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 with
a cab-whistle at his lips, on which he blew incessantly during the
reading of the resolution. When it was read and passed despite him, his
rage knew no bounds; he started to clamber over the obstructions, and
made for the President, followed by several other equally infuriated
members.

The President did not wait for them to reach him, but, seizing his bell,
fled in hot haste.