The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-11-30
| MARK TWAIN ON
| AUSTRIAN BEDLAM
Dramatic Description Of Last Satur-
days Session.
MOST THRILLING SPECTACLE
The Socialists Elected BY the rolies Amid
a Dssishing. Fighting Tumult
On Doth Sides.
MOST THRILLING SPECTACLE

Now York. Nov. . MnFk Twain cables
90 tn. World from vienna:
In tho Austrian houne u deputies on
Thankzp wing day. IN the M dat Of deaf
ening tumh'. aw a motion rcad which
nobiiy heard and pasWcd by nobody
knows whom for. indcsSi. Il was not
pascal AZ all II WIS asn"d n the OBJ
structionists and placed Ru,ocraiic powers
IN She hands Of the president Of the par
llam~nt Tyts VAS vic,ury fa- Tho gov.
"rtzn~nt. but was unlawfuily won and
was a mplc u*irpat1n. Naguraliy Sat
ur'ihy'a e'-ssion VIII b, historical. went
early, arriving when the house was empty.
In haif an hour owo or three hundred
mFeniT'rs wcrc pr,eont on ihe noor aud
tho galleries were packcd I was IN A
gallery close 80 IN" president tribune
and had a perfect vow There wns not
much noiss. then bit the atmosphere
WAS charged with suspense AID expect.
ancy Az tAc vast house was holding lta
breath A lonE Nus t,-n q st.r. Gran.
InT of n"rkS ana at door far TO tho
righ, shs president and Oce-pr.sLicnt
entered. The hous., arosc and a hurricane
~ inNulis and cxecrasions burst nom tho
opposition and below them 20 their place.
IN" rSeqt nn~wo~-d bnck and both sides
roarcd and shouted and .rnrmed. Two
dozen socialists stood IN n l.oly below the
Ministerial desks. shouted up as the prcs-
tirfa ami shook tai1r hsts furiously a,
him. He addrVs~.d some wo-is 10 the
house at least one could -. his lips
move and he laid his hands ,lcprecatingiy
over his breast. II ne IL n tyran, ne has
son" boe"oching. persuasive gestures no,
seosl el~'wherr bun among t.ro nnre, .
That holy gcssur,r SeOmed ,a madden the
socialists All of thrm plunged over ths
barriers and up through thc ministerial
desks ami benches ono rushed up and
snatcheyi the pr,s dents papers: another
seized ms he'll In mom-n, they were
fghsing nnd Struggling with uniformed
servants ~ the hDuSc VINO elected them
AZ the rarp" time Others Of thcir grour
Ttormcd up tho side Of the tribune. drove
ont the president and vice-prcSidcriG and
followed them acrcss tho floor. hammer.
Ink the lattcr with thar fists.
Bw ! saw no blow actually ryach tho
president, Tho socialists came back. &C.
rupied tho presidents tribune and held
Il like fort, 4 man IN q rtd cravat
gathered up an arunful of the presidents
papers and threw ,hocn over the front
In a sort OF snow storm Meannme the
whole house was howllng. yelling and
hanging on thc desks \ South Afncar
thunder storm Is solid silence compared
with H.
"R1scals. 80 "scoundDls." these and less
delicate cpithcts filled the air. All of =
sudden tho distant door opened and down
tho floor OF tho brilliant chamber came
drifting the spectacle and Hash OF sixty
sr rk~l helmets, II was the most thrilling
theatrical surprise ever saw. would
not have missed It for the succession tc
the throne.
Moreover. II WAS historical. and belong,
among the worlds memorable DAYS Th't
force was Ncceived with tempest Of
eNecration from the one party. and with
victory notes from the other, yet /; wa.
heavy dcfcot Tor all concerned.
The handsome officer IN command cared
nothing for the reception. He went M
into the tribune and requested the soctli.
list garrison Ito retire They dccl ned
Then he stepped aside. and his men
pulled, hauled and dragged the nghtins
struggling garrison down from their fort
and out OF tho door. and the amaz,re
drama wus finished.