Salt Lake Tribune | 1896-06-14 | Page 12 | Jules Simon

JULES SIMON A great man died in franco france last week we refer of 0 course to jules simon tho the world does not appreciate how flow great s a mart inan ho he was ile he was a profound scholar rl a clear braynod statesman and a patriot through and through when napoleon III sprung his usurpation upon franco france there was nothing for a mail inan like simon to do but to go into retirement but when ulten the despot despol after carrying things with a high liand hand met ills his Wat waterloo eiloo at sedans sedan then simon came to the front ue ile was one of 0 the strong pillars that stayed the Rep through its early days lie ile steadied the turbulent french people through the anguish and wrath and with gambatta and other gifted men over tile the ruins odthe ol 01 the napoleonic dynasty built up the republic ot of france ile he was as always wise conservative conserva Uvo and brave and was so eo devoted to franco that the men of france nce got to trust him implicitly later as prime minister ot at president macmahon in a supreme he developed riot not only how great ho he was but how unselfish and how true ile ho lived an honorable I 1 ife and fifty or one hundred years hence when ihen the histo ilan picks up tho the tangled and raveled graveled threads 0 of french history during tile the transition period between 1870 and ISDO and establishes to whom the lionor honor and tho ilia glory elory of oc thos years most especially belonga belo nR there will be ba few ow names higher in tile the list than that ot of jules jalcs simon