The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-26
RONDT LAWMAKERS
Austrian statesmen" Again ST.
Up Scenes Of Wild Disorder.
LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS BLOCKED.

After Several Futile Efforts to Trans.
act Business the President of tho
Reichsrath Is Compelled to Declare
the Session Closed.
Vienna, Nov. 2s.-when the lower
house Of the reichsrath reassembled
yesterday, after adjourning Wednes-
day from scene Of unprecedented dis
order, during which one OF the depu-
ties drew knife, all the ministers were
present, and the approaches to the
presidential tribune were blocked, doors
having been erected since the Disgrace
full fighting in and throughout the tri-
bune and throughout the house.
The entrance of the president of the
chamber, DR.. Abrahamovics. was the
signal for loud and ironlcal salutations.
which were followed by vehement Left
list shouts of shame"
DR.. Abrahamovics made an attempt
to speak, but DR.. Wolff. 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:
Il 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
this Mameluke."
AS the uproar which followed showed
every sign Of increasing DR.. Abraham
OWES adjourned the house until 3
o'clock in the afternoon, amid q storm
of "hurrahs" and braves"
When the sitting was resumed the
Leftists commenced a tremendous din,
In the middle Of which the German
Cenfrist. Count Falkenhayn, conceived
as happy idea proposal to cove OBJ
structionists by threatening their pock-
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
D
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 force the
doors at the trent of the platform,
while party of Czechs endeavored to
prevent them.
When the tumult was at its height
Herr Abrahamovics declared that he re-
garded the motion of Count Falkenhayn
as a necessary measure of self defense,
and called tor the voting. The whole
Right at onre arose. and the president
dec AIRED the motion carried. A number
of deputies then began clamberlng upon
the presidents platform, whereupon he
seized his bell and left the house.
After 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 the British ambassador, Sir
Horace Runbold, and by Samuel L.
Clemens MARK Twain, with other no
ted foreigners The motion Of Count
Falkenhayn, former minister of agri-
culture, was carried by means of ar
evidently preconcerted signal between
President Abrahamovics and the Right
lists, for no word of the presidents
speech was audible.
This novel proceeding was greeted
with howls and jeers by the obstruc-
tionists For long time Count Dadeni,
the premier. stood calm and unmoved,
but when the disorders reached q eli
max both he and the. president sought
safety from PERSONAL violence in flight.
Yesterdays sitting was delayed while
carpenters built fences around the
presidents chair. While this was going
on the assembled members INDUCED in
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
nj