The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-02
ANOTHER UPROARIOUs SESSION m,
THE AUsTRO-HuNGARIAN
REICHsRATH,
DISORDER CONTINUED THROUGHOUT
umuit Was Such That Notbinr
could BE Accomplishment
Lively Skirmish in Front
OF Speakers Stand,

house OIL the reichsrath assembled todoy
AFTER adJournng yesterday from tho
scene OF unprecedented disorder, MI the
nniiisters were present, and the an
pIouches TO the presidential tribune were
.nlocKed, groups having been erected since
ane dlSgraceful fighting of Yesterday in
ana about the tribune and thronrbomt
the house. The entrance of The nres;'
ueht OF the chamber DR.. Abrahamovicz
was the signal for loud and ironical sain,
tations, which were followed by yehem.
ent leftist shouts of "Shamer'
. LII. ADrahamovicz made an attempt to
siieahi pu. Dr. Wolff, the German ma
shouting: Ai'h u!
Some one else must take the chair.
not this swindler."
Herr sehonerer, the leader of the Sec
ton Of the German opposition, then
yelled at the top of his voice:
II demand the right to speak. TO
which l am entitled"
Ihereupon DIR. Wolff retorted:
There is no such thing as right in this
house., 1t is trodden under foot by his
mamelukes."
AS the uproar which followed showed
every sign of increasing, DR.. Abraham
0vlcz adjourned the house until 3 o'clock
'NAhVoh, uhilu Il VI uuTTuHS
and "bravos."
The sitting was resumed at $3.50 o'clock
this afternoon. Immediately the leftists
commenced a tremendous din, in the
middle of which the German centrist,
Herr Falkenhyn, conceived as O happy
idea a proposal to cover obstructiOnists
by threatening their purses. He moved
that in the future disorderly members
might be suspended for three days by
the president or for thirty days by the
house, during which time their allow
ance should be stopped, while members
refusing to leave the chamber when re-
quie,ssted might be forcibly expelled:
The speaker was interrupted with a
continuous uproar, Herr Wolff shouting
Lets pitch the blackguards out"
The president vainly called for order.
Finally Herr Wolff stationed himself
dieectly in front of the presidential tri-
bunal and began shrill whistle. A
number of deputies tried to force open
the doors at the front of the platform
while a party of Czechs endeavored to
prevent them.
When the tumult was at its height
Herr Abrahamovicz declared that he re-
garded the motion of Herr Falkerhyn as
, a necessary measure of self-defense and
called for the voting. The whole right
~ once alose anu Tie presIuenl ueciaIeu
| the motion carried. A number of depu-
ties then began clambering upon the
| presidents platform, whereupon he
seized his bell and left the house.
After a short interval he returned and
began to address the chamber, but his
voice was drowned in torrent of leftis
yells and shouts Of 'get OUT ani
"shame."
Finally the sitting was suspended fol
| an hour, at the close of which President
Abrahamovicz returned and announced
that in accordance with wishes expressed
in many quarters he had decided to close
the sitting. to open again tomorrow.
The scenes, which are regarded as ;
parliamentary coup detat. vera wit
messed by the British ambassador, Sil
Horace Rumbold, and by Samuel l.
Clemens Mark Twain with 0thel
noted foreigners. The motion of Count
Falkenhyn, former minister of agricul
ture. was carried by means of an evi
IDENTIFY preconcerted signal between
President Abrahamovicz and the right
lists, for no word of the president
speech was audible. This novel pro
ceeding was greeted with howls and
jeers by the obstructionists.
For long time Count Badeni, the
premier. stood calm and unmoved. but
Wnen Une ulSOTueIS Teu'licu Nhh'.' :,
both he and the president sought safe
ty from personal violence in flight.
Five Vienna newspapers, including the
Neue Freie Presse and the socialist or
gan Arbeiter Zeitung. in addition to sew
eral principal journals. have been con-
fiscated for articles on Wednesdays pro-
ceedings.
Count Badeni had interviews with
Emperor Francis Joseph last night aud
this morning. Today's sitting was de-
layed while the carpenters britt fences
around the presidents chair. While
this was going on the assembled mem
beers INDUCED in animated discussions
and TESTED about the presidential
cage"
The leaders of the opposition met This
evening to decide what steps should be
taken in view of the violation of the
constitution, but no decision was arrived
at.