he others merely
accepted as reiterations of the same sentiments.

This project raised a most fearful outcry from the opposition, and was
the signal for such a scene of violence that the very visitors in the
galleries leaned over the railings and called shame on the deputies.

The President suspended the sitting, and then had to fly for his life,
for the deputies, angry that he should attempt to control them, made a
rush for his desk, calling him all the unpleasant names they could think
of.

The Bohemian deputy, Dr. Wolff, at once assumed the lead. He was the
first to reach the tribune or raised platform on which the President
sits, and seizing the bell which was placed on the table, he swung it
to and fro, shouting and screaming to make himself heard.

Then another deputy, deciding that he would like to have the bell, fell
upon Dr. Wolff, and a free fight began.

The deputies struck one another, tore one another's clothes, and at last
got out their pocket-knives and began to use them as daggers.

Some of the spectators rushed out for the police, and a few of the
members went in pursuit of the President, insisting that he should
return and quell the disturbance.

After much trouble he succeeded in restoring order, just as the police
appeared on the scene.

Dr. Wolff defied everybody and everything, and announced his intention
of coming to the next session with revolvers in his pockets.

A Cabinet council was called in the evening, and the idea of dissolving
the Parliament was openly discussed.

Even this did not frighten the crazy ruffians who form the Austrian
Parliament.

At the next session, doors had been erected and passages blocked, so
that the President could not be attacked on the tribune, and an attempt
made to get on with business.

The Government had been busy in the interval, and had prepared a motion
that all persons guilty of disorderly conduct in the Reichsrath should
be suspended for a certain number of days, and deprived of their pay for
that time.

The President read the motion, amid the howls of Wolff and his party.
It is said that the whole affair must have been arranged beforehand, for
not a word of the motion could be heard in the house. But all the same,
as the President ceased to speak, the supporters of the Government rose
as one man, and accepted the resolution.

You hardly need to be told what followed.

The ridiculous Dr. Wolff had been standing in front of the tribune wit