The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-21
SEVERAL DUELS IN SIGHT!
A Day of Great Excitement in the
French Chamber.
BITTER FEELING AROUSED.
Two Challenges Have Already Been
Sent to GIemencean.
Violent Personal Attacks Made Upon
Members = cIemencau Denounces
De RouIde as a Liar
Red bot Time.
BITTER FEELING AROUSED.

AXIS Oec- zU.-M. tlouquet, president
OF the chamber of deputies announced to
the house that he had received an appIica-
ton for authority to prosecute Rouvier.
ex-minister OF finance; Jules Roche. ex-
minister OF commerce, and Emmanuel
Arene, Anton Proust, Baron Jean De
souoeyran and Joseph Douge De La
hauconnerie, members of the chamber
OF deputies, all of whom are charged
with having been compromised in the
scandal. This letter, Floquet said. was
from the procurer general. 1t stated that
the application was made on the ground
tnat the examining magistrate in the
Panama case had received MANY check
stubs on which appeared the initials of
deputies and that compromising evidence
against the individuals in question had
been laid before the preliminary commits
sion, especially as to the part they took
IN the lottery issue. The application
could not be granted without the consent
OF the house, as the deputies under law
were exempt from certain legal proceed
lngs- The chamber decided that standing
committees should meet and consider the
application. The sitting then adjourned.
| In the senate Nj. LeROyer. the president
stated that he had received a demand for
the prosecution of Senator Renault, AL
| bert Grevy, Perall, Thevenet and Deves
The matter was similarly referred.
| Rouvier appeared before the standing
committee, OF which he is a member, in
his own defense. He was glad, he said. of
an opportunity to explain his position.
Ihere was nothing in the document to
prove that he had ever received check
from anybody in the interest of the Pan
anna canal company. He has served the
state In high Office for several years. and
always deemed 1t his duty to preserve.
silence as regards certain facts.
Accusations were made against his hon
or. This relieved him OF the slightest
| obligation, and he could now speak out
| in the chamber without reserve
Before the chamber resumed business
this statement had gone abroad and
caused most intense excitement. The
galleries were packed. The report of the
special committee was read by Chairman
Miller and favoring the granting Of the
application for authority to prosecute
but IN the intense anxiety OF the moment
1t was hardly noticed; all waited impa-
tlently for the explanations OF accused
members.
Deputy Aren was the first one to pro-
test his innocence.
Then ROuVIeT assembled the speakers
tribune. He made an emphatic and
general denial that he accepted checks
from the Panama Canal company, or
agents, or had any discreditabIe connec-
ton of any sort with the company's en-
terprise. When he came into power he
found the secret service fund entirely in
adequate for the defense of the republic.
As in order to govern well, he and col
legues must have money which secret
service funds lacked, he had recourse to
personal friends for sufficient money to
tide over temporary difficulty.
The confusion grew steadily in the
chamber as the deputies became con-
-rfr1 ao1 l.,k
sue and when there was an outbreak of
howls and derisive laughter Rouvier
shouted What did all public men have
done. Had l not adopted that course
men now interrupting me would not be
seated on these benches - Bedlam broke
loose the moment these words were
uttered.
After the demonstration had spent
itself Rouvier continued II am perfectly
ready to go before any tribune. / never
derived the slightest benefit from the
Panama Canal company and l challenge
an investigation" This provoked an
other hostile demonstration. When
order was restored the report of the
special committee favoring prosecution
was adopted.
De Roulede then asked what action the
disciplinary council of the Legion of
Honor had decided to take against Herr.
Then De Roulede made a most violent per-
sonal attack upon Clemenceau. He de-
clared that Herr tried to buy the BOulan-
gists with Panama canal money, but they
refused to touch it. De Roulede shouted
to Clemenceau: s'Why did this Herr give
600, 600 francs to Les Justices?'
Clemenceau, white with rage, sprang to
his feet and shaking both fists towards
De Roulede, shouted back an answer
which nobody could hear in the general
confusion.
Nc Ron1ade olosad NTH on oI+ooIx IN
''Mutual Benefit association, - not of So
cialists and revolutionaries, but of rich
men and rich mems pamperers.
Clemenceau replied that DeRoulede's
attacks were pernicious, shameless and
without foundation. Although he had
not written proofs of his innocence he de-
fed DeRoulede to substantiate the charges
just made. He would not answer these
brazen SANDERS in the chamber, but
would demand personal satisfaction inn
mediately after adjournment. The at
tacks of the last speaker upon Herr were
based on falsehooG and imagination.
Boulanger had no more devoted friend
ceau cried out ''DeROulede has accused me
OF betrayiug my country by introducing
foreign influence. DeRoulede lies -
After another scene of wild disorder,
Lucien Millevoye, Boulangist deputy for
Somme, rose to defend as he said, the
memory OF Boulanger against the as
PENSIONS cast on it by Clemenceau's state
ment concerning friendship between
Herr and this great man. He then let
loose a torrent of abuse on Clemeneeau,
accusing him of accepting billions in
brides and OF advising the Abandonment
of Egypt by the French government. In
the succeeding tumult, Mlllev0ye turned
upon Floquet, who was trying to re-
store order, and shouted at him an in
sUlting name.
The minister of justice announced that
he would arraign Herr before the council
and DeRoulede with Interpolation. The
chamber then adjourned. Bitter feeling
aroused during the sitting led to many
wrangIes and it is believed a number of
dueIs will result. DeRoulede ana Mile
voye have already sent seconds to ClemeH-
ceau.
Victor DeLesseps testified before the
investigating committee today that he
was not concerned in the lottery issue
and ignorant of any attempt to bride any
one.
Search today in a photographer es-
tablishment disclosed proofs and Mega
tives of There checks. When confronted
with them There revealed the hiding
place of the stubs and these were seized.
Baron DeReinach's papers were also
examined today. Many original docu-
ments have been distracted and replaced
with copies. There was the greatest ex-
citement on the streets until a late hour
tonight. Some papers published as many
as seven extra editions and large groups
of people gathered about the lamp posts
reading them and exPitedIv dief11 eair1cr