St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-22
The French Presidents Name
Connected With the Pana-
ma Frauds.
Duel Between Clemenceau
and Deroulede Postponed
Indefinitely.
Royalists Taking Advantage
Of the Chance to Over
throw the Republic.
HRS. Langtpy Lying on What
HAY Be Her Last Sick
Bed.

PARIS, Dec. 2l.-Immediately after
the opening of the chamber OF deputies
today Jules Roche, eX-ninister OF com
lnerce. whom the procureur generate
yesterday was authorized to prosecute
for sustaining corrupt relations with the
Panama Canal company, assembled the
speakers tribune and made his defense.
He was laboring under Intense excite
ment and swung his arms violently as
he walked up The aisle. AS he passed
the ministerial bench he faced about
suddenly and exclaimed: "Oh. you
hypocrites and scoundrelS." Several
ministers retorted hotly. In the
confusion of the house the
incident was noticed only by
deputies on the front benches. AS he
began his defense NJ. Roche's voice was
sharp and unsteady, and from begin
ming to end his manner was nervous
and strained. He said he did not know
what enemies he had TO face, nor did he
care, for his conscience was clear. de
had nothing with which to reproach
himself. His most venomous enemies
could not connect him with the lottery
bond affair, as he did not even vote on
the bill. He denounced the procureur
general for proceeding against depu-
ties on
Insufficient Evidence.
and declared that in his case at least
these gentlemen would he found to be
sadly in error. While passing back to
his seat Nj. Roche received many con-
gratulatiOns from fellow members.
In the senate the special committee
chosen yesterday by the standing COM
mittees reported in favor of authorizing
the proceurer general to prosecute Sch
ators Renault, Albery, Grevy, Heral,
Thouvet and Drison on account of their
connections with the Panama canal
frauds.
The parliamentary commission OF
inquiry learned today that a bond OF
500,000 francs. payable to bearer, was
given 10 DR.. Cornelius Herr as COIN
pensation for his services in adver-
Using. The commission decided to
examine M. Yves-Guyoton, Radical
deputy from the Seine, to learn whether,
or not he had recently said that list of
the compromised members of parlla-
ment had been submitted to President
Carnot. This is the first official men
ton of President GarnoPs name in
direct connection with the scandal.
Many believe that a secret and hostile
motive is responsible for the introduc-
ton. 1t is stated this evening that 100
checks bearing the names of
Senators and Deputies
have been secured by the examining
| magistrate. Senator Albert Nj. GreVy
was examined for two hours today by
| the magistrate Franquevllle.
The Deroulede-C -Clemenceau duel has
not yet been arranged. Deroulede, al
though accepting M. Clemenceau's con-
| ferred to court of arbitration, which
| shall decide who was the offender. The
duel consequently has been postponed
| Indefinitely.
| The excitement over the Panama
| scandals is today greater than ever. and
| the widest reports are afloat of mon
archistS' plots and coming arrests. 1t
! is asserted that Herr has been in COM
munication in London with agents of
| the Count of Paris, and that the expos
/ ure of the Thierree checks is directly
attributable to royaliSt influence. An
| other rumor is that the officials
! and deputies, as we'll as civilians,
| connected with the Panama scan-
! dal. have had intimated to them that
| their salvation lies in an espOusal of the
| royalist schemes, and that all their
| offenSeS will be conuOned if they will
| consent to betray the republic. Some
confidence is placed by well informed
people in both of these rumOrS, and it is
| apparent that
| isOyalist Agents
have assumed an activity they had not
/ 20 ic ol
| evidence that rOyaliSt money Is again
| afloat. Should affairs take turn favor
| able to coup d'etat in behalf of roy
| atty, it is probable, according to current
| report, that the young Duke of Orleans
will be selected to lead the attack. The
young duke is more popular than any
other member of his family, aud his
offer. to serve in the army as con-
script when he came of age made a
widely favorable impression.
| The movements of the monarchiSt
agitatOrS are being carefully watched
| by agents of the government i'll France
| and in England and in Spain, and a spe-
| cial watch is being kept at the passes of
| the Pyrenees for fear that r0yaliSt
movement might be attempted from
/ that direction. 1t is said that every
/ movement of the Count of Paris, the
| Duke of Orleans and other members of
| the exied house has been reported ac-
curately for more than two weeks past
| to the ministry of the interior, and
| thence to President CarnOt. At present
/ The MOnarchists
| seem to be directing their efforts chiefly
/ to flaming the excitement among the
deputies and sowing the seeds of jeal-
/ ousy, fear and suspicion. They were
| apparently confident that the break
| down of. the. Ribot ministry would be
| followed by evolution. with all its Op-
| portunities the return of the house
| of Orleans to power. The news from
/ parts of France is not very reassuring
to the government, and serves to
| strengthen the hopes of its
enemies. The many thousands of
| small pr0prietors who lost their
| money in the Panama enterprise are
said to be more disgusted with the reve-
lations of venality and treachery than
they were distressed by the loss OF the
| money, and a considerable number OF
| them are inclined to hold republican
| institutions, rather than individuals, re-
sponsible for the loss and disgrace. Ac-
| cording to the statements made by the
liquidators, the amount expended by
| the Panama Canal company reached the
enormous total OF S260,000,000. OF the
| whole amount expended only little
| over one-third was spent in the actual
construction of the canal.
To Extend the Time,
! PANAMA, Dec. 2k-While Panama
scandals are Belng unearthed in Paris,
| the congress of Colombia, in anticipa-
ton of a speedy return to earnest
1 ,Hs0Sk On tEe enterprise, has gone into