Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-19

CUSED IN CASE ANY OF THEM
APPEAR.
PARIS, September 1S.-The Senate
met as high court of justice to-day
at . D. M, for the purpose of trying
twenty-five politicians, including NM.
De Monicourt, De Roulede, Marcel Ha-
bert, TlhieDaud, Baron de Vaux and
Jules Guerin, ON the charge of con-
spring against the government
The procurator- general, Nj. Bernard,
read the leading indictment, which
lasted from 2:25 until 3: 45 p. m, when
the Senate entered into secret session
to discuss the Indictment and deter
mine the questions relating to the pre-
liminary inquiry which is to be ordered.
The public and press galleries were
crowded by las p. M, and the Sena-
tors places were filed few minutes
before 2 D. NJ. Then the roll was
called. The announcement was made
that President Fallieres, accompanied
by the Senate officers, was approach
ing. A few moments later door on
the right Of the chamber was thrown
open, the chief usher announced the
president NJ. Fallieres entered, and
bowling to the two officers, who, naked
sword in hand, had escorted him
through the corridors of the palace
to the chamber, proceeded to the plat
form. and took his seat behind the table
in the centre of the platform. The
president presented dignified hgure.
He has a fine head and grizzly beard
and was attired in evening dress. Be
hind him were grouped the ushers and
ether officers of the Senate in evening
dress and wearing their silver chains
of Office On table at the presidents
right hand was a big, brass hand bell,
which, however, had no occasion to use
it to-day, sharp tapping of his little
mallet sufficing to restore silence when
the laughter which greeted some of the
passages of NJ Bernard's bill of indict-
ments grew too boisterous Not one
of the accused was present or in the
palace to-day, but nine cells have been
fitted up for them in the library The
cells are very comfortably furnished.
President Fallieres opened the pro-
ceedings, amid general silence, by read
ing the decree of the president of the
republic constituting the Senate, on the
report of the minister of justice, into
high court to try the charge against
the accused of making an attempt on
the secretary of the state.
M. Fallieres then declared the Sen
ate constituted as high court, and the
clerk Of the court called the roll of
Senators, who answered with the word
present"
The leading absentees, when the roll
was called were MN. Constans,
Scheurer-K estner and MERCER.
The Indictment commenced by recit-
ing the fact of the arrest of NM. De-
roulede and Marcel-Habert, and said
the inquiry had showed the existence
of a conspiracy to change the form of
government, to which the disorder of
last February, it was added, were due,
and in which NM Deroulede, Marcel
Habert and some members of the
League of Patriots, NJ. Guerin and
some members of the anti-Semitic
League M. DeBuc and some members
of the Society of anti-Semitic Youth,
MN Buffet, GODFREY and Chevilly and
members of the Royalist party, were
inculpated.
All the societies mentioned, since
1898, it was pointed out, had abandon
ed electoral action for revolutionary
action, and the League of Patriots
openly pursued the object of over
throwing the constitutional govern
ment, NM. Deroulede and Marcel-Ha-
bert seeking to attain their ends by the
union of rioters and troops in the
streets, The anti-Semitic League, it
was also claimed, has Joined the insur-
rectional organization, wherewith are
associated the Nationalist and I'M
perialists League, and Ehe anti-Semitic
Youth has, as a mission, the propa.
ganda in the provinces of the revolu-
tionary movement
NJ. DeBuc, it was further charged, is
the link between the anti-Semite and
Patriotic Leagues.
The indictment then gave few par
tlculars of the privincial organization
Referring to the Royalist League, it
said it was worthy of attention, be-
cause though the idea of a monarchic
restoration appeared inconceivable, it
had played preponderant role in the
recent events, its leader being the Duke
of Orleans himself and its managers his
accredited representatives All the
leagues, it was asserted, seek to change
the form of government by street ris-
ings.
A letter from the Duke of Orleans to
his representative, NJ Buffet. written
from Marienbad in uly, 1896, instruct
ing him to commence a Royalist or
ganiZation, was read and then other
secret Instructions in which II waS