December tragedy

The opening of the chambers was preceded by feverish prognosis for the division of management in parliament and in the country. Nationalists, Although the strongest considered their duty to devote the interests of their wealthier voters – landowner, improve the defective law together with the people 1920 r. About agricultural reform, ensure its enforceability and arrange a common political plan, that Polish elements with consistent beliefs would take responsibility for the state, and foreign elements did not settle disputes between Poles. Witos was not deaf to such a meaning, But he felt well -shaky of his position: He was undermined by an ambitious and stubborn Demagogue Jan Dąbski, Maciej Rataj, a pupil of liberation, pulled away from the right; The intellectuals sent from Belvedere, and the club had little. The common past with socialists and a fresh pre -election pact with the left. The president of the tactics went a tendency to settlement and gained right -wing voices for the marshal for Rataj, after which Piast cards supported Trąmpczyński in the Senate. The election of the President of the Republic of Poland was decisive. Piłsudski, When he has offered this honor to peasant and workers' clubs, he refused to run up raising, that even increased, but an indirect influence on the government is not enough. The right wing was making, to maintain a common front with Witos. In vain. National Assembly [9 December 1922 r.] Five votes took place. Maurycy Zamoyski's right candidate was at first a relative majority, But when the candidacy of profile came in succession. Baudouin de Courtenay and Wojciechowski (which Piłsudski recommended) The votive left of the left was focused, center and minority on the person of Gabriel Narutowicz, protruding by liberation and by Freemasonry.

The right was not with anger and regret: Foreign elements decided about the most important thing, and it was supposed to be so still. The act of swearing in the new president in the Sejm was boycotted. Young people stuck by nationalists tried to prevent Narutowicz and some socialists to do this act. Management (Głąbinski) tried to alleviate the mood, He was sitting in talks with the President, But it was too late. 16 December [1922 r.] At the opening of the exhibition in the encouragement of Fine Arts, the painter Eligiusz Niewiadomski shot Narutowicz. Once a member of the National League -but far from giving up to someone else's recommendations. He will testify to the court soon, that he did not decide to kill Piłsudski, when he overthrew Korfanty's parliamentary candidacy for the prime minister; Narutowicz could not forgive, that he also adopted the choice from the enemies of the state. Sam for breaking the law demanded the death penalty. At the end of January, there was an execution. The dignity attitude of the criminal gained him admiration of many hot hearts, Although everyone recognized, that he harmed the nation hard, and especially the national camp.