, 1879-02-01


mad in assuming that tho sonate hna no
authority over removals, aud TINT its func-
tions aro confined TO the nero approval OF
rejection Of nominations.
B1sMARcK's "pIo-sr1oKINg"
It Is related that DISTANCE, Immediately
upon the passage Of the soc;a1iat bill, rubbed
his hands md with ohuckle remarked:
"Now for tho pig-stiokiug.' How auooess~
full the Government has been with tho "pig-
sticking" Is told by the Berlin correspond
ens Of tho London Times, who, In lotser
under dnto Of Jan. 8, raviaus tho results Of
the "sticking' for tho frat tso months, THAT
| In, from Oct. 81, tho lato OF the passago Of
the law, to Dec. II. It requires several
| columns OF tue London Ttmes to glvo tho
details, 80 comprohensisely and completely
hhs tho iron hand struck Socialism. An tho
telegraph has given but very faint idoa Of
tho manner In which BISMARCK executes q
Inv against lis cnomles, some Of tile results
noted by t1,c Times will boar reproducing as
part Of tho history Of movement which la
/ attracting worry general attention In thls
county.
Upon tho very day atter tho pasaage Of
tho law the police commenced thoir work,
and had plenty Of Il to 10, o. thoy found
thai Germany waa' falrly worm-entnn with
Socialism, or, to carry out DtsMAnok's olfen-
eivo similc, the pigs had rooted Ill ovor tbs
Empire. During the 1r.t month 27o it,
tortlicts woro issued, involving 800 domi-
cilinry viailatEons. About las clubs, 35
newspapers, and 100 non-por!olical publIca-
tlona woro suppressed. Fifty-four Of tho
clubs II Of tho newspapers, and u of tho
other publications. woro Prusaian, tho ze-
mnindor being Boatttorol all over Cor
mauy. OF tho clubs, 81 worc trados-uu!ons,
rs workingmon's elactloncsring societies,
81; choral aocetles, 1 dramatic clubs,
10 workiugmona mutual improvement aooio-
ties, newspaper clubs, aud 9 workingmon's
mutual aid assoota.ionH. OF tho Fl trades
unions, Ii warc scattered all ovor Germany,
aud with them woro affiliated tho smiths, oabl-
net1nakefs, carpenters, metal-workcrs, sad
lless, pottora, glazers, painters, printers, wool
workers, tailors, shoomnkers. gold and ailvor
workers., and other trades, aud with them fell
many OF their special organs, a1ch a. Da.
I,aunier, tho journal Of tho metal workers II,
Drunswick, Der Wicker, representing this
nhoo1nakers In Goths, and the PIONEER In
Hamburg, which was tho centrnl organ ot tho
t.ndes-unionH. Among tho non-periodical
publications forbidden we're tho writings oi
I.AsAIIE, tho "1Iistory Of tho Paris Com.
,nune," by LlssAnAdAx, aud the two Socialist
histories OF "The Peasant War;" by 1sEnkt
anl Esnr1s. Several largo printing houac.
in Berlin and other citios wore forbidden
, to ias,,o any further publications. Pres,
, prosecutions woso brsklJ instituted md ol
/ tho suppressed Berlin Frda Prds alons
\ soven OF its contributors went to prison.
, During The second month, Nov. ao t.
Dec. g, the ''pig-stioking" was kept up
though of coursc the victims were not Il
1 numerous, The ban was proclaimed agains
foreign newspapers Of Bocialistie tendencies
md among thoso which were forbidden II
I enter Germany were Dis 7d9~aeat. tn
organ OF tho Bwiss Social Democrats; Di
= 1Yeue Gfseltschaft, journal supported by til
l. contributors to tho suppressed Qerma,
}. paper, Dn Zukunft; Ls 1otsin, paper pub
" lisl,ed in the interesta Of the Russian rave
q lntionists, 10 .Mraboau, an organ Of tn
International; Tho Arane Cards, who's
praises OF klng.killing gare rise TO the DIP
y lon,atio negotiations botwoen the Swiss an
!. German Govsrumon.si Uit Lattrat, q pa
}. por after tho manner OF Noou1Fonr's Ian
j. terae tho Calculator on tho El6e, aud til
oF Dreatsaer Tokkassitung. Three photograph
!" groups, the first representing tho twelve St
!, cial Democrats returned 10 the Noichstag /
y 1877; the second, tho Socialist Deputies n
Do turned In 1878; and the third, tho femal
10 ltuasian' Socialists who wero .eoucurnel
tn the agitation Of 1877, wore suppressed. Tt
I. shopkeepcrs wara forbidden to sell III
Ut pictures Of 1Ioknx1 aud NopxL1ao, Il
a. assasslus, aud their life-siGs models in tt
Nv rauopt!cou wore destroyed. The work vet
hs ou so thoroughly that one book, "rt
Qnintassenoe Of Socialism," by Ds. SoHAE
1t Y1g, was destroyed befoza the police realizs
H. ita meaning aud found that 1t WAS adverse
Is Socialism.
ut functions applied to 17i clubs and aocietie
on II newspapers, and l57 non-pcriodlcal pa
it. lcatlons. I'hs greatest slaughter was
hs Ba1ony, ~ the headquarters Of Socialism q
mt ak Leipsio. Tho least prescription waa
ng the Catholic States. In bavaria. which IL .
.te most sntirolJ Catholic, It WIGS very sma
d; and tbs few 8ocislissio agitatoA wara aimc
al invariably Of swiss or French birth. II
ak- the most hopeful sign for the ultimate 1T
or, cess Of B1SxAAdx's repSsasiys measures tt
oil the inass OF tho German people express
on hostility to The "pig-sticking," aud belle
Ice that at the usxs election not q single eoci
I'd, LIT will bs returned to the Parliaineat Tho
,he who are tho most anxious for the welfare
al ri =