Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1898 — GAGS THE CORTES. [ARTICLE]

GAGS THE CORTES.

Premier Sngasta’s Darin# Suppresses Spanish Agitators. By proroguing the Spanish Cortes in the midst of a heated and violent discussion over the war, Premier Sagasta ended a stormy session of the senate and probably saved hie queen nnd country. Gen. Primo de Rivera and Count Ajmenas were the leaders of the turmoil, aud while it lasted the chamber was a wild scene oi uproar and disgraceful disorder. Sagasta, with the decree of th? suspension of the session of the Cortes, ascended the tribune. He mounted the rostrum and read a decree proroguing the Cortes t and the law forbids any one speaking after the queen’s decree has been read. His pluck saved the country and his queen.