holidays at her home,
has returned to begin the work of the
spring term.
Hermitage Cotton Mill* Sold.
REIDBVILLE. N. C., Jan. 17.
Special to the News aud Observer.
The Hermitage Cotton Mills were sold
here yesterday by Mr F. H. Fries, re
ceiver, and brought $24,200. The Bank
of Reidsville, Mr Leroy Springs and
Messrs. Howell, Orr *fc 00. were the
purchasers. The sale is subject to con
fir mat ion by the court. This is regarded
as a very low price for this valuable
property. A number of buyers from a
distance were present.
AN INVESTIGATION BEGUN.
The Dead Thus Far Reported Number
49, the Injured 05.
Bctte, Mont., Jan. 17.—The dead re
ported this morning, as the result of the
powder explosion, number 49 and the in
jured 65. The bodies of four of the fire
men have not yet been recovered. They
are Samuel Ash, David Moses, Ed Sloan
and P. J. Norland. Their bodies were
undoubtedly blown into fragments.
The inquest began this afternoon. Cor
oner Richards had impaneled a jury, but
County Attorney Wines discharged them
and ordered another of representative
men. The investigation will be a search
ing one.
The financial loss by fire and explosion
in the immediate vicinity of the disaster
is #163,200.
The Kuoivu Dead has Reached 53.
Later: The list of known dead has
reached a total of 53. There are four
men in the hospitals, who cannot recover.
The list of injured has also increased
There are 55 iu ihe hospitals and 38
have been reported from different parts
of the city. This evening part of a
body was found at Meaderville, two
miles from the scene. The owners of the
burned warehouse claim that there was
not over 100 pounds of giant powder iu
the buildings.
The law limits the amount to be stored
within a mile of any city at 150 pounds.
The e meussion shook houses in Bel
grade, 84 miles east of Butte. The pen
alty for a violation of the law, however,
is ouly a nominal fine.
An Old Newspaper Man Dead.
Baltimore, Md., Jan 17.— Mr. Wil
li tm Brogden, who has been engaged in
newapa{>er work in Baltimore since 1871.
died this morning, aged 64 jears. He
was stricken with paralysis two weeks
ago while on a visit to Pennsylvania.
RALEIGH. N. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 'B. 1895.
THEY MUST ANSWER
so S.VYS.II DGE COLE IN HIS DE
CISION IN REGARD fO TIIE
SUGAR INVESTIG ATION.
THE DEMURRERS OVERRULED.
The Questions Asked by the Senate
Committ*e Here Pertinent and the
Officer* ol the Sugar Trust. Brokers
and Newspaper Correspondents Had
No Right to Reiuse to Answer Them.
--The Case to be Taken to the t . S.
Supreme Court.
Washington, Jan. 17 Judge Cole
this morning delivered his decision in
the ease of II O Havemeyer and John
E Searles, president and treasurer re
spectively of the American Sugar Re fin
ing Company; John S Schriver and K.
J. Edwards, newspaper correspondents,
and Allen L. Seymour, stock broker, who
were indicted for refusing to answer
questions asked by the Senate committee
appointed to investigate the relations of
the Sugar Trust to Senators and legisla
tion. Judge Cole held that the demur
rers filed by the defendants to the indict
ments against them were voi 1, and that
they must stand trial for the offense
charged.
The Demurrers Overruled.
Judge Cole overruled the demurrer to
the indictment, against Stock-Broker
Seymour without extended comment,
holding that the case was exactly the
same as Stock Brokers McCartney and
Chapman.
As to the cases of Correspondents
Shriver and Edwards, Judge Cole said
that the general questions involved were
the same as those in the McCartney and
Chapman iml ctmeuts, that is, as to the
general jurisdiction of the Senate to pro
ceed with the sugar trust inquiry; but
sever d questions were also involved that
had not been disposed of. first, as tne
relevancy of the questions asked; and
second, that their answers might tend
to make them liable to criminal pr. seen
tion As to the relevancy of the qms
(ions, these correspondents w rea.-k -J as
10 the source of information which they
incorporated iu newspaper articles.
Object of the Examination.
They wi re examined, said Judge Cole,
so far as to development, that they did
not have pi rsonal information, but it
was developed what their sources of the
information were. One of them obtain
ed his knowledge from a member of Con
gress and the question was asked as to
the identity of that member. The other
cor respondents information wassubstan
tially the s i me, although the person
furnishing the informa'ion was not a
Congressman. This correspondent de
dined to give the source of his informa
tion on the ground that it was not perti
nent.” Judge (Me said there was but
one auswer to that contention it must
ki'c been pertinent. The grand jury
could compel a person to d sdose the
basis for his information whether the
person examined has personal knowledge
or not.
The Senate committee, he said, had a
perfect right to compel a person to dis
close the sources of his information, un
less the correspondents had the right to
be excused on account of their answi rs
making them liable to prosecution or that
the communication was a privileged
orv' It did not appear, Judge Cole
maintained that each of these cor
respondents claimed that his answers
might incriminate him. If they had
claimed that, the court would have been
ob’iged to look into the basis for the
claim. If they did claim tlw, then the
indictments did not show it, and the
question could be raised only after the
defendants had entered their pleas to the
indict mints.
Rights of Newspaper Correspondents.
That newspaper correspondents should
claim the right to refuse to answer
questions as to the sources of informa
tion on the ground that the com
munication was proved, was a new con
tention, said Judge Cole. That any ed
itor or other newspaper man was to be a
privileged person in this respect did not
hold as it did in the case of a priest,
confessor, or of a lawyer. Some court
had yet to rule that it did hold. It
seemed to Judge Cole that there could
he uo more dangerous doctrine than
that a newspaper correspondent shorn!
publish statements derogatory t » a party
and then when brought before a court,
claim that it was a privileged commnni
cation that he had printed That rule
would be demoralizingjand have a danger
ous tendency. There was no precedent
and no basis for it. The demurrers in
these cases were therefore overruled and
the defendants, *aid Judge Cole, wouul
be given the opportunity to show privi
lege when they pleaded to the indict
ments
As to Havemeyer and Searles.
As to Messrs. Havemeyer and Searles.
Judge Cole said that the only question
left open for him to decide witn refer
ence to the other cases, was whether the
question asked these witnesses were per
tinent. It was claimed in behalf of Mr.
Havemeyer that the pertinent questions
were asked by Senator Allen aud not by
the chairman in behalf of the commit
tee. The indictment of Mr Havemeyer
showed, however, said thecourt, that Sen- !
ator Allen put the questions “for and iu
behalf of the committee,” and therefore
the indictment held in this respect. It
was further contended that these de
fendants declined to answer because
they did not have the requisite kuowl
edge to do so. All that was asked was
as to the contributions to the Democratic
campaign fund of 1892. and as to the
amount given. A witness could not be
pr sc ute 1 for refusing to answer a
question where he had no knowledge
If that point had been axstd before the
committee if would have 1» i n a good
point. But both Havemeyer and
Seo 63 did not say that they did not
have kuowl dge of these contributions
aud they did say that tne books of the
American Sugar Refining Company
would show the amount contributed
They had, moreover, refused to produce
these bo >ks and declined to answer on
the ground that the questions asked
were not pert in. nt to the inquiry It
was a very different question said Judge
Cole, when it carne t > whether a contri
bution of a large fund of money to a
campaign fund had influenced legisla
tion. In had been particularly eha ged
that the eontributi >ir was for the pur
pose of preventing legislation adverse to
the interest of the coiporation giving it.
l*uipose ol the Campaign Fund.
The Senate started out to investigate
these reports and it had a perfect right
to do so. The question, therefore, came
down to one of pertinency. The amount
of money contributed certainly was a
very important thing to ascertain under
the circumstances. The newspapers had
( barged that the sum contributed was
immense, but Havemeyer and Searles
had refused to tell what the amount was.
Hie i] ue-tion was perfectly pertinent and
should have been answered.
Continuing, Judge Cole said it was also
claimed that the questions about the
amount contributed was not pertinent,
because the contribution was for local
and not for National campaign purposes.
It was perfectly clear, and everybody
knew that contributions made to National
campaign committees of political parties
went to Srate and local committees, just
as money given to State and local com
mittees in a campaign where National
issu-swore involved, went as much to
help the National as well as the local
candidate. The question was, whether
this money was used in the National
campaign for the purpose of influencing
1 gislation Havemeyer and Searles re
fused to show whether ir was or not.
Thgir demurrers were therefore over
ruledjjand the indictments were good.
To be Taken to U. S. Supreme Court.
Assistant District Attorney Taggart
aud the attorney s representing the de
fendants announced an agreement to
consult as to the days to be set for the
trial-of the various persons whose de
murrers had been overruled.
The attorneys for Messrs. McCartney
and Chapman, the two brokers, have
decided to surrender one of the indicted
men, probably Mr. McCartney, to the
authorities, and then carry the case to
the United States Supreme Court on a
write, habeas corpus. McCartney and
Chapman are on bail, and it will proba
b!y be arranged that the one to be sur
rendered shall remain in technical cus
tody only and not be incarcerate.l in
jail.
AA IIITE CAPS IN YADKIN.
A Famll > Driven from Home and the
House set on Fire.
Special to the News and Observer.
Winston, N. C.. Jan. 17.
Nows conns from Yadkin county that
a dt zen or more armed men made a
charge upon the house of H. M. Money,
Jr., a tow nights ago and drove him and
his wife and baby out in the cold. Not
satisfied with this, the gang of tough*
weut in the house and broke up all of
the table ware and cooking vessels; took
all of the bed-clothing from the house
and set fire to it, besides smashing up
the furniture generally. There is tio
clue to the gang. Money beats the repu
tation of being a peaceable and harmless
citizen.
A series of entertainments are to be
given at the Salem Female Academv
during the next few weeks. They will
open on Monday and Sunday evenings
of next week, with the annual concerts
by the Euterpian Society. On Friday.
January 25th, the second evening in the
lecture course for the members of the Y
M 0. A., will t<ke place Prof Ford,
of New York will deliver two lectures on
the eveniugs of January 28th and 29th
The annual Mid-Winter concert will
given by the pup Is of the Academy, as
sisted by the Salem orchestra on January
31st and February Ist.
Damage by ihe Sleet.
Hep iris received here fron this and
adjoining counties say that much dam
age was done to fruit trees by the recent
heavy sleet. In some sections orchards
now have the appearance of almost total
destruction. Near the mountains tiui
ber of all kinds is badly broken up.
The Commissioners of Wilkes county
have passed an order for the Chairmm
of the board to bring suit immediately
against all county officers as well as ex
officials who are deli l quents in the pai
ment of moneys justly due to the
county.
Iu Jail for Bigamy.
John Garland, of Wilkes county, is in
trouble. In default of a #3UO bond he
was seut to jail a few days ago on t e
charge bigamy. A few months ago he
married a Miss Hall. It appears that he
has another wife and seven children in
Mitchell coun’y, from wh ch county he
moved to Wilkes some t wo years ago.
Joseph Fleming, aged 15 years, died
this week near Dunaha, Wilkes county.
The deceased had been an invalid for ten
years. He received a stroke of paralysis
when only five years of age and was a
great sufferer until do th.
The s oekholders of the Wachovia Loan j
and Trust Company held th< ir annual
mee'ing here yesterday and elected the
old officers o>l. F H. Fries is presi
dent of tiie young but prosperous bank
ing institution.
One of Winston’s cig retie factories is
over two millions behind in its orders.
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
M. FR ANGERS FELIX 1 AI RE
< IIOSKN ro SI ( t KED M.
( ASIMIH PKRIER.
ELECTED ON THE SECOND BALLOT.
The Day Opened Bright mul Quiet in
Paris, but Closed in Excitement and
Tumult--Exciting Scenes iu the Na
tional Assembly During the f lee
tion—An Effort to Revise the t'onsii
tut'on and Re-establish the Mon
archy-Sketch ot th New President
Paris, Jan. 17.—M. Francers Felix
Faure, member of the Chamber of Dopu
ties for Seine Inferieure, mis to day
elected President ot the French Repub
lie to succeed M Casimir Perier, whose
resignation was read in the Chambers
yesterday.
The day opened quie , and there
was nothing in the appearance or
demeanor of the people, either in
Paris or Versailles, to indicate that
the country was cu the eve of an election
to till the highest office of the nation,
which had been voluntarily vacated
by a President elected little more
than six months ago. Except that a
force of soldiers was massed at each of
the railroad stations and four sappers
and miners were guarding each railroad
bridge and grade crossing between Paris
and Versailles, there was nothing to
show that anything extraordinary was
going on or that anything unusual was
even eomtemplated. Each detachment
of soldiers at the stations and each
guard of sappers and miners at the
crossings was surrounded by an adrnir
ing group of small boys, b it beyond this
no interest was publicly evinced in the
event of the day.
There was bo Demonstration.
Very few persons arrived at Versailles
before noon, but after that hour every
train arriving there was packed with
Senators, Deputies, newspaper reporters
and sight seers. A small crowd number
ing perhaps 400, stood opposite the en
trance to the paiace through which the
Senators and Deputies passed, and
watched them enter. There was no
demonstration of enthusiasm eitln r at
the station or at the palace. Small
groups of spectetors were assembled at
the approaches to the palace and the
railroad s ation as the first of the Sena
tors and Deputies, few in number, be
gan to arrive.
At 11 o’clock a number of telegraph
operators, with their apparatus, were in-
I stalled in the palace, hundreds of at
taches arrived, and the printing presses
were made ready to record the official
report of the proceedings of the National
Convention.
M. Challemel Lacour, president of the
Senate, accompanied by his official see
retaries, started from Paris for Versailles
at 8 o’clock this morning from the Mont
Parnasse railway station, and upon his
arrival in Versailles, was conveyed to
the palace iu an open carriage.
Bomb-Throwing Guarded Again*t.
Workmen had been engaged all nigh
in fitting up the Hall in the palace in
which the National Assembly was to sit
with the furniture and hangings from
the Gard Meuble. A force of live hun
dred detectives from this ci'y arrived iu
Versailles early in the morning, and
i the strength of the regular police
force was greatly increased, it be
ing feared that the anarchists might
seize the opportunity afforded by the
crisis to indulge in bomb-throwing aud
other pastimes peculiar to the sect, but
their fears were groundless, as nothing
worse than socialistic vaporings oc
curred throughout the day.
The national assembly convoked in the
palace of Versail’es for the purpose of
electing a President to succeed M Cast
rnir Pciier, was called to order by M.
Challemel Lacour at 1:10 p. in. M.
Challemel-Lacour, in a brief speech, an
nounced the resignation of President
Casimir-Perier and read the text of the
articles of the constitution relating to
the election of a President.
|A Scene of Tumult aud Disorder.
As soon as the presiding officer had
ceased speaking M. Michaelin, socialist,
sprang to his feet and flourished a copy
of a motion for revision of the constitu
tion, shouting, “Weought not to have a
Presideut.”
M. Debaudry D’Assson, legitimist, tie- j
raanded a right to be heard, aud, in
*pite of the storm of protests ftom all j
parts of the hall, insisted upon speaking
While persisting in speaking he waved
aloft a document, which, he declared,
contained a proposition to re establish ;
the monarchy. The protests tad in the :
meantime become so vehement that they
rendered D’Asson’s remarks inaudible,
and after repeated vam attempts to
mike himself heird, be finally deposited
'he document upon the table, but it was
eontemptously pushed aside by M. Chal
lemel-Laeour, while the Republicans and
nembers of the centre made the hall I
ring with cheers.
Nothing daunted, D’Asson produced a
volume containing the rules governing
the proceedings of the National Con
vention and demanded a hearing ro
stx'etitjg the breach of the regulations j
which had been committed. The Presi
dent remained obdurate and the tierv
legitimist, seeing that his efforts to make
a speech were hopeless, finally subsided.
The Lucky Letter “L” Drawn.
Then came the draw ing of lots to see
what letter the voting should begin with.
Precisely as was the case last June, toe
letter “L” was drawn aud La Barthe,
moderate Republican, was enabled for
the second time to begin the balloting
for a president, he having begun the
voting when Casimir Perier was elected. 1
NUMBER 152.
While the drawing was going on, inter
os was focused in the lobbies, where the
members of the right were holding a
caucus. The result of the caucus was a
d vision to support Waldeck Rousseau.
When the name of Mirrnan. socialist,
was called there was no response, that
deputy being at Vincennes, and the Col
onel of IPs legiment having refused to
grant him a furlough in order that ho
might l>o present in the assembly. The
socialists raised a tremendous uproar be
cause Mirman's vote was not recorded.
Demonstration*! ot Socialist Fury.
Another cause of socialist fury was
the refusal of the government to tempo
rarily release Gerault Richard, who is in
prison for insulting Presideut Casimir
Perier, aud was elected a deputy while
in prison. Deputy Carnaud, who was
arrested in Routine, on Tuesday, was re
leased to day and voted in the assembly,
as did also Rounot aud Jares, who were
recently expelled from the Chamber.
When I'oussaint (Socialist) deposited
his vote in the urn he cried “Vive Social
Revolution.” and when the name of
Avez (social revolutionist) was ca’led.
he ret used to vote, but shouted from his
seat “Attention from voting means dis
solution. Down with the presidency.”
The First Ballot.
The voting was a slow process. It was
| conducted precisely as upon the occasion
of the election of Casimir Perier last
June, each deputy and senator in re
i spouse to his name walking to the plat
form, depositing his bulletin an urn and
returning to his seat. While the voting
was in progress the members of the as
sembly indulged in electioneering for
their respective candidates. The ballot
ing began at 1:20 p. in. and lasted until
I 3:30.
The counting, revising, etc., of the
votes required another hour and the re
sult was officially announced at t 30 as
follows: Brisson 338, Faure 211. Waldeck-
K msseau 184, scattering 28.
Total number of votes cast 794; ueces
sery to elect 398. The scattering votes
j included six for Moline, four for Dtipuy,
two for Cavaignac, two for Loubet and
one for Henri Rothefort.
Ilrissou's Chances Hurt.
When the result of the vote was pro'
; claimed the members again fell to elec
tioneering and speculating upon the
outcome of the second ballot, Brisson
| having fallen sixty votes short of a snlli
cietit number to elect him.
The open advocacy of tho candidacy
of Brisson by the Socialists hurt that
genth man’s chances very much.
Over one hundred Senators and Depu
ties divided their vote between Faure
j and Waldeck-Rousseau rather than east
them with the Socialists, whereas those
votes for the greater part have gone to
Brisson.
Brisson and Waldeck-Rousseau Ixith
voted and the venerable Pierre Blanc,
union Republican, the father of the
| Chamber of Deputies, received an ova
tion as he walked to the urn and ileposi
: ted his ballot.
Millerand handed to President Chal
lemel Lacour a letter addressed to the
President of the National Convention
and signed by Deputy Miratu protesting
against his detention in the barracks at
Vincennes and thus being prevented
from casting his vote for president,
which he was entitled to do. Miram
characterized his treatment as contrary
; to all precedents and declared that it
w as clearly unconstitutional.
Republican* Support Faure.
When Baud Baudry D’Asson voted he
shouted “Vive Catholic France! Vivo Le
Roi!” the rallied Republicans at a meet
ing just prior to the convening of the
assembly decided to vote for Faure. The
centre held a meeting, but did not decide
upon any candidate.
After the announcement of the vote it
was noised abroad that Waldeck-Rous
seau would withdraw his candidacy in
j favor of Faure, and Cavaignac set on foot
a movement designed to deprive Faure
of some fifty votes, which, if successful,
would, it was believed, elect Brisson.
Accordingly, at the instigation of Cav
aignac, bulletins were distributed in
the lobbies in behalf of himself in the
hope of making the running clear for
Brisson by taking the favoring support
ers of Faure. It was the belief of the
Cavaignac that he could secure perhaps
; fifty votes, which had been given to
| Faure because of Brisson’s radical ten
i dencies. Had he succeeded in his
scheme, Brisson would have carried off
the presidency. Pending the prepara
i tions for the second ballot, the time of
the members was spent in exchange of
opinion.
The Second Ballot Decide*.
The second ballot was taken in serni
darkness and the galleries were in con -
sequence almost empyt. The hall was
wretchedly lighted and many of the
spectators, as will as a number of Sena
tors and deputies, sought the better
lighted lobbies.
The announcement of the second l>al
lot was made amid a terrible din. The
Brissonites w ere so busy groaning, cheer
ing and reproaching their neighbors that
they paid no attention to Cballemel-La
cour when he rose to read the figures.
The President’s voice was quite inaudi
ble and his hands trembled violently. It
was live minutes after be spoke before
all the members of the Assembly knew
the result. The figures generally known
were then only approximate- Faure 430
and Brisson 801—but they sufficed to
show that Faure was the new President
of France.
An Indescribable Tumult.
The scene was absolutely devoid of
solemnity or dignity. The Brissonites,
who had not once ceased howling, were
joined by other malcontents and the
windows'were fairly shaken by the in
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