The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-07-29
The Spanish COrtes i'm an UprOar.


A letter from Madrid, in TIE Courier
de Bayonne, says:
The discussion in the Congress of a
proposition of NJ Nocedal to the effect
that the chamber should congratulate
the holy father on the occasion of the
18th anniversary of the pontificate, and
join in the sympathetic manifestations
of the world toward the illustrious head
of the Roman faith, gave rise to re-
9retable incident. After having eulo-
glzed Catholicism and indicated the
services which it had rendered, the
honorable gentleman made political
illusions III which he accused the eX-
listing democratic government of Spain
Of not being as liberal as the church.
The Minister of the Interior took up
the words and refused to join in the
| proposal from the moment a political
question was mixed up with it. He
accused the ultramontanes, who now
plead IN favor of the infallibihty of the
! Pope, of having called his Holiness,
when he wished to reconcile the doc
/ trines of the church with the require
ments of modern civilization, mitred
Robespierre. NJ Nocedal replied that
/ he had not spoken politics that he
accepted all the decisions taken by the
! Popes, and those VINO did not do so
were not Catholics. Admiral Topete
wished the motion to be divided into
two parts. NJ. Valera was unwilling
that III a country where the liberty Of
worship was proclaimed, a Chamber
should make public profession of
Catholicism, and advised to have
the proposition rejected. Adj
mlral Topete's suggestion, on
! beng put to the vote, was thrown out
by AL to ~; the Carlists did not take
part in he proceeding. Count de Can
gua-Arguelles demanded that the ency-
cllcal letter of Plus X to the bishops
should be read The President sane
toned that step, but NJ. Martos OPP
posed it, maintaining that no docu-
ments could be read from the tribune
unless they were parliamentary or of
the nature of petitions to the King.
NJ. Olozaga having supported the Min
lister, q great tumult ensued, Count de
Cangua- Argueiles and NJ. Nunez de
Arce exchanged some words. which
were lost in the noise The latter as
sumed an irritating attitude toward the
former, who, furious, left his seat and
rushed toward his cOntradictor, whom he
seized by the arm. Some of the deputies
then interfered, and probably epre-
vented scene of personal viol nee.
Marshal SerranO advanced towards the
benches of the Carlist minority to re-
establish calm and protect those mem
bers against the excitement of the ma
lorlty. Col. Gamma, Aide-de-C Camp tc
the Minister of War, seeing the Mar
shall surrounded, rus had to his succor,
but was roughly repulsed by the Duke
de la Tore. A deputy, NJ Navarro
: Rodrigo, considering that a stranger
violated the sanctity Of the Chamber,
struck the Colonel with cane The
President during all of this time was
endeavoring to restore order He
ordered the galleries to be cleared,
and finally put on his hat and left the
chair. The Republican party remained
impossible spectators of the scene AT
terWard a secret sitting was held mu
tual explanations were given and repro
duced at the public one held in the
evening; the two members who caused
the dIsgraceful scandal declared them
selves satisfied, and stated that nc
blows had passed. A duel, however
is expected to result from the occur
renee. In the end the proposal of NJ
Nocedal was rejected by 81 to 81. The
Carlists have addressed their congratu
lations to the holy father by telegraph
as have also some members of the ma
, iOrity.