Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-26
The Spanish Cortes in an Upr0ar.
A letter from Madrid, in the Couri
do RayOnDa cove.

A letter from Madrid, in the Courie7
de Bayonne, says:
The discussion in the Congress of {
proposition Of M. Nocedal, to the effect
that the chamber should congratulate
the holy father on the occasion of the
25th anniversary of the pontifcate, and
join IN the sympathetic manifestations
of the world toward the illustrious head
of the Roman faith, gave rise to 1e-
gretable incident After having eulo-
gized Catholicism and indicated the
services which it had rendered, the
honorable gentleman made political
illusions in 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 infallibil1ty 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. M. Nocedal replied that
he had not spoken politics that he
accepted all the decisions taken by the
Popes, and those who did not do SO
were not Catholics. Admiral Topete
wished the motion to be divided into
two parts. M. Valera was unwilling
that in country where the liberty of
worship was proclaimed, a Chamber
should make a public profession of
Catholicism, and advised to have
the proposition rejected. Ad-
miral Topete's suggestion, on
being put to the vote, was thrown out
by AL to AZ; the Carlists did not take
part IN he proceeding. Count de Can
gua-Arguelles demanded that the ency-
clical letter of Plus TX. to the bishops
should be read. The President sane
toned that step, but NJ Martos op-
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
M. Olozaga having supported the Min
lister, a great tumu1t 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 eontradictor, 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
hers AGAINST tho ayoiteroant of tho M
jority. Col Gamma, Aide-de-Camp to
the Minister of War, seeing the Mar
shall surrounded, rushad to his succor,
but was roughly repulsed by the Duke
de la Tore. A deputy, NJ Navarro
Rodrigo, considering that 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 no
blows had passed. A duel, however,
is expected to result from the occur
renee. In the end the proposal of M.
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.