The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-25
Twelve Fathers Who Were Charged
with Abetting RoyaIists Found
Guilty and Fined.
WHERE MEMBERS CALLED EACH
OTHER SOME HARD NAMES.
One Expelled and Others Censured-
Squad of Soldiers Necessary
to Restore Order.

PARIS, Jan. 24.-The trial of the twelve
Assumptionist fathers before the Correc-
tional tribunal resulted to-day in their
sentence to fine of 16 francs each. and
the court decreed the dissolution of the
order. The proceedings closed without in
cident.
The imposition of merely nominal fines
is explained by the fact that the main OBJ
ject of the prosecution was not the pun
ishment of the fathers, but the dissolution
Of the order, which the government had
long regarded as a reactionary political
association and important financial but
tress of the national movement.
There were a number of exciting scenes
in the Chamber of Deputies to-day.
NJ Jean Charles Bernard, Socialist, men,
Der of the Second district of Bordeaux.
violently denounced the statements made
by the public prosecutor at the trial of
the Assumptionist fathers and attacked the
minister of justice. M. Monis. calling him a
scoundrel and canaille.
The president of the Chamber of Dep
uties, NJ. Deschanel, asked the House to
censure NJ. Bernard, saying that the day
when the Chamber allows minister to
be insulted w,,h impunity no discussion is
possible. Amid protests from the Rightists,
NJ. Bernard was censured.
NJ. Monis said he had letters of NJ Ber-
nard and M. Chiche, Revisionist members
for the first division of Bordeaux, showing
the Assumptionists had aided in their cleo
ton.
Amid uproar NJ. Lascies, ant[Semite, ex-
claimed: "You are bandit and a can
allie
NJ Deschanel called on him to withdraw
his statement and NJ Lascies said he
begged the senator's pardon. but main
tanned the truth of his remarks. This in
creased the turmoil. during which the
Chamber censured NJ. Lascies. The dis
cussion then proceeded in comparatively
quiet manner, NJ Chiche denying that he
wrote q letter to the Assumptionists say
ing he owed his election to them.
A little later another storm broke M
Bernard called NJ. Monis swindler and
pressions and the Chamber, at NJ. De-
schanel's request voted his temporary ex-
pulsion. NJ. Bernard refused to bulge,
the session was suspended and squad of
soldiers, headed by the colonel command
ing the guard at the Palais Bourbon, was
marched into the Chamber. The colonel
summoned M. Bernard to withdraw and
the latter protested but obeyed, shouting
as he left: ''Vive la Republic Honnote.
while his friends responded with, "Vive
Bernard"
Several other deputies having protested
at remarks made by The public prosecutor
concerning them, the PREMIER, NJ. Wal
deck-Rosseau, said that he agreed that
the notifications made by some Of the
deputies were perfcctly legitimate B.:t.
he added ne was aS.orished at the vio-
lence of the protests, and he could not al
low the Assumptionist trial to be dragged
into the Chamber fo- discussion while 1T
was proceeding.
NJ. Gourd. Progressist Republican
representative member of the second
division of Lyons, moved that the
matter be transferred into the reg
ular form of an Interpolation. NJ.
Waldeck-Rosseau refused and asked that
the Interpolation lie POS .pOn"d rnril the
end of the trial. The Chamber. amid
ministerial cheers. voted by 3l9 to PA, the
postponement for month of the discus
sion, the incident thus ending in virtual
vote of confidence in the government
The trial of the libel suit brought by NJ.
Judet of the Petit Journal. against M.
lola, has been postponed for week IN
order to allow the Assumptionist trial to
be disposed of. The suit brought by Mairre
Labor against the Libre Parole has been
postponed to Feb ?6.