Show THE RIGHT MAM ELECTED Emily Crawfords Sketch of the New President Copyright hId by tho Associated Press Paris Feb ISThls election by a single ballot and by Republicans only is the greatest Republican victory since Grevys walk over the course The new president comes from a part of France where the Roman power ha lasted longer namely Male In the department of the Drome He gives the impression of remote Latin origin and looks to be a solid practical man who sees the facts of life just as they areAs i are-As president of the senate he has had 1 I official and other experiences that will be useful to him as president of the republic but he Is essentially a plain middleclass man whose mind was sharpened by his practice at the bar in tho provincial town of 3Iontelimar In the south of France He is most popular and every one a 3IontelImar counts himself a personal friend of Loubet who as mayor county council lor deputy and senator always acted a the servant of the public Obliging to his neighbors he was a accessible as General Grant or Lincoln Lin-coln ai 3 was not less unpretending His thickset figure massive and somewhat I some-what Roman though homely head indicates in-dicates a steady sturdy character who can nail his colors to the mark but nai marc only fights when there is good occasion I He belonged under the empire to the Republican party then calling itself Liberal In 18iO he threw himself into the national defense current and stood natona by Gambetta He was elected county councillor in 1871 then mayor and in 1S7C was sent to the chamber of deputies depu-ties where he sat between 31m Henri I and Martin the historian According Thiers leadership but fa oring the scheme to declare Grevy his political heir and to reconcile Gambetta with both he seemed to bide his time and was in no hurry to push forward for-ward 3Iac3Iahons government gave him prominence in dismissing him from the mayoralty of Montelimar in 1877 thus exasperating the Drome Republicans 31 Loubet at the legislative elections in 1S77 was triumphantly returned His i subsequent candidatures were not opposed op-posed and in 1SS3 he was returned by I Drome a a senator In all these years he was a useful deputy chiefly working work-ing in te commit s and speaking little He was the intimate friend of President Carnot and of 31 Tirard and in 18SS the latter appointed him minister min-ister of public works In which capacity ty he carried out a scheme to convey I the sewage of Paris into the St Gel main forest man President Carnot asked Loubet in 1892 to form a cabinet I but it fel under the weight of the Panama scandal in which some members albeit not Loubet were implicated This administration was marked by the mission of Admiral Gervais squadron to Cronstadt and the visit of the court of Russia to the flagship Magenta 31 Loubet was personally innocent of Paramaism but like 3Im Carnot and Brlsson hp thought the sheltering of I the accused expedient He has never since filled other office except the pres ident of the senate to which he was first elected in 1896 He belonged to 3L Carnots innermost council and his wife was MIne Carnots best friend The president is thoroughly domestic sd hledfN i and dislikes i showy society He likes to j spend his time at home and is a great reader He is not rich nor does he covet wealth and honors He is strong I on financial questions For many years he lived in an unpretentious flat and dined off a white oilcloth instead of a tablecloth His hands figuratively I speaking are clean but his beard and clothes are untidy thus contrasting with the late president 31 Loubet for having formerly when premier sent jointly with the foreign secretary l Ribot Admiral Gervais to Cronstadt is persona grata to Rus I siaFor three years a speaker in the senate he lived in the palace of the Petit I Pe-tit Luxembourg in iguch the same style a the president lives In Washington 1 He returned to Paris from Versailles this afternoon by train He is the first president who has done ro He ordered an open carriage and pair to await him r ei tri at the station instead of a carriage I and for He was well received by tremendous tre-mendous crowds He arrived by daylight I day-light and had an escort of cuirassiers The entire absence of haughtiness in his demeanor was favorably remarked M Loubet paid a visit to Mme Faure on his way home and saluted the corpse of 31 Faure Loubet is the right man in the right place The importance of todays presidential presiden-tial election for the welfare of the French republic and the prestige of France abroad cannot be overestimated The issue taken was whether the law mould bo paramount or an irresponsible irresponsi-ble league the league of the French fatherland in the hands of clerical I monarchial and EMILY military CRAWFORD agitators |