The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26
President Unable to Do Any.
thing With the Unruly
Members.
RIGHT TO SUSPEND.
A Resolution That May End
the Troubles Declared
Carried.

VIENNA, Nov. 25.-When the lower
house Of the reichsrath reassembled TO-
day, after adjourning yesterday from
the scene Of unprecedented disorder. all
the ministers were present. and the an
proaches to the presidential tribune
were blocked, doors having been erect
ed since the disgraceful fighting of yes-
terday in and about the tribune and
throughout the house. The entrance of
the president of the chamber, DR..
Abrahamovics, was the signal for loud
and ironical salutations, which were
followed by vehement Leftist shouts of
shame" DR.. Abrahamovics made an
attempt to speak. but DR.. Wolff, the
German Nationalist leader interrupted
him by shouting: Some one else must
take the chair; not this swindler.' Herr
Schoenerer, the leader of the section
of the German opposition, then yelled
at the top of his voice: 81 demand the
right to speak, which I am entitled
to-" Thereupon DR.. 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.. Abrahamovics adjourn
ed the house until o'clock this after
noon amid a storm of "hurrahs" and
"bravos"
When the sitting was resumed the
Leftists commenced a tremendous din,
in the middle of which the German
Centrist, Herr Falkenhyn, conceived as
a happy idea a proposal to COW OBJ
structionists by threatening their pocll-
cts. He moved that for the future dis
orderly members might be suspended
hIr tha
for thirty days by the house. during
which time their allowance should be
stopped while members refusing to
leave the chamber when requested
might be forcibly expelled. The speech
was interrupted with continuous up
roar, Herr Wolff shouting, Lets pitch
the blackguards out" The president
vainly called for order. Finally Herr
Wolff stationed himself directly in
front of the presidential tribune and
began a shrill whistle. A number of
deputies tried to open the doors at the
end of the platform, while a party of
Czechs endeavored to prevent them.
When the tumult was at it's height Herr
Abrahamovics declared that he regard
ed the motion of Herr Falkenkyn as a
necessary measure of self-defense and
called for the voting. The whole Right
at once arose, and the president de-
clared the motion carried. A number
of deputies then began clambering up
on the presidents platform, whereupou
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 Leftist yells and shouts of Get
out" and Shame" Finally the sit
ting was suspended for an hour, at
the close of which President Abra-
hamovics returned and announced that
in accordance with the wishes express
ed in many quarters he had decided
to close the sitting, to open again to-
morrow.
The scenes, which are regarded as
q parliamentary coup d'etat, were wit
messed by the British Ambassador, Sir
Horace RumbOld, and by Samuel l..
Clemens mark Twain), with other
noted foreigners. The motion of Count
Falkenhyn, former minister of agri-
culture was carried by means of an
evidently preconcerted signal between
President Abrahamovics and the
Rightists, for no word of the presi-
dents speech was audible. This novel
proceeding was greeted with hOwls
and jeers by the obstructiontsts. For
q long time Count Badeni, the premier,
stood calm and unmOved. but when
the disorders reached climax both
he and the president sought safety
from personal violence in flight.
Five Vienna newspapers, including
the Neue Freie Presse and the Social
list organ, Arbeiter Zeitung. in addition
to several provincial journals, have
been confscated for articles on
Wednesdays proceedings.
Count Badeni had interviews with
Emperor Francis Joseph last night and
this mNrning. Today's sitting was de-
layed While the carpenters built fences
around the presidents chair While
this was going on the assembled MEM
bers indulged in animated discussions
about the presidential cage"