| Show CALLED TO ACCOUNT I President Austrian Reichsrath Questioned I Ques-tioned for Departure Prom Custom Vienna Oct 2In the lower house of the Reichsrath Herr Slcln panGer man asked why the president of the house had departed from the custom in not paying a tribute to the late President Presi-dent McKinley and whether it was thereby intended to establish the theory that there were differences between the heads of state in a republic and a monarchy mon-archy The President promised to make u reply at a subsequent sitting At the conclusion of the sitting the President said thta as soon as he received re-ceived news of the attack on President McKinley he personally conveyed to tho American Minister an expression of deepest sympathy und after the death of President McKinley he again expressed ex-pressed to tho American Minister condolence con-dolence on behalf of the House As Gome time hud elapsed lie the President Presi-dent had not thought It necessary to refer lo it again The President denied emphatically that any consideration influenced in-fluenced his course He declared that there was no foundation foun-dation whatever for the rumor that tho omission was duo to the Influence of Count Goluchowskl AustroHungarlan Minister of Foreign Affairs and took occasion to point out that on the occasion occa-sion of the attack upon President McKinley Mc-Kinley and after his sad death both Emperor Francis Joseph nad Count Go uichowski sent mesBgeas of sympathy and condolence the United States Government and to Mrs McKinley through the AustroHungarlan Legation Lega-tion at Washington wiillo Count Golu chowskl personally expressed his sympathy sym-pathy to Mr McCormick the United < States Minister at Vienna The President of the Relchuralh said he thought this statement would bo sufficient to set at rest the rumors which had given rise to the InturpeJIa tlons of Herr Stein A co |
