The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-21
BADENI HAS TROUBLE.

Woes of Premier Who Has Many
People to Please.
Vienna, October 20.-It Is believed that
II the members of the left continue In their
efforts to obstruct legislation Count Badeni
will resign. in which event new ministry
viii be formed. The riotous proceedings Of
yesterdays session are virtually con-
tnuation OF the hostile demonstrations
which marked the opening of the reichs-
rath on September 49, These demonstra-
lions, as was the case with the former ones,
are directed against the cabinet and grew
out OF the i'll feeling between the Bo-
acknowledgements and the young Cezechs.
On the reassembling of the Cezechs last
month series OF motions was offered
aiming at the impeachment OF ministers.
The German popular party wants Count
Badeni. the premier. impeached because OF
the conduct of the representatives of the
government at public meetings.
The German radicals and the section
OF the German oppos ition, headed by Herr
Schooner, demanded his impeachment for
prohibiting a meeting Of German Bohe-
mians. The main object is to produce q
cabinet crisis and TO bring about the abso-
lutte defeat Of the Austrian prime minister,
Count Cashier Badeni But back OF this,
and forming the basis OF the present agi-
tation. are questions of religion, race. To-
cal government and National elections,
with confusing and almost endless va
riety of complications. The problem which
Count Badeni has to solve is how TO In
duce men representing nine distinct ma
tionalitics, each ono playing for its own
hand and caring about as much for Aus
s,,,~ fa. To-, c,,i, 1I,.
concert.
The support OF each nationality has to
be bought at the price OF concessions,
and every concession granted to anyone OF
them excites the wrath of the others.
Moreover, the whole country Is divided
practically into two bitterly hostile
camps. On the one side are the clericals
Jews and their protectors, the German lib
erals. The premier is called upon to keep
the peace between these two. He has
Hungary also to consider. a constant thorn
in the flesh. Count Badeni won his repu-
ration for statecraft as statthalter OF Cali
ella.
With an iron hand he put ain end to the
local disputes Of the Ruthernians and
Poles Of that province. and he suppressed
their Joint intrignes against Austria. He
won the confidence Of the Emperor Francis
Joseph. and when he formed ministry
In September, 1859, to sIcceed the Stop
gap Kielmansegg cabinet, which had a
short life after the fall of the Windisch
Gratz cabinet, he told tho reiclsrath that
he intended TO lead and not allow himself
TO be led The whole nation sprlauded
the announcement. but Count Iadeni
soon found that the thing was more easily
said than done, and that the -elcnsra,h
would be by no means so ,ocile al sesem-
bly, as the Galiciau landtag.
'tMy government he said. "shall stand
above parties and be free fran all ties
But within q month he had been driven
into negotiations with every party in The
reichsrath In his desperate attempts to
cay off enc against the other to secure
majority that would carry out the impe-
rial plans. Last springs general elections
left him. instead OF at the head d strong
and compact majority. with barely nun
dred secure votes. On April he resigned.
but the emperor refused TO accept his
resignation, and a temporary settlement
was effected Strong In the support VI
Francis Joseph. he then went TO work :?
try to secure by brides and promises the
majority which the constituencies had
denied him. The German liberals refused
to accept Ills advance. owing to his action
in the autumn OF 1895. in advising the
emperor to refuse tn ratify the election OF
DR.. Karl Lueger, the anti-Semetic leader
in the reichsnsth as burgcmaster OF Vt~n-
ma. He was driven. therefore. into -