The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-27
BARBOUX'S FINE SPEECH
LAWYERS SHOWER HIM WITH
CONGRATULATIONS.

a Big Crowd in Court to Hear His
Peroration-A WitherinR Attack on
E1- Minister Ploquet the Sensational
Incident of the Day-A Brilliant and
EfTe ctive Defense.
PARIS, Jan. 26.-Assurance that NJ. Bar
boux would deliver his peroration to- day
attracted a greater thTong than ever TO the
court room. Among the audience was an
unusual number Of friends Of Ferdinand
and Charles de Lesseps, who listened eagerly
to every word of the great advocate.
Charles de Lesseps looked weary and
pale and gave an impression of
yielding under the strain NJ. Bar-
doux argued that Charles de Lesseps was
justified in the payments which he made
to newspapers and financial companies pos
sessing influence which could be exercised
in favor of the canal. II Charles de es-
sepS yielded to numerous extortions by In
termediaries it was because he was pro
foundly convinced that the lottery bond
scheme would secure the success Of the en-
tire enterprise.
AN ATTACK ON FLoQUET.
ANCdLlbk UHEOTALlOu NJ DhIDOuX De-
came impassioned in his tone. In eloquent
and scathing language he denounced the
blackmall and corruption which had been
SO terribly and palpably rife in connection
with the Panama enterprise. He caused a
great eensRtion in the court by an unex-
pected and whitening attack on eN-Minister
Floquet- why" exclaimed Nj. Barbour
vehemently, "is not the former minister
who directed the distribution Of the press
Ruha1dipg Cittincr alornafda ha
ersp Here NJ Barbour deliberately paused
as If to let the shaft which he had aimed
quiver in the minds of his listeners, and to
watch the effect.
THE BENEFICIARIEs OF THE CORRUPTION.
Then M. Barbour, resumlng, spoke In
scathlng language of the men who had
chiefly prohted by the Panama company's
lavish expenditures He referred to Baron
do Reinach's relations with the highest So
ciety of Paris, of the intimacy of Cornelius
Herz with leading personages Of the Off
cal world. The responsibility for the per-
turbation and sense of insecurity which had
caused such alarm throughout the country
did not rest with the Panama Canal Com
pany or its directors, but on very different
shoulders
HONOR OF THE DIR LKssEPsEs.
M. Barbour then turned to the character
OF his clients He spoke Of tine consciens
tiousness and probity of both Ferdinand and
Charles de Lesseps, which had come forth
unimpaired aud undiminished from the fire
of investigation. Speaking Of the high
reputation of Ferdinand de Lesseps, NJ. Bar
boux recalled the fact that when Ferdinand
de Lesseps visited Berlin the kaiser hast
ened to salute him as a representative of
French genius. This position he still occu-
pied at home and abroad, and would continue
to occupy. Notwithstanding the vain attempt
to connect him with the guilty conduct OF
others. Mr. Barbour closed with an elo-
quent and touching appeal in behalf OF bis
clients. When he resumed his seat mem
bers of the bar crowded around him and
heartily congratulated him on his brilliant
oratorY.
A DEFENSE OF FONTANE.
M. Barbour was followed by M. Dubuit,
who spoke on behalf of Marius Fontane.
M. Dubuit reviewed the career Of his clieut
and argued that the charges against him
were based wholly on conjectures that Mar
quis Fontane had been present at the pro-
ceedings, in which he was in fact not con-
cerned. NJ. Dubuit demanded the acquittal
Of his client.
The court then adiourned until Tuesday,
Magistrate Franqueville has signed his
repors and delivered it to M. Bourgeois,
minister OF justice. II exculpates Deputies
Roche and Arene and Senator Thevenet.
The Figaro states to-day that M Franque-
vile. the examining magistrate. has com
menced a fresh inquiry in relation to the
Panama scandal. This inquiry is based on
the Arton documents. 1t is said summonses
have been issued for the examination OF
many persons eminent in public life.