The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-15
DEPUTIES GET ANGRY
AND USE HARSH WORDS OYER THE
PANAMA DEVELOPMENTS.
BouIangist Deputy Gives Vent to -
TRADE OF Abuse OF the Government.
A Vote of Confidence.

PARIS. March ii-There was an ex-
citing scene In the Chamber cf Deputies
to-day NJ Clagny. said he wished to
question NJ. Pourquery de Boisserin re
garding his attack yes terday on Madame
Cottu.
President Periere refused to permit the
question to be offered. for the reason that
the debate had been closed.
Paul dc Roulede complained that the
oficisl report OF the debate had sup
pressed nus expression that the Govern
ment was a Government of lia-s applause
IN the right, and cries Of protest from
the lefD.
NJ Tirard Minister of Finance, left his
seat and walked toward De Roulede,
shouting abusive terms at the Boulangist
cha mpicn. A general uproar followed In
all parts Of the chamber. At lersth quiet
was restored. and NJ. Tirard returned to
his place and proposed that De RouIede
should be censured and excluded tenn
porariiy from the House.
De Roulede exclaimed. IF l am eX-
PEELED I will go 10 the country and Ge-
clare that the chamber is thirstng for
lies and could not listen to the truth"
mately at the request of the president,
De Roulede withdrew the offensive eX-
preston
In the Senate to-day NJ. Loubet, the
former premier, denied that n had con-
rived in the alleged bargain which
Madame Cottu had charged that SoinOury
had offered 10 her. NJ. Loubet dehed any
one to prove that he had ever possessed
a list Of deputies implicated in the Pana-
ma scandal.
Senator Halgan. Of Vendoe urged that
II Mime. Cottu had committed perjury
she ought to be prosecuted He added
that If NJ LOubet had not seen the list,
VI. Constans had seen IT, Senator Con-
stans. the foimer minister Of the interi).,
replied that ne had never possessed any
such list In fact, he thought tho list
had no existence. except in -he heated
imagnations of certain people (Choers)
NJ. Corstans went on 70 say that nobody
had anything 10 gain by this sort q
scandal. The country wanted quiet. II
justice was allowed TO do its duty the
cNtravagant ftOries now current would
die out. (Cheersl.
Premier Ribot said that It was In
famous TO suggest that President Carnot
ever possessed a list Of the character
stated. NJ Ribot added that he would
y
he did not attempt to bargain with Nine.
Cottu. Cheers.
The Senate then divided on the ques-
ton of confidence in the Government
and the Government was sustained by
a vote Of 200 to 56 tho result being re-
ceive1 with great satisfaction by the sup
IclSars of the ministry.
At Cabinet meeting IN the Elysee to-
day II was decided 10 ask bourgeois 10
resume his post as minister Of Justice.
NJ. Soinoury has been dismissed from
the dictatorship Of the prison department
and appointed to a provisional prefecture.
DeLesseps Creates Another Sensation.
The court Of assiZe was again crowded
to-day when the trial Of Charles De Les
seps, Baihaut and their fellow defendants
was resumed. The audience included a
number of prominent men whose names
have been mentioned in connection with
the Panama scandal, but there was not
such rush as on the previous day for
the lower classes Of society 10 obtain ad.
mission. The effect Of the vote in the
Chamber OF Deputies was plainly visible
In the less satisfied mir Of the enemies OF
the Government The defendants them.
selves looked worn and fatigued by the
strain and anxiety Of the trial.
The name Of IT. Yves-Guyot. Radical
deputy for the department OF the Seine
who Is alleged 10 have been the source Of
the report that VI. Cohstans had comran.
nicatcd the list of implicated deputies tC
President Carnot, Mas called, but Yves.
Guyot did not appear.
Constans then took the stand and de
clared there was no truth in the aboy,
statements attributed 10 Yvas-G lv).
Lieutenant Lucien BOnaparte Wyse the
French engineer prominently connec, 90
With the efforts to prolong the Panama
canal enterprise testified that he remem
oered that NJ. Monchicourt. official lla H.
dator Of the Panama Canal COMPANY. had
mentioned eighteen months ago that IN.
directors OF the Panama Canal Company
had handed him a sealed paper.
Charles De Lesseps hastily arose an,
denied the statement. He said he ba,
given Monchicourt full account Of al
expenditures, excepting 1,4OOOO0 francs
the employment Of which he had full,
and candidly explained to the exarnin
ing magistrate, NJ. Franqueville. Thi
declaration caused sensation. Tn
presiding judge intimated that unles
Monchicourt could testify before the clos
OF the hearing his deposition would b
read.
The deposition OF Monchicourt. ofIcia
- NAN Il aildilld AuUdl 'bHDIly
was read in court This deposition So
forth that Charles De Lesseps had re
fused 10 communicate the names Of tn
benehciaries OF 100000 francs in bond
made payable 10 bearer
The deposition Of Henri Cottu, one o
the directors Of the Panama Canal Com
pany. was next read.
1t set forth that Charles De Lessep
alone managed the payment Of lum
sums in behalf Of the company Cottu'
deposition stated that he merely approves
the payments without concerning himsel
with the destination OF the money.
NJ. Barbour read a letter from Mon
chicourt denying that Charles De Lessep
had sent him a sealed envelope or an.
list whatever.
NJ Bonaparte Wyse being recalled men
toned the date on which Monchlcourt ha
told about the delivery Of the scale
package.
In the face OF the denial offered b.
Charles De Lesseps. the court ordere
that Monchicourt should be examined be
fore a magistrate In relation 10 the cir
cumstances.
The counsel in the case then proceede