Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-22
COMPROMISED.
M. Rouvier and Other High Ex-
Officials Accused IN France.
Rouvier Makes n Lame statement-An-
other uproar Follows an Accusation
Against ciemenceau Thy Lat
ter White with Rage.

! KOuvier makes u Lamo Stntement-An'
other uproar Follows an Accusation
! Against ciemenceau thy Lat
ter White with Rage.
PARIS, Dec. al-M. Floquet, presi.
dent of the chamber Of deputies, an
nounced TO the house yesterday that he
had received an application for author.
ity TO prosecute M. Rouvier. ex-minis.
ter of finance; NJ. Jules Roche, ex-min-
lister OF commerce; Emanuel Arene,
member for Corsica; Antoin Proust,
member for Duck Sevres; Baron Jean
De Soubeyran, member for Loudon, and
Joseph Dugue De La Fauconnerie,
member for 0rne. This letter, Mr..
Flouquet said, was from the procureur-
general. 1t stated that the APP
plication was made on the ground
that the examining magistrate
of the Panama canal 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 parliamentary investigating
commission, especially as to the part
they took in the lottery issue The ap-
phcation could not be granted without
the consent of the house, as the depu-
ties, under the law, were exempt from
certain legal proceedings.
The chamber decided that the stand
ing committees should meet and consid-
er the application
M. Rouvier appeared before the stand
ing committee, of which he is a mem
ber, in his own defense. As M. Rouvier
ascended the speakers tribune every
deputy leaned forward in an attitude
of close attention, and the first words
of his defense were delivered amid OPP
pressive stiffness. After reminding the
chamber of his long public service
his hitherto unexeeptionable record and
the obligations Of official secrecy, which
had previously closed his mouth, he
made an emphatic general denial that
he had accepted checks from the Pan
anna Canal Co
When he came into power he found
that the secret service fund was entire
ly inadequate for the defense of the
republic AS in order to govern well,
he and his colleagues must have the
money which the secret service fund
lacked, he had recourse to his personal
friends for sufficient money to tide over
the temporary difficulty. The confus-
ion grew steadily in the chamber
as the deputies became convinced
that NJ. Rouvier was evading the
issue. Loud murmurs of protest
greeted his first statement as to the
secret service fund, and when he sug-
gested that the suspicious checks were
contributions of his personal friends to
the support of the government, there
was an outbreak of howls and derisive
laugh : tteT. Raising mis- voice, so as to
be heard above the uproar, NJ. Rouvier
shouted:
What | did, all public men have
done Had not adopted that oourse,
the men now interrupting me would
not be seated on these benches
Bedlam broke loose the moment the
words were uttered The deputies rose
and shouted back to the speaker and
others shouted for the names of his
friends NJ. Rouvier made three at
tempts to be heard, but his voice was
inaudible. After the demonstration
had spent itself, he continued: 81 am
perfectly ready to go before any tri-
bunal. have nothing to fear. never
derived the slightest benefit from the
Panama Canal Co. never defended
its interests. challenge investiga-
ton"
Ihls f;,;T0ratiUn provoked another
hostile demonstration. When order had
been restored the report of the special
committee in favor Of the prosecution
was adopted NJ Paul de Roulede
then asked what action the disciplinary
council of the Legion Of Honor had de-
cided to take against DR. Cornelius
Herr
This man." NJ. de Roulede said, rs
not TO be left with the insignia of the
legion in his possession, although / |
grant he is a most important man to |
the state; for he truly holds the reins
Of government
Nj de Roulede paused for several
while the right cheered this |
-aunt, and the left tried to drown the |
cheers with shouted protests Then he
ii'~NNNtAs WIN ItiANNN tbplnthss 10 |
make most virulent personal attack |
ipon NJ. Clemenceau, whose relations
20 NJ Herr he said, "are too well
Snown to need detailed description.
Amid renewed cheers from the right
md jecrs from the left he declared that
" Herr tried TO buy the Boulangists
With Panama canal money, but they
lad refused to touch IT, Despite NJ.
'lcquet's repeated protests, cries Of
Dissolution" and a general .tumult,
which extended 10 the topmost gallery
VI. de Roulcde again addressed himsel
O NJ. Clemenccau.
why did this Herr give 200 600 francs
o La Jus tice2n he shouted
NJ. Clemenceau, white with rage,
prang TO his feet and shaking both
ISIS towards VI. de Roulede, shouted
'aclS an answer which nobody could
ear in the general confusion.
Millevoye closed a speech with the
assertion that Herr was the paid emis-
airy of a foreign power.
M. bourgeois, minister of Justice, an
amid applause, that he would
rraign DR. Herr before the disciplinary
ouncil of the Legion OF Honor
VI. dc Roulede declared himself salts
ed and he withdrew his interpella
ion.
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