The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-27
A STORMY SCENE

In tho French Chamber-NIilleyoyo At
tacks the Correspondents.
(. PANS, Jan. 26.-The discussion OF
the budget was continued in the
chamber OF deputies to-day. When tho
subject of appropriations for the minis
try OF the interior was broached, Lucien
Mtllevoyc, Boulangist member for the
somme, stepped to the speakers tribune
and made bitter attack upon foteign-
ers in France in general and foreign
newspaper correspondents in particu-
lar. The government had waited too
long, he said. before attempting to pun
ish these traducers OF the French peo-
pie. : Adventures from people in.
imical to France had been allowed
to make the country the scene
Of their dishonest schemes and
had plotted and thriven at the expense
Of loyal Frenchmen. The time had
come for the government to proceed
energetically against all who had come
from abroad to exploit French industry
and genius. The first persons to be
punished ought to be certain news
agents, who, while pretending merely
to conduct legitimate newspaper bu-
reaus, we're in fact, creatures OF foreign
capitalists, and made a business OF
spreading ISLANDERS concerning France.
These men were practical political
agents aud they ought to be arrested
and punished at once for the scanda.
lous ialschoods which they had recent
ly circulated. Their places should be
taken by native born Frenchmen who
should be directly under the control OF
the government
The statement as to tho vote Of conf
dence caused o stir among the deputies,
who have called most loudly for the in
vestigation OF tho Panama scandal. Le
Provost dc Launay began the attack
upon the governments position toward
the Panama scandal. The agitation
mentioned by NJ. Ribot, he said, had
unfortunately had been necessary to
force the government to action against
the mon responsible for the scandal.
The government had eyinCed no desire
10 probe the scandal, and had been
forced only by the popular demand to
move tho machinery Of Justice.
The confusion, which had grown
steadily during NJ, do Launay's speech,
became an rproar when Paul Deschanel,
Republican deputy for tho Eure.Et-
Laire, deprecated the reflections upon
the governments intentions, and turn.
Ing 70 face the Boulangist, Jules do La.
have, demanded that he now namc the
100 deputies whom he had described 9s
recipients Of Panama brlbes, NJ, do
Lahayo repliodi :,
"Moat Of you know who they arc. II
is generally acknowledged that l64 dep.
uties were corrupted"
"Namo thcm, methom," came from
all sides OF the chamber"
II am not horo 10 Ilame," answered
N. Do Lahaye. ut % for tho law TO
discover their namos,"
NJ. Bourgeois, minister ot Justice, ro.
pliod to N. Dolahayes accusations at
length. He regretted, he said, to hear
NJ. Delahayo again repeat his charges
without giving any proota Of thoir truth.
NJ. Delahayo and hlB friends could not
but know, however, that tho law was
unable 10 deal with charges which could
not bo proved,
Augustus do Ramol, Royalist deputy
for Gard, made tho last attack on tho
government The officers Of tho law, he
said, wore already preparing 70 dlsniisE
the charges Of corruption ugainat mem
bOrs oi the chamber, on the ground that
sufficient evidence was lacking. Why
auiIlclent evidence was lacking all hul
the wlliuily blind could SEQ, Why
were tho directors Of tho Panama Cana
Company allowed 10 speak9 Why wal
NJ. Atton, who hut a week ago had bGot
In Paris, was allowed 10 leave Without
the making Of one effort 10 arrest him
The proofs could bo got, but tile gov
Nfnuienk aeonbd 10 have no doglrC Il