New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-24

tion-had opened - . -
About a week before this event had been returned
a. Parliament from Szentes large agricultural town
=, the Tbeiss where was personally unknown5 NY
r.nutation of old gave me that honor but only on e
EXPRESSED condition that was Deak man. ana uiu
not share the opinions of Tszc and Ghyezy' MY son
nj that time the subeditor Of lively progressive
paper at Pesth which by its opposition agains. cieil
sal influence had risen TO popularity; fiI, nn
nreviOus conversation 1 knew Deak opluloh 'a"' ~
Essntb's letter lie had told me that in no case ne
would answer himself that puDllcon, ~. t tbe
the gusc Of private letter, was = ,d on a,Srer
nation. ! therefore wrote ana pNUiislCV 9i' 49,,
i'm NV sons paper-a refutatlon oil hOssnti cn"I &
accusing him at the same time Oh dsIIIpLnT ' i1
,e1cef1I cordit0n of his country, TO when ~, an
vile of ~ wears ne had become a stranger Ihls
ayoyyol had likewise great success Dut IL ~ oS.,
wrath of the opposition against me- Nj Ostlnato;iS
whn hed at New-York learned how to write spicy
articles and had taken The Ner- YORK H6a'a lOL nls
modcl-uO as IL is at present Du as ~ "a 49, %
aoo-has not ceased since that time 10 aitach I,e,
g Lo i,trodnccd the style and the tricks OF the
American Democratic party into Hungarian poliicS
with gieh success that even had 10 hSht d plSIoi
1uel This wear on accounted polltlcal aftIcIcs',
Kossnt6 continued his attacks against the new
Constitution but though orr press Is NOR re 20
Than auy ON the continent, only one paper daIed 10
publish his letters in an unabridged form. Inc ed-
tor member of Parliament, suffering IRON pulmo-
nary disease. got State trial before the jury lOr
treason He was found guilty and sentenced 10 one
wears imprisonment. lie died during that tlle
You may easily conceive what political capital inc
OppOstiOn made out OF that martyrdOm.
During the Summer OF 1861 the deputatOn LOT regn,
l9ting the financial relations between Austria and
Hungary met at Vienna The result was, that while
Hungary cot in the political management OF the
Empire an equal share with tile provinces rep
resented III the Council Oh the Empire at vienna,
she has To paw only thirty per cent. OF the common
cXuPu1ifuTe Austria again bears seventy per cent.
As regards the so-caed National debt the PROPOSE
ton was settled in manner still more favorable 10
us; we assumed twenty,thTee per cent against sew
enty-sevcn OF Austria But in spite of all this we
were aud are still denounced by the reckless Oppo-
siOn for having sold the cOuntPys brthrght TO the
Austrians for a mess OF lentlls.,
The Opposition, however split into two factions.
Tiszc and GhyeZy hated KOssuths influence; they
call themselves Liberals, while they support the
aristOcraiic autonomy of the counties, where the
first families distribute the offices, OF course by cleo
tons managed in the Tammany way, among ,thelr
relatives and clients. KOssuth, on the other hand,
wanted different party; but the men VINO mace
use OF ms name were Pontlcians Oh nuo anu ooI
which he himself could not always approve OF; he
therefore sent first Mr. SimOnyi later Mr. Irainy, to
Hungary, in order to reorganize his new, political
party, which calls itself the extreme Lett. BOth
those gentlemen were subsequently returned to Far
lament and became editors of the party paper; they
continued their agitation, especially among the 1aTnl-
ers; but KOssuth seems scarcely satisfied with the
success of his emissaries-he seems little by little 10
withdraw from active politics. :,
During the of 1867 and 1868 seVeTaI lmpor
tant bills were passed by Parliament for instance
That of the universal military duty according TO the
Prussian model by which every eo yGTTn n
budget took up most of our time; the revision ana
renOdelng OF the system of direct and indirect tax
alton remained incomplete, but much has been done
for RAILWAYS About 1900 miles now ID cOnstruc-
lion partly built by Government partly by private
companies with Government guarantee Of u per
cent net income.
Our budget might interest your friends. The ex-
pendituTe of Hungary amounts, in round numbers
60 $j0OOO000. Our income is about the same. The
principal items of expenditure are the following
Our share I'm common expenses OF the EMPIRE ..oo
Army Navy, Foreign Affairs 1000
our contribution to the debt. l5OO00eO
Interest for our internal debt 100000
Contribution to the Administration Of Croatia l,ioOOoO
There remain for our own Administration, ju-
dietary and public instruction 2S0OoOO
Total. s5OOOO,OOO
In the last year see some increase in the income
from the salt monopoly, though we nave consider
ably lowered the price of salt larger one from To-
bacco and considerable increase of the income tax
which proves the growing prosperity OF tne country
levied, it amounting, on the average to sixteen per
cent of the net income; but in some districts really
is only six per cent i'll Others full thirty per cent The
Austrians had assessed IL, we may say. at fahdonl
without careful valuation OF the land, and the
railways have since that time changed ana are stu
continually altering the conditions Of the market;
valueess land has become most valuable local mar
kes have lost their importance; still the land tax
has remained the same.
One of the greatest achievements Of the last Par
lament was the thorough reconciliation of Hungary
and Croatia and the incorporation of Pennsylvania.
These two provinces which in 1913 had seeded FROM
now heartily joined, Hungary; we are on the best
terms with Them and in the elections OF the present
year they sent large majority III support OF Gov
ernment to Parliament
The elections took place in March, 1t was the most
6ercely contested campaign on record. The Oppo,
ion made free use of the name Of KOssuth promised
Ammunition of taxes, free tobacco, the division OF
the large estates of the Roman Catholic clergy, and
IF the great Landed pTOprietOTs among the people.
Bribery and ballOt-stuhing was carried on, on both
sides, on a gigantic scale; money, wlne and elo-
9uence worked the people into frenzy The result was
hat KOssuths extreme Left gained about 30 seats,
Iiszc and Ghyzcy Left about three or four, hut Gov
eminent still commands respectable working ma
iOrity of 60 to 20 in the Honse.
The Len directed the agitation especially against
the institution of the DeteDatioa: The lower
classes do not understand anything about it;
but 1t is new 1t costs taxes, and has no legislative
power, so of course 1t is not popular. How
ever. all the rawlings of the Opposition press against
the Delegation and the common affairs had no great
success; it was principally KSssuths name and the
agrarian agitation which increased the number of
the extreme Left The representatives of some
Serbian and Russian districts, of the very same
which had risen in rebellion against KOssuths gov
eminent in lS4S and lS49 joined his party; and is the
party of secession which firs with the Austrian
party of COReddey-for in Austria there likewise
three parties: the old one of Capitalization, which
wants TO restore the absolute rule of the German ee
ment over all provinces and natlonalities the new
one. which accepts the Hungarian compromise and
the Daaism of the Empire and the federal party,
which dreams of a confederacy OF all the
provinces and speaks about sovereign State rights.
Bohemia and Galicia but especially the former, in
cline 10 such Dreams and the agitation in that
niTection has led already to extraordinary
measures that it is felt at Vienna that something
must be done for solving the Bohemian and Gallcan
question. Our view OF the question put forth IN
one Of the Cabinet councils where the position and
wishes of those provinces were mentioned by Count
AnOrOSSN, ualY saying 10 the Emperor: Inc Moi
archy can stand upright upon the two legs Of
Dualism but she never ought to crawl upon all
fOuTs of confedeTacy.'
AT present we have just closed the third Delega-
ton Much as this institution decried by the
Opposition, IL did not prove failure. The bicker-
iDgs between Berlin and Vienna ceased soon
the eminent statesmen who stand at the helm be-
came aware that both delegations dislike that
antagonsm Baron Hubner, the Minister of War, also
learned BY and by TO submit to the control of de-
Iiberatng body. lie is at any rate the most liberal
and the most constitutional OF all the general officers
in the Austrian army. and in the way of reOrgan-