St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-13
Spanish Cortes Finishes the
Fifty-Fourth Hour Of Con-
tinuous Sitting.
Republicans and Caplists Dis
play Apparently Unbrok-
en- Stubbornness.
Large Crowds Surrounding
the Parliamentary Build
ings Kept Moving.
Sir Charles Russell Stirs Up
an Acpid Discussion at
Paris.

MADRID, May 12.-The cortes has
tlnuous sitting. Members and ministers
are exhausted. Many sleep half the
time, and are aroused by their col
leagues only when vote is taken. This
evening the discussion concerns mo-
tiOn to give the government free hand
to settle the question Of the municipal
play apparently unbroken stubborn
ness. Nevertheless, it is believed that
shortly after midnight the motion will
be passed. In that case the government
probably will publish a decree in
harmony with the opposed bill,
postponing the municipal election un-
til November. A ministerial crisis is
imminent. Those favorable to the cabi
net say that at least Senior Gonzales,
minister of the INTERIOR and Senor Rios.
minister of justice, will resign. Popu-
lar excitement does not abate. Crowds
still fill the streets and open spaces near
the parliamentary building. Scores of
policemen constantly on duty in the i'm
mediate nelghborhood prevent rlotouS
demonstrations by keeping the people
moving. The guards in the building
have been strengthened today and are
in charge of the corridors and lobby up
to the doors OF the chamber.
Ministers Victorious.
The counter motion of the Republic
ans in the corteS against leaving the
government free hand in the matter of
the municipal election was rejected
shortly after s O'Clock by vote of 12G
to 81. The Republican deputies retired
for a few minutes to the
Iobbies to confer, leaving but
two men to watch the government
Almost Immediately after their depart
ure the men on watch summoned them
back in all haste. 1t was too late, how
ever. The original bill postponing the
election had already been rushed
through the house by the ministers.
The Republican members at once with
drew from the building. AS they APP
peared in body in the street
they were cheered repeatedly by the
thickening crowds. The news spread
like magic, and before the deputies
reached the Republican club thousands
were marching behind them shouting
Long live the republic" The balco-
nies near the Republican club were
thronged with men and women who
answered the cheers of those below as
the deputies passed.
Republicans Confer.
The club was filled with representa-
tive Republicans, who at once gathered
in conference to decide upon their
future line of action. Meantime some
10000 men and women had assembled
some 200 yards from the parliamentary
building, and were cheering for the
republic. The police ordered them
to disperse. They refused to do so.
The police charged and were repuised.
Three companies of renforcements
were summoned. All charged with
drawn sabers, divided the mob. and
scattered the groups through side
streets. At 9:15, when the cOrtes ad.
journed. most of the people had been
driven off, and the monarchialiStS were
in no danger of being moleSted.
At 80 the streets near the middle of
the city are still crowded. The Repub-
lican club is surrounded by thousands
of cheering men and women. The Re-
publican deputies are said to contem-
plate resigning in body from the
cortes. The government is tax.
the the public m buildings. The court
yard of the home Office is
filled with mounted gendarmes. The
other offices have been similarly gar
risoned. The government is taking
steps to prevent the publication of Re
publican manifestos in this city. Orders
have been sent to the authorities of all
towns in the provinces to prevent the
publication and circulation OF Repub-
lican appeals TO the people.