Show N HT CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF switzerland the mount annual elec election tio took look place ui e rece recently aly nt at berne the th S call capital atal quietly and ad systematic rooth so ally as usual no speeches p aches and no ad advance coal campaigning p sol g preceded thin thim important event eat bud and let switzerland Is unanimously confident that the la honor e of the presidency Y be baa AIM be been 0 e conferred derood up upon man a worthy or ol this distinction dt d the pre president t cleft Car carcell cill D de orp cuppet t R lawyer r by aal 1 and 0 orator ter of repute Is at pres present nt vice president pica blent of the republic bond and ad head or of the tha military department he was hem bom at vaz near aver doo on canton of vaud on june joe 4 1862 and ad started tits is political career in when be he ft as elected member bembe r of the clumb nall national net council I 1 in he 1900 thill ila he became member ot of tha courell council of states end h in he advanced to the presidency of that body for the y year or 1907 with his election into the federal council in 1912 he attained the highest political degree which a swiss statesman state stat emai esmat C can n to look if for culminating as it does to la the vice presidency and presidency of the confederation the office of president of the swiss confederation provides by no means 0 lucrative income compared with the high salaried government positions in this country up to three years ago the yearly int income rante ol of the chief maps magis diate of the republic amounted to 3 only and it was atas then raised to 4 which sum la Is now consid red a very good salary |