The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-25
BEDLAM is L00SED
LOWER HOUSE OF THE REI0HSRATH
IN Widest TUMULT.
Trouble is Over the Same Old Czech Lam
Many Recent Scenes of Uproar-Presi-
dent Leaves His Place and the Members
Lay About Them With All the Fnry OF
Madmen and the Inconsequentiai Fool
ishness of schoolboys in Mischief-one
Member Nearly Choked to Death


Vienna, Nov. 24.-The members OF the
lower house Of the Reichsrath today ex-
celled themselves in producing the most
oIisgraceful scene yet witnessed in that
branch If parliament The turbulence
resulted from motion that only one
OF a number of similar petitions against
the ordinance making the Czesh Ian
guage coordinate with the German in
Bohemia should be read and printed.
This order OF the government has been
the basis of many uproarious scenes,
which have been described in these dis
patches for a number of weeks past, al
though the question OF renewing the
compact between Austria and Hungary,
Professionally at least, has been mixed
UP in all the bitter feeling manifested
by the German and anti-German ele-
ments The members Of the Left party
protested uproariously today against
the motion referred 10, stigmatiZing it
as Oppressive and Illegal" Finally, the
members Of the lower house became 50
ddsorderly that the president Of that
body, DR.. AbrahamoYiZ, was once more
compelled to suspend the sitting, and ne
soon afterward left the house.
President Abraihamovicz was greeted
with cries of Polish scoundrel,"
"swindler,'' 'blackguard" and "Badeni !
eunuch.' One deputy was stabbed in
the hand, another had his collar bone
broken and a third received a severe
scalp wound.
Count Badeni, the premier, with a
sneer on his face, watched the combat |
throughout Herr Wolff declared that
he would bring his revolver to the next
sitting
The departure OF President Abraham
ovicz was the signal for a scene Of the
widest disorder. Dr. Wolff, the Ger
man Nationalist leader, clam5ered up
into the presidents tribune. seized a
heavy bell and swung it to and fro ma
terially increasing the disorder prevail
ing. The bell, however, was almost i'm
mediately wrenched from DR.. Wolf's
hand 10y Deputy Pollock.
While this incident was in progress,
challenges to fight duels, and showers Of
and other insults were ex-
changed on all SIDES, until the interior
Of the house in every way resembled an
,
A number OF young Czechs and Poles
made rush for the presidents tribune
and attempted to lead DR.. Wolff down ,
from the position which he Occupied, and
they in turn were attacked by a number !.
Of Leftists, and a disgraceful scrimmage
was the result. This was only the be
ginning of the fighting. During the
preliminary scuffiing some OF the young
Czechs struck Wolff and this caused
such an uproar that a regular pitched
battle with fisticuffs followed, lasting >
or about quarter of an hour.
Herr Schoenerer, the leader of a sec
ion Of the German opposition, caught
lold Of and brandished over mis- head
me of the minister's armchairs, and q
vas evidently about 10 hurl it at the
reads of his immediate opponents, when
le was seized and disarmed by Herr
BY this time the disorder was Of such
nature that even the public in the gal c
cries cried shame upon the fighting,
wearing and insult-exchangfng depu-
les. y
A Polish member, Herr Polacz, rushed d
lpon another member, Herr Pferche,
md was nearly strangllng him when L
Herr Pferche, on the impulse OF the
drew a penknife from his W
pocket and opened It, but he was dis
lrmed 5y a colleague before any further "
larm was done. Herr Pferche was by e
hat time 50 exhausted by the chiking II
le had received at the hands of Herr C
'olacz and so overcome with excitement b
nat ne tainted, still further adding 10 s.
he sensation. Z
At this moment President Abraham
vicz returned to the house, but after y
epeatei and vain efforts TO quell the n
disorder prevailing, he clised the sitting A
T the house. In SO doing, the president &c
aid: n
In view Of the acts OF violence Which b
ave occurred in the house today. 1 con- HI
ider it my duty to close the sitting ti
VIII those members whi are willing To 81
i've me the names of the violent MEM el
ers please come TO my office?" "
Several members of the s1ouse accept IA
d the invitation Of the president and.
5 a result, it is believed that Herren