New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-16
strengthened through the votes Of the Catholic.


In fact the whole thing is a farce, and one Of
which the last scene will probably be played the
day the!present king steps out and his brother
steps in. / asked member Of the first Chamber,
or " Herzen Haus," 80 il is now called, of what
earthly use their sessions could be He laughed.
and said in substance: " Directly, OF none but
indirectly, possibly of great use. Public
matters are discussed and though only the most
"mesger reports are allowed of these discussions,
still they do allow an opportunity of arousing
! public attention, of spreading parliamentary
information among the people, and who knows
4" but the time may come when these empty f0,ms
INDY be filed with life as they have come TO be
in England. 1t is possible, that in process OF
" time these Chambers may come 20 have real
existence, and play their parts in influencing the
people At all events we have the forms let the
liberals see to it that they make them in time
something more
In some of the election districts in this city so
much interest is felt in the regio-p0litical ques
lions of the day as actually to lead TO meetings Of
the voters-i e., those few who will have anything
TO 90 with the affair-and the selection Of ticket
Of electors in opposition 10 one containing the
name OF minister Manteutfel. That is doing great
things here
But the reason why have mentioned the
subject of the election at all is that the official
who have refrained from voting, have been coming
! in for come days past, and show most beautifully
| the estimation in which the pseudo Constitution is
! held. To prevent any too great preponderanee OF
the liberal element there is no direct voting The
members of the upper House are members for life,
some by birth, some as representing uni
! versities and so on but the members OF the
lower Chamber are elective. The voters of
given districts are divided into three classes
according to property, each class having to choose
! a definite number Of electors, who then meet In
convention to select memoirs of the House-some'
| thing like our system of choosing President How
IL system operates and how great a proportion
of the voters appear at the polls may be seen by
| the following official figures:
In the department of which Dusseldorf is the
seat Of the vice the first class of voters
| numbers 1867 Individuals, Of whom 2,36 cast
votes; OF the second cass, numbering p OO7 there
voted 1869 Of the third class, liS,7H voters,
1850 only voted; total, of 177,75l voters l3, $50
only took part in the election of the 1914 men
uho are TO cast their votes in their respective dis
| tricts for nineteen members of the second House
| In the circle # POtsdam-exclusive of Berlin -
about four-elevenths of the first class quarter
of the second, and little over oneeleventh of the
third voted In the aggregate of lO5,6O2 voters
1880 appeared at the pollf.
In the circle of Cologne of 81 PA voters but
7,1s3 voted In the circle of Cocslin the voters
reached twenty five per cent; in that of Strasund
| about twenty per cent Eriurt circle less than
eleven per cent of the number Of voters. Muen-
ster circle shows vote Of 5,463 out of S5352
voters. Now, crossing to the other end OF the
| kingdom, the POsen circle shows 81 800 votes out
| of l46,0SS, and that of BrOmberg $3.50 out OF
7462O / will add one more report-that of the
| Dantzic circle, in full. The first class, 977
| voters, gave $40 votes; 1908 voters of the
second class gave $50 votes; g. 457 voters of the
third class gave TO- 500 vOtes-total, 5000 votes
from Is, 497 voters. These figures are sufficient
to show in the first place how little influence can
be exerted by the body OF the people, since as IN
the Dantzic circle less than three thousand of the
wealthy and privileged class balance more
than 60 600 of the poorer classes of peas
antry, mechanics and small tradesmen in the
second place that the election is little more than
an oficehOlders affair." and in the third place that
the great bulk of even those to whom vote is
| granted win hovo nothing tn d" with It,
| The meetings Of tbs electors (Wahimannor)
| have also been held and the names OF the members
chosen by them have reached us. Owing however
| to the fact that in many cases the same man mas
been elected for several districts, and other meet
ines of the electors must be held to fill up the va
cancies no statement of the force OF the va
rOus parties in the coming session can yet be made
Count Schwerin for instance, against whom special
| efforts were made by the "Krenz Zeltung' party
| bss been elected for five different districts and
| other members for two or three. Here in Berlin
the Manteufie and Stahl party have carried by two
| districts out of nine. 1t was wise determination
on the part of the Democratic party to have moth,
| ing to do with the elections under the present
paper Constitution since by retaining entirely the
outward pressure which held their opponents to-
| petber was withdrawn and they have split into
| half a dozen fractions, out Of which something
| GOOD may vet come. AL that can be said oil the
affair as il now stands is that the religious duier
| ebces between the Catho les and the Protestants,
and between the bigoted Lutherans and the Lib
| erals. have had strong influence upon the course
of even the small number of the voters wh) have
taken part in the election, and that the ministers
| have not lad it all their own way. so far al can
| now be determined the Liberals In the second
! Chamber have added decidedly to their strength.
| The Danish question since last wrote has been
the subject of newspaper discussion again, and the
| following article seems worth trdnslatlng and
| sending to The TRIBUNE, since 1t appears as
leader In the Berlin National Zeinng. 1t must not
be forgotten that this paper which is the organ OF
the Liberals is published under the censorship OF
its enemies and that any article, which Is IN their
opinion little too strong for his Majesty stoni-
| ach, causes the entire edition to be conhscated-
| This consideration leads me 10 place much higher
| value upon the article in question translate IL
| for TIE TRIBUNE as follows:
ain our article upon the note which Denmark sent
70 the Government of the United States IN reply to me
notice Of that government 10 relation 10 me oound
tss we fore'od that Denmark would take al pQSsi-
be pains TO crive tie United States from her solaed
| poaton end cake t1s question one for all the rner-
can't powers.of the world. The stipuations oil the
various bea'ies which relate to these impo7ts, oy
which each nation is put upo, the same footing as tae
most favored, form most excellent basis Ios such
course since ii il mainly the jealousy OF different na
TORS toward each other which has so long Upheld the
| Soupd iols II is well known that Denmark has IN
fact adopted this policy, and has nov invited al the