New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-16
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A GERMAN SOCIALIST IN NEW YORK.


ARRIVAL or WILHELM MASSACHUSETTS, CA'''""
AND HIS REASONS FOR VISITING THIS COUNTY,
wilhelm Hassclmann. the German Socialist ar g,
rived in this city Tuesday on the steamer . Ia
laurent from Hare He intends travelling II. M,
Reichstag of which he is n member Will DC VI sc
sion Mr.. Hassemann is thrty-four years ol,,, am
born In Bremen. He was partly edm i. Tho
Polytechnic School in Hanover He was MS, o,
ployed an Analytical chemist i'll severai in,go
manufactures. and later gave lectures on MIN rnI
istry at the Universities of Gottingen anu bcl'n,
The constituents of the district of Elbericid ~: ~.
elected HIM TO represent their interests III III, ,,.
Rcichstag in 1874, and reelected h III IN Io.o p"'
il is more 10y his philosophical and SocallStic VIII.
ings that Mr. llasselmann has made hlnScli f n h
IN contemporary German history. Since lo3; , no
has founded and edited number OF ooc, rnn,er
journals of the most pronounced radlcal chd ~,
The Social Democrat The Agitdfor, he AeuT oyeea
Dtr ocrat The Social POItische BdHr :, me DeIInr
Freie Prose The Rothe fahHe, The Bogsoae ,T
stimme as well us many other journals, were st,.eu
by him, only TO he suppressed one after the othoi
by the German Government
Mr.. Ilasscmann. however. was never arrested
except once. although his Socialistc coIeiagnesii
such as Bebcl and Liebknecht suffered pIoonso"
imprisonment. lie always managed 10 make sol'lc-
body besides himself responsible editor oil ms paPc
and very often the sufferers were poor, iI,teIatc
rkngmcp If his opponents are to ne pei in I
While in the Relchstag. where he was shIe!uc" Dl
Parliamentary immunity, Mr. Hasseiliah a,a"' MI
the Government with the greatest violence hh',
accrhity. About six months ago he openly deciaIsn
that the time for words was passed. ana that llle
time for deeds had arrived. IhlS ana DINER cNc'sS
of language called forth much comment on the pi,
of even his friends and he consequently thought
il advisable 10 strike out tue ooJectohaol' ~
sapes in his own paper, which was printed III HAM
bnrg JieblInecht, Bebel. and others. VINO hai
supported him up to that time. seeing tlat ne was
in q fair way OF compromising the cause OF 1ucl"l
ISM art adv ENDANGERED by the restrictive laws Oh
the German Government. severed all immaculate
connection with him Nothing daunted, MI las
scuann continued 10 wage war ON the uoVerh-
lnent on his own responsibility.
Among the an'i-Socialist laws passed shortly
after Nohelngis attempt the lie OF the German
Emperor was one prohibiting all lotteries or SUB
scriptions in favor of Socialism or Socialists De-
spte this law, however, number OF people SUI
scrhed money for the benefit Of the German SOCIAL
lists who had been forced 10 leave the county, MT.
Uassrhnaun il is thought to revenge himself for
the treatment received at his colleagues hands.
openly called upon the receivers OF me suhscilp-
tons TO account for the money IN their posscss'on
and finally denounced them personally IN violent
language In this manner The Government was IN
formed Of the persons violating me above 'h Ti
toned law. and "a number OF arrests followed. ne
Socialist members of the Relchsiag immediately
excluded lIasselmann from the party, slbse-
dnently he suddenly disappeared from Hamburg,
uutil several weeks later. when he wrote an open
letter Ia the paper saving that persecution on the
part of the police had forced him temporarily 10
leave Germany. Since then he went 10 Lohuon,
where he gave Lectures, and thence lie has come to
the United States.
After long search yesterday. Mr.. HasseImann
Schwahs saloon at No. 80 First-st He was drink
inp beer in company with number of German
Socialists who are regular visitors ut the place:
Mr. Uasselmann Is tall, powerfully built man, OF
decidedly German appearance. lie mas lISiJ piue
eyes ana a long blonde beard and moustache. lie
was dressed i'll a rather fslOvenly manner. have
come to the United States" he said when qucs-
toned "partly in order to study the social condI-
tion of the American people But my chief object
is to ascertain the advantages enjoyed by the
working people in this country. 1 represent the
constituency of Elbcrfeld-Ba which IS one OF
the greatest labor centres in Germany. The great
Essen gun factory, belonging to krupp; which en-
ploys hundreds and hundreds of people, is i'll this
region. and so is Dusseldorf. great manufacturing
town Now / wish to find ont whether the lot OF
tbe poor people who are worked TO death III those
places by hcartlesq capitalists would I've bettered in
achusctts Connecticut, or the Middle States.
where the same branches OF industry thrive. In
case they would profit by coming here, npon my
return to Germany should advise general cmigra-
tinn.'
DO You intend lecturing in this country" =,
u do Nv first lecture viii probably he deliv-
cred at Gernana Hall next Saturday night. ana
will he on the social condition Of the German
people In consequence of the anti Socialist laws.
shall lecture in German at first but shall hold read
ngs In English atterward."