The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-29
VIOLENT SCENE
IN REICHSTAG
Speaker Hurled Head First Down
Stairs of Tribune.
SOCIALISTS IN THE SADDLE
TARIFF BILL WILL PASS SECOND
READING UNDER GAG RULE.
SOCIALISTS IN The SADDLE

n ERLIN, Nov. 2S.-The stormy scenes
n which were enacted yesterday
were renewed in the reichstag to-
day, and at one point in the proceed
ings the uprOar reached such a pitch
that Vice President Buesing, who was
in the chair had to resort to a suspen-
sion OF the sitting-a measure without
precedent in the reichstag.
The house was discussing the motion
OF Baron Won KardOrff, representing the
majority parties. 10 vote the second
reading of the tariff bill as a whole,
without a paragraph discussion, as con-
templated by the rules. The minority
thus would be unable to delay the final
vote for any length of time. and were
furiously indignant at what they called
parliamentary coup d'etat and the
complete suppression of the rights of
the minority.
After a quiet afternoon, DIR. Bachem
of the center party took the tribune,
and, describing the dilatOry tactics of
the opposition, said that the Freissin-
nige Vereinging and the moderate rad
ieals were doing hodcarriers' services
for the socialists. adding:
Eff you only knew what has recently
been said about this alliance"
Herr Bachem left the sentence unfin-
ished. and the socialists shouted, out
with It. Name your man."
Hurled Down the Stairs.
The socialists, Stadthagen, Ulrich.
Baudert and other members of the
party rushed up the steps of the speak
er's desk. shouting and gesticulating
violently. Herr Gathein, radical. stand
ing at the top of the steps of the trib-
une, tried to keep the socialists back.
He was hurled down the stairs. and
his voice and the vigorous ringing of
the presidents bell were drowned in
the tunult The sOcialistic member.
Reisshaus. renewed the demand that
Herr Bachem should complete his SEN
tence. The speaker was twice called to
order, but, after some minutes of dis
order. Vice President Buesing sue
ceeded in quieting the uprOar, saying:
mo member can be compelled to say
what he does not want to say" There
upon the tumult was renewed, and the
members of the socialist party again
stormed the presidents tribune, wildly
shouting. Some among them addressed
Herr Bachem, You rascal; you dog.
Session Suspended.
Vice President Buesing, finding him
self powerless in the face Of the howl
ing cyclone, suspended the session for
half an hour.
Upon the resumption of the sitting. at
Z o'clock. Vice President Buesing eX-
pressed his profound regret at the
unfortunate outrageous scenes of dis
order which had occurred in the reich
stalk for the first time in its history
he admonished the members to. eXer-
else control over themselves, and asked
them to vacate the space in front of
the presidents chair, including the
tribune steps, which were thickly
crowded. Herr Bachem then attempted
TO resume his speech but the social
lists raised such an uprOar that he had
TO discontinue.
Herr Singer then took the floor and
said that Herr Bachem had insulted
most deeply the socialist party. He had
struck, continued the sneaker from
ambush, and he should name the man
to whom he had alluded. Herr Bachem
replied that after such comment he
would decline to do SO. The house then
adjourned, on motion of the conserva-
tiVeS