The deputy resisted, and was seized by six stalwart policemen, and
carried bodily out of the chamber.
Five others who refused to obey the Commissioner were treated in the
same unceremonious way.
Dr. Wolff, who up to this moment had been dumb with amazement, now
called on the ministers to remove the police.
Order having been partially restored, the President returned and
reopened the session. His appearance was greeted with a storm of
whistles, shouts, beating and slamming of desk-lids, and the usual
uproar, led by Dr. Wolff, who, too exhausted to do anything noisier,
contented himself with blowing a shrill cab whistle.
It was impossible to restore order, for even the friends of the
Government were indignant at the introduction of the police into the
chamber.
Relying on their privileges as members of the Reichsrath, the deputies
had for days behaved in a shameful and unmanly manner. The people were
indignant that their representatives should so disgrace them, and the
sympathy was all with the Government. The calling in of the police
changed the situation.
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