The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-23
INvEsrIasT.Ne rHE scANDAL.
s Former Minister Declines TO Appear
Before the Committee.

8 Former Minister Declines TO Appear
Before the Committee.
PARIS, Dec. 22.-Floquet, president OF
the chamber OF deputies, appeared before
the Panama investigating committee to-
day He declared emphatically that he
never received money from the Panama
company, secret service or any other OBJ
ject
Yves Guyot, formerly minister of pub
lie works, has been summoned to appear
before the committee to explain the state
meat made by him. The full list Of names
Of the men compromised in the scandal
has been seen by President Carnot.
The committee desired to hear from
Yves G1yot today, but he refused to APP
pear on the ground that the statement at
tribUted to hum was distorted by q spy
He did not wish, he added, to counte-
nance proceedings that mingled President
Carnot's name with The prosecution OF
those implicated in the affair.
Floquet, before the Panama committee,
said when he was member of the minis
try he ordered that certain advertisements
be printed in Partisan newspapers. These
advertisements, be admitted, had been in
serted. not from a business, but political
point of view. This admission is much
commented upon, being tanUamount ae-
acknowledgements that advertisements were
but the cover under which newspapers
were bribed TO support ministerial
schemes.
Marius Fontaine and Charles DeLes-
geps. directors of the defunct Panama
Canal company, were taken from Masas
prison this morning to the office of M.
Fran9ueville, examining magistrate, by
whom they We're questioned for two
hours Bourgeois, minister of Justice, ap-
peared before the parliamentary commit
tees on inquiry after Flouqnet. BE prom
ised that papers OF the dynamite society
and other important documents recently
seized should be communicated to the
commission.
NJ. Andrieux, ex-prefect of police, said
he had a photo OF the statement and &C.
count written by Baron De Reinach. This
showed the names Of the payees of checks
drawn bv Baron De Reinach. Andrieux
wrote the list of names on piece of pa
per and handed it to Brisson, saying at
OF a very high parsonage, he was pre-
vented from mentioning by dictates of
discretion.
DR.. Herr had shown him documents
bearing the names of los deputies who
had been bought by the lobbyist Arton
for total of $50, 900 francs. Andrieux
could name most, If not all the men men,
obtain the document from Herr. He wished
it understood. however, that he could not
guarantee absolutely the correctness of
the documents. In his opinion Baron De
Reinach : word was far from unimpeach-
able as, to his knowledge. Reinach be-
gun to pay personal debts with money of
The Panama Canal company
When asked to explain passing men,
ton Of the payment of checks to Floquet,
AndrieEx explained that Felix Cuttu, di-
rector of the canal company, told him
that Baron De Reinach once spoke of Flo
ouet needing 75o, 600 francs for secret ser
vice funds. After several discussions
Cuttu was rendered so apprehensive by
what he heard that he consented to give
the government the $50, 900 francs re-
ouired. He told Reinach, however. the
whole affair was matchmaking swindle
and might cause trouble. Reinach re-
sponded: ttNo, I can say received the
money to pay advertising expenses of the