New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-09
A STORMY PANAMA DEBATE.
THE DEPUTIES REFUSE To SUSTAIN NJ.
GOUSSOT'S INTERPRETATIONS.

ornEE OF TIE DAY ACCEPTED DY THE
GOVERNMENT AND CARRIED. 44O TO g.
SPEECHES BY NJ. RIBoT AND
NJ. BOURGEOIS.
Paris Feb s-An hour before the Chamber Of
IDENTITIES met today the report was abroad that
rm; toussot, Houlancist Deputy for the Seine,
-oud intcrpcllatc the Government 10 the
..ouit,al by the Chamber of Indictments OF Deputy
pouvier and Senators Deves. Grcvy and Renault.
Tho nrobabc course of the debate was discussed
..serlv by Deputies in the lobbics and by visitors
~s;tinr outside the Palais Bourbon. As the time
@, openng tho proceedings approached the mem
~, hurried 70 their seats and crowds Of strangers
,.kcd the public galleries to suflocation Both
=, tho floor and in :he galleries there was III
..ssen. uproa,, above which could be heard occa-
.orallv voice procaiming :he speaker 10 he Il
panama stakeholder, who did not intend to be to-
t,.ud,d Of his rights by the Government. Among
.ho IDENTITIES many were denouncinc tine acqulttai
- NJ Kouvicr, hut in the din only lraGment'iN
..;,rra,ors and rccriminatinns penetrated to the
galleries. .,u,,o,I.
The procccdinss opened amid an indcscrioabic
,.,., of shonts. tcrs and cheers. Hardly word
mas heard on the rear se?ts ana 10" III"
definite idea Of what was happcnlhs uh'" VI
Coussot asccnded to the speakers tribune y.
s,st his voice was inaudiblC and he WAS ohii9''
o. ,onea, his words several times before all asc'I
.s;.od ,b,t N. was asking permission 10 submit
~o ;r,orrellation expected. lie directed MS
.,,.ck principally against NJ. Rouvicr rs Ko"Vi''
.au,tsd tlao he had received money from '"c
p.roma Company, NJ Goussot said IL wa ','
.o,r du,y OF the Government to sec '"'' Nv
.ose,ed the penalty of his action i"' ',,..
~ tho Constitution concerning 'he r'SPon'i'
lnf, uitl
'. romorkobl.. that the Government had 10 o
was a.. 80 tcopcntly ct duties that we're 3"
,Iain II was time to ask wh' was s'oppi''s '"'
wheels OF justice ~ o,,,;od with
w pourccois. Minister of Justice, replied VIII"
'n' ,,hich evoked renewed disturbances III
. - and on the floor that 1t was al
.no ,,,o Government to accuse II oil Eeiu-
- ,broats and hinderinG the exposure y.
n ne psnomo Companys affairs, The "oNei hin'
", ahou, its disposition in the ma''c' '' ''
ia" ~. chamber to authorize legal pro'cr"i"@'
s,as, tho DEPUTIES said 10 be impiicd.cu 'pP
-. from the Lcft, and lie pTopcfy r'i' "Io
r o. ,b. law courts of France, "ricn "'
'esS ',,,or, and lust. The Government wo"i" 'V,
=. sw;,o, to unwarrantcd measures "u' "'"''
10 ..,.h ahsolura disregard OF the slahueio"'
"s ,,hch enemies of the Rcpubhc Ia"
.;,or,a,nc for the last month. Inc Wv ".o-
s,;u nroclaimed that all citizens mus. WV no4
syn p.. 90 tho courts of justice but ho'
hasora any provisional court. OAppiau'e i''"'
Left, . orr dutv 70 do
@We have done all that it is our uu'N ~ ,I.
..;a NJ Rourreois in conclusion. we ''V !"
Questions now Submitted nicre "'""o a.an,,o.
- ma We refuse TO supply to the cnon'''
=, ,ha Ranuhlic weapons with when 10 "'
:. W. hov oone our duty ard we aoioe '' Wv
.xs,,,t II remains cor the CHAMBER " Wv
same" D.,, for tbe
Godefrov Cavaignac, Republican Depu,s 'o'
sa,tbe who followed NJ bourgeois III "'o ~
ers' tribune was frequently ih'cfr"pou stoa h..
.,.rso Whatever had been said or denieo' ne
t .ns nromoters of the present campaIgr
-. tho panama corruptionists hah come io'
- as the champions of public honesty n''N
"a ,h.r had formed league whose opJec. was
.a,srr,cv Of silence. lie himself han heai'
.,,ah,;sbed certain facts of two distinct Glass;
Nm tho one hand, a Cabinet Mlhistcr vi w
p.nuhlic had been convicted ol receiNiiis "'C .:
f,on, the Panama Company; on the o'i'ei n""'
,.. shovn that international agents ha'
.,.r.d IN frances domestic politics par' "hi'',
1. ,,,.s dieicult 70 understand. As had been saio
hr r,ombers of the Cabinet, the faults OIL HUI
vdiols could not fairly be made the weapons
oranst the established institutions oil thc cou'i-
tyv there Deputy Dcroulcde shouted iha. -
the language of an honest man ;, Du' pco"''u'
things had happened i'll connection "l'h in',
ydual cases. and still awaited, after lheNpio'",'
delay. much-dcsircd explanation Inc prop',
had soon that enormous sums had been scattered
rccklessly on the pretext of paying lor a"'ei'S
ments. which existed only in imagination ana ior
d;shonest puffinr in corrupt newspapers. tfro-
longed applause and cheers So-caled guar%"''c
syndicatcs which did not take risk, hah re-
ceved immense Sims The rapacity OF certain
persons of great influence in society had been phe
their greed had been apparently lnsa-
table. and they had scruplcd at nothing to satisfy
H. As NJ Cavaignac proceeded with his denunci-
ltion of those persons, 4 voice on the Leu
shouted: "Now we are listening 10 the language
Of Minister of the Rcpublc!' After the APP
pause caused by this remark NJ. Cavaignac
II have no doubt OF the goodness of the Gov
ernments intentions, but the results do not sat
isfy the public. ! cannot feel, moreover, that IL
Is necessary for French Government TO exercise
surveillance over the employment OF the iunds oi
a financial company. Appduse and slight sen
sation among the Mnisters) Why did the people
of France declare themselves in favor OF re-
public? Because they saw in the republic that
form OF government which was a guarantee OF
even-handcd Justice and unilinchng duty. Never
let it he said that they made mistake NJ
Cavaignao closed by moving the following order
Of the day:
Resolved, That the Chamber icing deter
mined TO support the Government in the rcpres
sion of all acts of corruption, and being deter
mined TO prevent the recurrence of the adninls-
tative practices which it rcprehends' now passes
% the order of the day
The proposal Of this motion was received WIN
relcnged cheering, which ceased as NJ Derouicdc
mk and said Everything which the honor oil
France and the Republic demands has now been
nid have nothing to add 10 the sentiments
which we have just heard expressed
N. Ribot spoke at length in defence OF the
Ministry. The Government had done its duty.
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