The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-10
ITALIAN LAW MAKERS
Hot-headed as Any of Our Own Law
Makers.

Makers.
CIV. L. Curtis in Chicago Record-rts-.,7,
The Italian chamber of denu+iss y
noisy place, and American visfto,S - = q
attend Its sessions think better NJ ,,,-
own house of Representatives tn Al
ofder IS no worse than thai E-bicb
habltually occurs in other Euro1ssD
Parilaments, those Of Austria and HIM
gary being even worse than tbs; 20
Italy The Italians are an avci,sbIs
people, and introduce a good deal ~
gymnastics into their oratorv and con-
FerSauOn- Hence an orator in the
chamber OF deputies who swings his
arms and gyrates his body like a iumu-
ing jack Is simply indulging in the ma
tlonaI Characteristic. If a member OF
the mouse Of representatives at Wash
lhgton should act that way the ser
geant-at-arms would take him over To
the asylum at st. Elizabeth.
IJallan statesmen lose their tempers
easily. They are even more hot-head-
ed than Frenchmen. and, therefore. the
sessions Of the chamber are very in
teresting to people who like 10 see
scraps. When an orator of one polit-
ical group makes an assertion that is
offensive 10 the members of another
group they do not hesitate to interrupt
and contradict him. and frequently five
or six members are on the floor gestic-
ulating wildly while the president Of
the chamber rings a little bell instead
Of pounding his desk with a mallet. like
the speaker Of our house at home.
There was a funny scene the other
day. A certain socialist agltatOr from
the city Of Rayenna named Enrico
Ferri made a speech on some subject
concerning the working classes and was
quite Incorporate in some of his as
sertions-so much so that he was called
TO order repeatedly. He finally lost his
temper and let go OF very vigorous and
insulting epithets at the dinstingUished
colleagues who had opposed him. For
this he was called TO order. and, as he
refused TO take his seat or even stop
talking. the president of the chamber
directed the chief bOuncer 10 fire him
out This ceremony was performed in
a most artistic manner. The sergeant
at arms seized the honorable gentle
man by the seat Of his trousers with
one hand and his coat collar with the
other and hustled him down the main
aisle so rapidly that the victim scarce
~ realized what was going on until be
found himself in the vestibule. where
he stamped and ragged and shouted and
behaved generally like an angry ltal-
ian.
AS soon as the bOuncer returned 70
the chamber and reported 10 the presi-
dent that his orders had been executed
what might be called d spirit of con-
Citation took possession. One Of me
conservatives who had been the target
of Signor Ferris assault arose and III
a dignified and gentlemanly manner
asked that all reference TO the incident
be omitted from the official report OF
the proceedings, and that the order OF
the president ejecting his Antagonist DE-
rescinded. The leaders Of the socialist
party received the proposition I'D me
same spirit and were explaining 10 Inc
president and all concerned that SIEn9i
Ferri did not intend TO give oHeis+
or 10 violate the propriety Of the cham
Der. when their elOQuenee was dro" hFd
by a crashing Of glass and fragments
of a large and ornamental door ven
flying in every direction. The dIsEe"rlel
hair and bioodshOt eyes of Signor TIT
appeared through the hole that he ia-
broken and he shouted in steE.aI.a-
tones that the president of the H.iF-ia-
ment and all its members were "a ..- '5
tyrants, despots, swindlers, thieves ana
hypocTites.
This dramatic performance l-tH-..-
ated the proceedings. It was So CONF
cal that half the members Of the t.' ---'-
Der broke into roars Of laughter, N--
Signor Ferris friends. who were ..a
flying to his gentle disposition anu t-'-
" sentiments, sat down in confuse