The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-08
CONFUSION IN THE cORTEs,
CARLIST DEPUTY EXPELLED
FOR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE.
Declared Women Always Caused the
Downfall of Thrones-"Unfortun-
ate Nation Whose Kings Are
Boys"

Madrid, May THE chamber has
just witnessed the most uproarious
scenes in the annals of the cortes. Senior
Mella, a Carlist deputy, in a speech,
made use of a scriptural quotation, re-
ferring to IAN unfortunate nation whose
kings are boys" adding that women
were always the cause of the fall OF
thrones.
Senior Sagasta, the premier, support
ed by a majority of the chamber, bro
tested. amid the greatest confusion,
against Senior Mella's language. The
Republicans sided with the Carlists.
Tie speaker requested Senior Mella TO
withdraw his words, but this the dep
uty refused to do, saying that they were
scriptural.
The president named Senior Mella
thrice, declaring that his refusal TO
withdraw the language he had used,
was disrespectful to the TeigninS dy-
nasty, and submitted the question OF
the expulsion from the chamber of the
offending member. A division was
taken amid terrible uproar, resulting
in the expulsion of Senior Mella by a
vote of 1873 to 49, the Republicans Vot-
ing with the Carlists.
Upon the announcement of the result,
both the Republicans and Carlists
wa ked from the chamber The Carlists
declare they will not return unless
Senior Mela be readmitted.
The president of the chamber ex-
planned that the expulsion applies only
to today's sitting. This is the first ex-
pulsjon in pursuance with the new
rules The incident created intense eX-
element, both inside and outside the
chamber.
CENSURED THE GOVERNMENT.
Senior Mella first censured the gov
eminent for not making an alliance
with France and Russia and severely
denounced the scheme of autonomy.
which, he asserted, far from averting,
had provoked the war. He declared
that President McKinley's messages
were full of insults. which the Spanish
government had tolerated. He said
that Senior Moret the minister of the
colonies. who was failure, was obliged
to be escorted when he goes into the
streets. while Lieutenant General Wey-
Ter is obliged to hide himself, owing
to public ovations. Senior Mella then
quoted from Isaiah iii, 10, "as for my
people, children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them. o, my peo-
pie, thew which lead thee cause thee to
err and destroy the way of the paths"
Protests were entered, and Senior Sa-
gasta cried: Such utterances were
never heard inside this house.
Mella replied that he meant that if
peace was obtained through the me-
diation OF the powers, it would be a
dishonor to Spain. The speaker then
interposed and Senior Mella was ex-
PEELED from the chamber.
ATTITUDE OF CARLIsTs.
The Marquis Cerralbo, the represent
tative of Don Carlos, said to an AS
ISOLATED Press correspondent that Don
Carlos had strictly instructed his lead
ers to do nothing to weaken Spain's
efforts to defend her honor and possess
sions, nor to give the government pre-
text to blame the Carlists for the Pc
ninsular troubles, which were provoked
by the misgovernment of others.
The Carlists. he said intend to adj
here to the programme, but If they are
not allowed liberty of speech will with
draw under protest and issue a mani
festo. ~
The marquis further said that the