Soós László (szerk.): Magyar Minisztertanácsi jegyzőkönyvek 1867-1918. A Khuen-Héderváry és a Tisza kormány minisztertanácsi jegyzőkönyvei - A Magyar Országos Levéltár kiadványai, II. Forráskiadványok 56. (Budapest, 2018)
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István Tisza was assigned to form a government, under the condition that the military program of the ruling party would be tailored to the wishes of Vienna. The ruling party wished to solve the political crisis as soon as possible, which is why the program regarding the disputed military questions was accepted with the modifications suggested by the Monarch. By accepting the military program of the Liberal Party, Károly Khuen-Héderváry’s activities as acting Prime Minister have been completed, and the road opened for István Tisza to manage the Hungarian political life. Count István Tisza’s Government After long negotiations between the so-called Committee Nine and the Monarch, the military pregramme was finally accepted, and on 3"1 November 1903 Count István Tisza was able to form his government. However, the programme of the new government was immediately declined by the opposition, and the Parliament became incapacitated due to the continued obstruction. Consequently, on 26th November 1903 the ruling party suggested establishing the so-called parallel parliamentary sessions in the afternoon, which provoked the protest of the opposition. In order to reactivate normal parliamentary work, Ferenc Kossuth, leader of the Party of Independence, agreed with the Prime Minister that the obstruction would be suspended against the withdrawal of the parallel session proposal. Some of the representatives did not accept this agreement, so on 5th March 1904 István Tisza presented a bill in the parliament for the provisional amendment of the parliamentary house rules. Despite the uniform action of the opposition parties, the Prime Minister’s proposal was accepted by the Parliament on 10th March 1904. It meant that the recruitment offer bill would be removed from the agenda, and the disarmament of the 80 thousand or thereabouts replacement reservists still would not be possible. Referring to the deep poverty of the replacement reservist families, opposition representative Kálmán Thaly proposed in his speech that Tisza should withdraw his proposal, and that the opposition should vote for the laws that are essential to the normal operation of the country. Thaly’s proposal was accepted by the representatives, and the oppositionists did not hinder the legislative work of the parliament with obstruction in the peaceful period that lasted until the national railway strike. Out of the 38 thousand state railway employees, 37 thousand, in order to emphasize their demands - modification of service regulations and pay raise - started a strike on 20th April 1904, therefore the rail transport ceased to function throughout the country. At the request of Minister of Defence Sándor Nyíri, the reigning command dated 22nd April 1904 ordered the mobilization and call for military service of those persons who had been registered in the reserve, and in the replacement reserve of the common army or in the Hungarian army, and at the same time worked for the railways in Hungarian territory. Complying with the supreme command on 23rd April 1904, the police led by Police Chief Béla Rudnay closed the strikers’ gathering place in Zugló, and everyone’s identity was checked. After checking the identity of around 1300 rail men, 289 reservists were called up on the spot. Due to the official action within 24 hours, 175 soldiers had to join the common army, 114 soldiers the Hungarian army for military exercise. 821
