St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-19
Sensational Testimony by a
Clerk OF Baron de Rein
ach's Partner.
Over a Hundred Deputies Ben
efieiapies OF the Panama
Fund.
Republic ans Rallying to the
Cause Of the Govern
ment.
Money Coaxed From Many
Pockets by the influence
Of Priests.

PARIS, Jan. 1S.-The first witness be-
fore the parliamentary commission of
inquiry today was NJ. Stephane, a clerk
in the service of Baron de Relnach'S
partner, M. Proper. He said that
Baron de Reinach had left him list of
the persons compromised in the dis
tribution of Panama money. Among
the names Oh the list were Arene, Deves,
Grevy, Roche. Dugue de la Fouconniere,
Rouvier, Floquet, Proust, Renault,
Barbe, Beral and Theyenet. Several
of the names were repeated on the list,
as the men indicated had re-
ceived Panama money more than once.
The whole list contained the names of
more than 100 deputies who had been
beneticiaries of the Panama fund. The
sums paid to these men varied between
1000 or 1000 francs and 100000 francs
each. M. Stephane said that he gave
the list to M. Clemenceau. who, he
thought, could make the best use of it.
Considerable questioning on the part of
Chairman Brisson elected many addi
tional facts, which went to show that NJ.
| Stephane had had in his possession a
list similar to the one photographed for
| NJ. AndrieuX.
! Clemenceau Denies.
! NJ. Stephane was requested to wait in
! the committee room while Nj. Clemen-
ceau was being summoned from the
| chamber. Five minutes later Clemen-
| ceau arrived with the messenger, who
! had been sent to him with request
| fhnt hp annpor Immediately hpfOrG the
commission to answer to some testi-
mony given concerning him. Chairman
| Brisson repeated briefly what Nj. Ste
phane had said. NJ. Clemenceau denied
emphatically that he had ever received
any list of compromised deputies from
anybody. He had not even heard of
such list from Baron de Reinach or
anybody connected with him in bust
ness. NJ. Stephane was then recalled.
He repeated his former testimony with
out variation, directly contradicting
everything that NJ. .Clemenceau had said.
The Debats says the police have
found 800 checks paid by M. Arton, the
| Panama lobbyist and agent OF Baron de
men. 1t is supposed that most of these
checks were drawn in favor of the 10f
deputies, among whom, NJ. AndrieuX
said, Arton was commissioned to spend
1,35O. 900 francs. Advocate General Rau,
at the Panama trial. continued his adj
dress today against the accused direct
Ors of the Panama canal enterprise
and their associates.
Republicans Rallying.
The Republicans are ignoring per-
sonal differences, and rallying to the
cause of the government. M. Goblet
writes TO the Petite RepubliQue that he
will not associate himself with CAM
paign designed to provoke a presden-
tial crisis. This sentiment is generally
expressed by other prominent men
whom the reactionists had hoped to at
tract to their side through motives of
personal ambition. The detection of
royalist plotting at home, and the in
creasing interest of affairs abroad have
served to weaken the hold of the Pan
ANA scandal on the public mind, and
the enemies of the government also find
the public more and more incredulOuS,
in view of the earnest prosecution of the
De Lesseps' and their associates, of the
assertion that President CarnOt or the
ministry had anything to conceal.
in view Of the developments of the
trial, attention has been called to the
part which Ferdinand de Lesseps got
the clergy to play in helping his scheme,
and which has heretofore almost escaped