The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-23
SAD DISGRACE.
One Hundred Deputies
Bribed.
CARNOT HAD A LIST,
But Even He Did Not Know
the Worst.
REVENGE OF A BEATEN MAN.
The Government Was Forced Into the
Position of Blackmailing the
Panama Canal Company.
REVENGE OF A BEATEN MAN.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

PARIS, Dec. 22.-FIoqust was before the
Panama committee to-day and said that
when he was member of the Ministry he
ordered that certain advertisements be
printed in the Partisan newspapers. These
advertisements, he admitted had been in
serted, not from a business. but from poll
tical point Of view. This admission is
much commented upon as being tantamount
to an acknowledgment that the advertise
ments were but q cover under which the
newspapers were bribed TO support Minis
terial schemes.
Burgeois. the Minister Of Justice, ap.
peared before the parliamentary commits
zion of Inquiry after Floquet. He promised
that the papers OF the Dynamite Society
and other important documents recently
seized should be communicated 10 the COM
mission.
NJ. AndrieuX. ex-prefect police. said that
he had photograph of the statement and
account written By Baron de Reinach. This
showed the names Of the payees of the
checks drawn by Baron de Reinach. An
drieux wrote list Of names on a piece of
paper and handed it to Brisson, saying at
the same time that four other names, one of
them very rich parsonage, he was pre-
vented from mentioning by the dictates of
discretion.
DR.. Herr had shown him documents bear
Ing the names of 104 Deputies who had been
bought by the lobbyist Ariton for a total of
1.350,00o francs. Andreux could name
most, il not ali, of the men mentioned in
this document. He would try to obtain the
document from Herr He wished it under
stood. however, that he could not guaran-
tee absolutely the accuracy OF the docu-
ment. In his opinion Baron de Reinach's
word was far from unimpeachable. To his
knowledge Reinach had begun to pay his
personal debts with money Of the Panama
Canal Company.
When asked TO explain q passing men,
tion OF the payment of cheeks to Floquet,
AndTieuX explained that Felix Cottu, a d.
rector Of the canal company. told him that
Baron de Reinach once spoke of Floauet
needing 1000 francs for the secret service
fund. After several discussions Cottu was
rendered SO apprehensive by what he had
heard that lie had consented to give the
Government the 10000 francs required.
He told Reinach. ho wever. that the whole
affair was a blackm maillng swinde and
might cause trouble.
ReiDach responded: No; / can say
received the money to pay the advertising
expenses of the company, and nobody will
Know the Ql1eTcnce.
Subsequently Reinach said that Cottu was
too thin skinned. Then Cottu seized
Reinaeh by the beard, dragged him from
the front room Of the bank into the private
Office, and after calling him an embeZzIer
and coward demanded back the check for
$4,000 francs. Renach declared that it was
at his house, and succeeded in holding off
Cottu until the iual crash came, but part
OF the amount had then been paid 10 the
Government.
III. Baerau. the advertising agent of the
Panama Canal Company, testified that the
sums paid TO the newspapers by the COM
pany ranged from 100000 to 10000 francs
for each issue of shares.
Count Caffarelli, Monarehistic Deputy
for Aisne, told the commission he could
confirm the report that President Cannot
had been shown the list of Deputies cor
ruptly implicated in Panama Canal lobby
Ing. This list. he said, was composed of
many Deputies whose names had not yet
been mentioned In connection with the
scandal.
The committee desired to hear Yves Guyot
to-day. but he refused to appear on the
ground that the statement attributed to
him was distorted by spy He did not
wish. he added. to counteuance proceedings
that mingled President Carnot's name with
the prosecution Of those implicated in the
affair.