Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-02
THE PANAMA SCANDAL
French senate Makes Stern Order OF
Search,

{ french senate Makes a stern Order OF
Search.
PARIS, Jan. 3o.-At a meeting of
! senator's belonging to the Democratic
lection Of the left it was resolved to
'equest NJ. Bourgeois, minister of
Justice, to cause search to be made
| # the residences of NJ. Andrieux and
| NJ. Dclahaye, with the view of finding
I he lists of persons compromised by
/ he Panama scandal. concerning which
! NJ. Delahaye and NJ. Andrieux have
/ ,poken on several occasions but which
they have failed to produce.
In his celebrated speech which
started the Panama investigation by
the Chambe of Deputies II. Delahaye
said that no less than 3, 900, 900 francs
were distributed among $50 members
of Parliament, only few of whom
were Senators. Here deafening shouts
/ Of 'The names.' We've raised on all
/ sides The excitement and tumult
were intense but NJ. Delahaye con-
! tented himself with declaring that the
inquiry he demanded would divulge
them.
/ When, after long waiting, M. Della
haye was able again to make His VOICE
heard he said That this first distribu-
ton of money only increased the appe-
tltes Of those who shared in it. The
administered tors of the Panama Canal
Company were assaied by a verita ole
pack of political hounds and they had,
so to say, no choice between pillaging
the Company's title and succumb bling.
Prolonged uproar and renewed shouts
of 'Nalnes!' A hundred thousand
francs was required for one journal,
100, 900 francs for another and 100, 600
francs for election expenditures. That
300, CO- frames was handed over by the
Canal Company but he would not say
who received it.
NJ. Delahaye repeated that he could
not say to whom the 80, 900 francs
was given but he could say that sum
was given by the Panama Cana Com
pany. 4 minister who was now dead
had received 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 IL political parsonage
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 NJ. Delahaye repeat that
the inquiry he demanded would
divulge them, but he could 1ell the
!ouse 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 W as composed of five mem.
bers In favor of the measure and five
against it: the eleventh member had
no OPT ~ion, but he went to the Panama
Company and offered to vote in favor
of the bill for the considera ton of
200. 600 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 syndicate for 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
chamber 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 ne may have