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��I die for it! I will never yield! You have got to stop me by force. Have I the floor?" <>j n --/Jo j,,, r

P. 4 Representative Wolf, what kind of behavion is this? I call you to order again. You shojuld have;

Dr. Lecher speaks on. Wolf turns "upon him with an offensive innuendo.

Dr. Lecher. "Mr. Woti, I beg you to refraini from that sort of suggestions." [Storm of hand^clapping from the Right.]

This wa3 applause from the enemy, for Lecher himself, like Wolf , was an Obstructionist. .-}} ;;-r/j, -,

Wolf growls to -Lecher: "Y6u can scribble that applause in your alburn !" ;

^""Once more I call Representative Wolf to order ! Do not forget that you are a Representative; sir!" V>..v \i/A\ -<\ |.h{-;iM

Wotf (slam-banging with his desk-board) | " I will force this matter! Are you going to grant *n the floor j or not?"

And still the sergeant-at-arms did not appear.// It was because there wasn t any. It is a curious thing, but the Chair has no effectual means of: compelling

��1 Aftei 4 Some /more interruptions : / : if!-)]i;j;il-n:.j j Wolf (banging with his board), C I demand

fioor. I will not yield!" P. "I have no recourse against Representative

Wolf, tn the presence of behavior like this it is to

be regretted that such is the case." [A shout: from

the Right, "Throw him out ; !"]

It is true, he had no effective recourse. He had

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