Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-09
Excitement in the City in lncreas-
ing Hourly
PREDICTIONS OF VERDICT.



day. Ae this is written. troops are pour.
Ing into the city to b. r01dy fpr any
Disturbances that may arise when the
decision OF the court-martlll 10 an
nounccd.
Droyfus has Just entered tho court
room. HE features showing trace. 81
the violent emotions Of the iuat twenty.
four hours
Tho s1mc general belief that the ycr-
diet viii Doe one OF culp1buty eth OBJ
taiua this morning
Tho socialists are particularly bitter
and the excitement ongcndcrod by the
presence 90 their leaders H. growing
hourly
Madame Drcyfus awaited the sem
tcncc In agony and deep emotion. In
The Lyccc entrance the Journalists were
compelled 10 participate in an extra
ordinary scene Each one was o. archcd
from head 10 foot ana their uamcs and
addresses were taken By the oincioua
zen d'urmor.
Av soon NJ the court had been formal.
~ opened. Maitrc Dcmungr commenced
the second part u hif appeal. taking up
lho study Of the bordcreau on all points.
Ills voice vlhratod with emotion.
NH NJ. Dcmangc proceeded with HE
hull appeal he argued that the b0r-
dor'nu was clearly the work 81 Ester.
hnzy. hu said that Eatorhazy had debts
and dinlcultlcs which rendered making
extra money necessary. 10 declared
~" burdorcnu'r writing more closely ro-
scmblci that Of Estorhazy'o than that Of
bruytuA, ana pointed out that Ester
hAEy had repeatedly declared the Dor.
dercnu me- his own work
The oiilcera everywhere seem 90 BE- Ga
good humor. The city ~ a nest Of
troops
Some take II that the comparatively
small number Of gen diarm,v IN the
han indicates a verdict OF ucqulttal on
the other hand. during the dcliboration
OF the judges the hall will De cleared
ana upon 10 return the audience may
ma the place hriHtllug with troop.
proyfuH iH holding up admirably.
COURT TAKES a RECESS.
Ronucs. sept. 9-M. DcmanFc. counse,
Tor Captain Alfred Droyfua concluded
his speech Tor the defense VI the court.
martial at 1855 a. m. The court ad.
lpurnoi until . .. m. OF which time
Major Carricro Will make a brief reply.
The court Will then deliberate on it,
verdict.
a loud clnppng OF hands greeted tho
liycfcd pororatiun.
Drcyfus however. appeared lmpnssi.
Die. liut ~ he LETT the stage he cx-
claimed 10 those around him. u am not
guilty"
The prisoners hearers replied with
crlcp Of Courage, cour0gc!"
PREDICTION OF AcoUGTTAL.
New York. Sept. "a dispatch to the
Tribune from Paris Gays:
The verdict o. the Rcnnca court.mar-
tlnl,which Will, Ia nll probability. be- pr0.
nouncyd saturday ~ awaited with
equal confidence by both Drcyfuflrds
ana nnu-brcyfuslrds Iudrt Arthur
Meyer, IaesuEunc tho Comic de- Nun
Mlllcyoyc. Drumond and Rnchefurt. who
between thum represent the i've great
political parties, clcrIclle, nationalist
royalists, imporiallHts and anu-semltcs.
now Ia coalition against tho republic.
affirm their absolute Cortltude that
brcyfus viii be- convicted. They DO
this even after having read Mnltry De-
mnngo'e superb speech Ia behalf uf his
client which IL being sold ON die
noulcvards In special editions issued by
an the leading Paris newspaper
Such extraordinary precautions have
been taken by General De Galifet, min
istyr Of war, by General Bruglcf.. the
governor general Of Paris. aud by the
project Of police to insure order. that
no disturbance II feared. although tho
popular excitement IL Intense aud IL I.
an open secret that the leaders OF the
I'VE gruupH above mentioned hope. by
the aid OF cOnfodcrntes In the army 10
make use OF the passion and funntlclgm
that would be- let loose by the cnn-
dcmnatlOn Of pryyfuH ns a lever 10
ovcrturn tho present regime on the
other hand, men like Cornclly. wee,
Quot, clcmencyau, Jules, Clarctlc. Heb
rard, Pierre Glnlrd, JeanJaurea. ana
Nlvlnni. assert with equal conviction
that Drcyfu. VIII De acquitted The
situation 10 complicated by tho ORGY.
furard. being divided into two camps.
first, socialists who represent the reVu-
luton. and second, literary aud pro-
fcsHlonnl men who represent the ma
tlon'e brains.
For all honest imperial men. the
Dreyfus trial was settled on August n,
when General Mcrcicrs elaborate In.
dictmcnt failed on It's own showing to
establish the prisoners guilt All the
subsequent testimony produced by the
cnbal Of cN-mlniHtcrs ana leaders Of the
former general stan was not evidence.
but preyfus batting. and as Cornclly
forcibly showed Ia the Figaro, IL h
moniruua 90 suppose that the seven
llennes judges. who all belong 10 tho
NNAfNAAllt NNMNiNfN hA ANtAl Profession.
are capable Of prunuunclng condemna-
ton without demonstrating the prison.
or'H guilt, which twvnty-Heyen sessions
of the court martial have practically
proved To be am imposslbnlty.
The situation may be summed up as
follows;
The acqulttal win be the signal for
pacincntion which Will enable the inter
national exhibition uf 1900 10 take
place. The uCuulttl Will doubtless be
followed by % few weeks OF growing
and barking Of the clerlcals and their
nationalist and jew batting allies, hut
the flame will soon Kicker out for wnnt
~ oil. Even yesterday Max Regis the
cx-mnyor ~ Algiers, the most incen-
diary Of an the agitutors, declared at
ltenner 20 NJ. Chiucolle In an interview
which viii appear Ia the Figaro that he
~ willing 20 abide by the decision 0f the
court martial and never after TO raise
the war cry OF Dreyfus or the Drcy-
fuHards.
The verdict NJ conviction would. as
NJ Cornelly stated most emphntlcally.
lead infallihly BY successive steps 10
clvll war"
II would offer the spectacle OF Franco
cutting herself nsunder from the rest
Of the civilized world and plunglng into
hnrharlsm. II would be the signal for
roynlist. nationalist. clerical and anti.
semitic onslaught on the republic. COM
plicntrd by socialist upheavnl.
THE judicial consequences contin-
ued NJ C0rnelly would be- tn ring The
Tg.v...a lnNave.uf h.f.v.