II。AMEMORABLESITTING。
AndnowtookplacethatmemorablesittingoftheHousewhichbroketworecords。Itlastedthebestpartoftwodaysandanight，surpassingbyhalfanhourthelongestsittingknowntotheworld\'spreviousparliamentaryhistory，andbreakingthelong-speechrecordwithDr。
Lecher\'stwelve-houreffort，thelongestflowofunbrokentalkthatevercameoutofonemouthsincetheworldbegan。
At8。45ontheeveningofthe28thofOctober，whentheHousehadbeensittingafewminutesshortoftenhours，Dr。Lecherwasgrantedthefloor。Itwasagoodplacefortheatricaleffects。IthinkthatnootherSenateHouseissoshapelyasthisone，orsorichlyandshowilydecorated。Itsplanisthatofanopera-house。Uptowardthestraightsideofit——thestageside——riseacoupleofterracesofdesksfortheministry，andtheofficialclerksorsecretaries——terracesthirtyfeetlong，andeachsupportingabouthalfadozendeskswithspacesbetweenthem。AbovetheseisthePresident\'sterrace，againstthewall。Alongitaredistributedtheproperaccommodationsforthepresidingofficerandhisassistants。Thewallisofrichlycolouredmarblehighlypolished，itspaneledsweeprelievedbyflutedcolumnsandpilastersofdistinguishedgraceanddignity，whichglowsoftlyandfrostilyintheelectriclight。Aroundthespacioushalf-circleofthefloorbendsthegreattwo-storiedcurveoftheboxes，itsfrontageelaboratelyornamentedandsumptuouslygilded。OntheflooroftheHousethe425desksradiatefanwisefromthePresident\'stribune。
Thegalleriesarecrowdedonthisparticularevening，forwordhasgoneaboutthattheAusgleichisbeforetheHouse；thatthePresident，RittervonAbrahamowicz，hasbeenthrottlingtheRules；thattheOppositionareinaninflammablestateinconsequence，andthatthenightsessionislikelytobeofanexcitingsort。