The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-06
THE DAY SPENT IN WRANGLING.
LITTLE BUSINESS WAS AC-
COMPLISHED.
THREE Days HAVE BEEN WASTED.
And AS the Congress Adjourns Satur-
day, 1t Looks Like the Session Will
Be a Failure-The Whole Time
Spent in Tumult.

London, July 29.-The sessions of the
International Socialists and Trades
Union conference was resumed today in
st. Martins town hall, with Chairman
Hindeman presiding. In his opening ad-
dress the chairman begged the delegates
to maintain order, pointing out that their
enemies were deriving considerable sat
lsfaction from the apparent inability of
the conference to conduct its business.
Discussion was then resumed on the
question of admitting the French social
list members of the chamber of deputies.
NJ. Jaures, Milleraud and Viviani it
being claimed by the delegates who OBJ
Jected to their presence that they did
not represent the French peasantry and
that they were not properly accredited.
The congress, after much wrangling, re-
ferred the credentials of NJ. Jaures and
his companions to the French delegates.
The discussion of the credentials of other
delegates who had been objected to were
then commenced and continued amid
much interruption. Many delegates from
secret societies of Russia and Poland
were admitted.
kantski. one of the Russian delegates.
was openly denounced as suspicious
character and the person who made the
remuneration added that it was well
known that Kantski had been in commu
cation with a notorious police Spy.
Thereupon Kantski sprang to his feet
and hercely protested his innocence,
claiming he was well accredited and he
had right to take part in the delibera-
tons. Several hot speeches for and
against his admission were made and
the congress decided, after Il very noisy
scene, to eXpel him.
Kantski was hustled out of the hall
yowing vengeance against the man who
had denounced him and loudly protest
ing his innocence of any connection with
the Russian police.
a suggestion was then made to the
chairman, who put it to the delegates.
that a photographer who was present be
allowed to come upon the platform and
take photograph of the delegates and
chiefs of sections. This proposition.
however. raised strong protest from
the foreign delegates, who announced
that they had the most decided objec-
tons to being photographed, apparently
afraid there might be some trap set for
them.
Ii required the whole of the remainder
VI tnc SltlllS ~ uccluc lllc clallllS OF the
French delegates to seats, those delegates
in the man time developing difference in
their own ranks. They were finally adj
mitted only on terms of division and dis
agreement among themselves.
The proposal made by NJ NIllcraud
ON behalf of the French delegates was
to allow them to divide into two sections,
as they disagreed upon important Ques-
tons. This precipitated tumultuous
G nd
Chairman Hindeman finally suggested
that one delegate should speak for and
another against the proposition. He
then asked NJ. Milleraud to speak, but
it was fully another half hour before the
French socialist deputy could obtain
hearing.
When he finally succeeded in making
himself heard he denounced the anar-
chStS and declared that his section would
withdraw from the congress if the an
archists were allowed to take part in its
proceedings.
Another tremendous uproar on the
floor followed and mutual determinations
were hurled back and forth between the
different French sections. The chair
man was utterly powerless to control the
situation or to put stop to the noise
and the delegates went on yelling and
waving their arms and denouncing each
other while no one could possibly hear
what any one else was saying and the
tenor of the remarks could only be
judged by the fierce gestures and threat
cning demeanor of the shouters.
An American delegate in the midst of
the din shouted out in stentorian voice
that could be heard that the Americans
sided with the French minority and
against the anarchists This again |
aroused the French majority. who. how
ever. imporfectly understood what the |
man said and they shouted themselves |
loarse in reputation of what they
thought was a charge that they were an
archistS. The English delegates took no |
very active part in the disturbances. but |
simply regarded the scene with stupid |
diSmay.
When the uproar had somewhat sub |
sided the Belgian, Vandeveldt, opposed |
the division of the Frenchmen. which |
caused renewed disorder 1t was only |
when the delegates were entirely eX-
hausted with shouting at the top of their |
voices that a vote was taken by national |
tiles on NJ. Nlileraud's proposition. 1t |
was decided by vote of II to ; TO al |
low the Frenchmen to divide
The congress then adjourned. after the |
sitting had lasted for seven hours. amid
constant turbulence and disorder, and |
without much comprehension amongst |
the participants of what was being said
or the course of business. Three days
have now been wasted on the considera-
ton of credentials and has not yet been
finished. AS the congress is to adjourn
on Saturday. it looks as though the clos
ing will come without its having reached
any real business at all.
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NEWS FROM HAVANA.
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