The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-26
R0TDY LAWMAKERS
Austrian Statesmen" Again Stir
Up S enes of Wild Disorder.
LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS BLOCKED.

After several Futile Efforts to Trans
act business the President of the
Reichsrath Is Compelled TO Declare
the session Closed.
vienna. Nov. 26.-When the lower
house of the rcichsrath r~eassembled
yesterday, after adjourning Wednes-
day from "a scene of unprecedented dis
order, during which one of the depu-
ties drew q knife. all the ministers were
present, and the approaches to the
presidential tribune We're blocked, doors
having been erected since the disgrace
ful hp hitting i'm and throughout the tri-
bune and throughout the house.
The entrance of the president of the
chamber, DR.. Abrahamovlcs, was the
signal for loud and ironical salutations.
which We're followed by vehement Left
list shouts of shame"
DR.. Abrahamovics made an attempt
to speak, but DR.. Wolf, the German
Nationalist leader, Interrupted him by
shouting. Someone else must take the
chair, not this swindler.'
Herr Schoenerer, the leader Of a sec
ton of the German opposition, then
yelled at the top of his voice:
"I demand the right to speak, which
l am entitled to-"
Thereupon Dr. Wolf retorted:
"There is no such thing as right in
this house. 1t is trodden under foot by
this Mameluke."
As the uproar which followed showed
every sign of increasing DR.. Abraham
OWES adjourned the house until ;
o'clock in the afternoon, amid a storm
of "hurrahs" and braves"
When the sitting was resumed the
Leftists commenced a tremendous din,
in the middle of which the German
Centrist, Count Falkenhayn, conceived
as a happy idea a proposal to cove OBJ
structiOnists by threatening their peck
cts. He moved that for the future dis
orderly members might be suspended
for three days by the president or for
80 days by the house, during which time
their allowance should be stopped, while
members refusing to leave the chamber
when requested might be forcibly ex-
PEELED,
The speech was interrupted with
continuous uproar, Herr Wolff shout
ing, Let's pitch the blackguards out.
The president vainly called for order.
Finally Herr Wolf stationed himself
directly in IRON of the presidential
tribune and began a shrill whistle. A
number of deputies tried to force the
doors at the front of the platform,
while a party of Czechs e~ndeavored to
prevent them.
When the tumult was at its height
Herr A~brahamovics declared that he re-
garded the motion of Count Falkenhayn
as a necessary measure Of self defense,
and called for the voting. The whole
Right at nee arose, and the president
declared the motion carried. A number
of deputies 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 a torrent of
Leftist yells and shouts. Finally the
sitting was suspended for an hour, at
the close Of which President Abraham
OWES returned and announced that, in
accordance with wishes expressed in
many quarters, he had decided to close
the sitting, to open again today.
The scenes, which are regarded as a
parliamentary coup d'etat, were wit
messed by h British ambassador, Sir
Horace Rumbold, and by Samuel L
CltlllGllS A4Adl n 1 NdlAlJf WIN OLllEA LO-
ted foreigners. The motion of Count
F~alkenhayn, former minister of agri.
culture, was carried by means of ar
evidently preconcerted signal between
President A~brahamovics and the Right,
lists, for no word of the president
speech was audible.
This novel proceeding was greeted
with howls and jeers by the obstruc.
tionists. For a long time Count Badeni
the premier, stood calm and unmoyed
but when the disorders reached a eli
max both he and the president sought
safety from personal violence in flight
Yesterdays sitting was delayed wiki
carpenters built fences around the
presidents chair. While this was goinf
on the assembled members INDUCED II
animated discussions and Tested about
the presidential cage"
The leaders of the opposition met in
the evening to decide what steps should
be taken in view Of the violation of the
constitution, but no decision was ar
rived at.