Garland Globe | 1906-03-31 | Page 5 | Sarrien Long in Public Life

8ARRIEN LONG IN PUBLIC LIFE. Second Time New French Premier Has Been- In Cabinet. M. Jean Sarrlcn, head of the new French cabinet, has been a power In French political life for fifteen years. There have been few ministerial crises In which ho has not been consulted. The last time thnt he held office was In 1898, when at tho request of his friend, Ilrlsson, he, with somo reluctance, reluct-ance, consented to accept tho .perilous post of minister of Justice nt the tlmo of tho Dreyfus controversy. As such he Instituted tho proceedings In the Supremo court, which resulted In the qijashlng of tho first trinl and In the ex-captain being brought back to France to stand trial anew nt Tlcnnes. He la a man of CC, a lawyer, born of n middle, clnss provincial family, and-during and-during the wnr with Germany won tho cross of the legion of Honor by gallantry under fire ns captain of Mo-j Mo-j biles. He hnsro his native I district of the Saono c 1-olro without I interruption for nearly thirty years In I the chamber of deputies.