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Show THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY. Some of the Candidates Who Will Contend For the Exalted Place In November. The convention of the two houses of parliament for the election of a president of the French republic has been fixed for Nov. 2 at Versailles. Besides Carnot, whose position is not yet declared, there are no less than eight active candidates. They are: M. Casimir-Perier, prime minister at the present moment and a highly favored candidate. M. Dupuy, speaker of the chamber. If he reaches the Elysee, Vaillant's bomb will have helped to Bend him there. M. Challemel Lacour, president of the senate. M. Magrin, governor of the Bank of France. M. Meline of apostle protection. Admiral (jervais, the ngurehead of the French-Russian amenities. The austere Brisson, who would get the Radical Socialist vote. Waldeck Rousseau, the Benjamin of the Gambetta ministry, who, though out of politics, is the chief luminary of the Paris bar. Paris Correspondent. |