Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-02-03
THE PANAMA SCANDAL
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THE PAN ANA SCANDAL
french senate Makes . storm Order Of
Search.
PARIS. Jan. 2S.-At a meeting of
era ,ors belonging to the Democratic
.ction of the left it was resolved TO
rquest III. Bourgeois, minister OF
Iotice, to cause search to be made
The residences of M. Andrieux and
T. Dciahave, with tie view of finding
he lists of persons compromised by
he Panama scandal. concerning which
/. Delahaye and NJ. Andrieux have
poken on several occasions but which
.nev have failed to produce.
in his celebrated speech which
tarted the Panama investigation by
he Chamber of Deputies n. Delahaye
aid that no less than 5000, 900 francs
we're distriS uted among $50 members
If Parliament, only a few of whom
we're Senators. Here deafening shouts
If "The names!" we've raised on all
sides The exciteuoent aud tumult
were intense but NJ. Delahaye con-
tented himself with declaring that the
-u4ulIH lie du3cO "Oulu ulVulRo
them.
When, after long waiting, NJ. Della
haye was able again to make His voice
heard he said That this first distribu-
ton of money only increased the appe-
tites of those who shared in it. The
administrators of the Panama Canal
Company were assaulted by veritable
pack of political hounds and they had,
so to say, no choice between pillaging
the Company title and succum bling.
Prolonged uproar and renewed shouts
of 'Nanes!'l A hundred thousand
francs was required for one journal,
100000 francs for another and 100, 900
300, Cos francs was handed over by the
Canal Company but he would not say
who received it.
M. Delahaye repeated that he could
not saw to whom the 100000 francs
was given but he could say that sum
was given by the Panama Canal Com
pany. A minister who was now dead
had received a check for 400, 900 francs
from the company. A journal not
worth 20 francs was bought for 2OO,.
900 francs. On account of the influence
attached TO it political PERSONA ga
thought it wise to bride great foreign
journal with 800, 900 francs and the
money was paid by the canal com
pany. Continued shouts for names
only made M. Delahaye repeat that
the inquiry he demanded would
divulge them, but he could 1ell the
louise that the great foreign journal
in question was prudent enough not to
sign it's name at the back of the
check. 1t was one Of that journals
messengers who signed the check but
he NJ. Delahaye) knew the name both
of the journal aud its messenger.
The Committee of the Chamber
charged to report on the bill for the
lottery loan was composed of five mem
bers in favor of the meas ure and five
against it; the eleventh member had
no opiAon, but he went to the Panama
Company and offered to vote in favor
of the bill for the considerat alton OF
200. 900 francs The company at first
refused, but at the last moment
paid the money. After the refusal
that he first met with this venal deputy
formed a syndicate for a fall in Pan
anna shares because he intended to pro-
cure the rejection of the measure, and
when he received the money and
changed his tactics, by which the bill
wss adopted, he forgot to inform his
associate in the syndicate for the fall.
That gentleman was completely ruined
by the sudden rise which took place
in the Panama shares.
In spite of repeated demands by the
chasl('er M. Delahaye refused to give
names. He persisted in the same at
titude before the commission of in
quiry, and it is now proposed to obtain
by search Of his residence if possible,
any list that he may have.