Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-26
Herr Lasker.

} In the death of Herr LaskeT, the Lib eral party Of Germany has lost thc greates; champion, and Bismarck his most formidable adversary. Herr Las
 ker's personal power and influence in
 German politics exercised 0 mos- whole some restraint upon Bismarck's impeI ial
 tendencies. His greatness has been
 honestly earned.
 Edward Lasker was born at JsgOczyn.
 in the province of Posen, Prussian PO-
 land, on the 1lth of October 1899. His
 father was Jewish merchant who
 seems to have manifested a most com
 mendabls interest in the education O.
 his son. Edward was first sent to the | gymnasium at Breslau. He wanted tC | study medicine but devoted himself to | the study of mathematics and | astronomy at the request of his fathsr. After leaving the gym
 nasium he went to Berlin. and became clerk to @ lawyer in the District oi the
 Kammercericht. At that time the popular tendency was toward Liberal
 ism, and as a student Lasks- is .c nave been an ardent advocate of Liberal l principles. The events of lS4S were
 such as to greatly arouse a young man
 of his temperament and principles, for the Liberal element had risen in insur-
 rection and were likely to suffer an IgnOmInoI.s defeat. Vienna was be-
 sieged by WindIschgratz and defended
 by a handful of men under Robert
 Blum. Lasker hastened thither, joined
 the Student Legion" under Blum, and
 threw himself body and soul into the movement. The result of the insurrec- ton and the fate of Blum are familiar to alL Lasker succeeded in eflecting his escape, and resumed the study of law first at Breslau and later at Berlin.
 He went tO England soon after for the purpose Of studying the laws of that country, where he remained for three years. Upon his return he travelled i as an unsalaried assistant from one PrussIan court to another. Every where his extraordinary ability and | faithfulness received recognition, and l upon him developed the most respon- sible tasks In 1858 he was made as- | sessor at the Berlin City Court, which he | resigned some years later to assume the | position of Counsellor at thesame court, | although he had no previous experience | III the practice of law. The attention of | the political world and of the Liberal | party in particular was first directed to | Lasker through certain articles of hIs | authorship which appeared in the 1 Deutsche Jahrbuchcr. Tn 1865 he was | elected to the Prussian Diet from the | Fourth Bsrlin Electoral District. in | which he supported the PrOgressiOnist party winch was iu determined opposi- ton tO the government He becam. re- porter III several con missions, and T 1866 he withdrew from the Progress slonists and became one of the founders of the National Liberal party. In 1868 he represented Magdeburg iD the Prussian Diet, and Tn 1873 he | was elected from Frankfort on- the Main. Since its foundation he has been the great leader of the Liberal party, and probably the most formidable debater in the Reich stag. As an orator he was clear, concise, always cOmprehensible, and frequently when his words came in hot torrents, electrifying his auditors From the beginning of his parliamentary career no law of importance relating to Prussia, the North German Confedera- ton or the German Empire has been | passed upon which the stamp of Las ker's genius was not visible. His great est literary work was n contribution to the history of Prussian parliamentary practice.
 Dr. Lasker came Co America in June, 1883, and accompanied the Willard party on it's excursion to the Yellowstone park. His health hal been failing for some years, and he came to this country for needed rest and recuperation. He has a brother residing in Galveston, Texas, and at the time of his death he was stopping with his cousin, Mr. Richter, in New York city.