Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-30

1, TEXAS; MONDA1, ANIL 30
full on his upturred. He strides heavily
in; 1t is but a step from the door to the
| spot where the scarlet portfolio is walt
| ing for him, but the weight Of the step is
what hrst strikes you. 1t is not lsssitude;
1t is sheer physical bulk. He stands six
feet two end his frame is the frame OF
giant. He is broad and square in the
shoulders and deep chested; the
arms are big; the legs are big;
and that part Of the body which is
intermediate between legs and chest is
big, yet not gross. He Ia So heroic in his
ply steal proportions as in his character.
The head Is set on the shoulders end
almost into them with singular solidity
and closeness. Tns man is all Of piece
body and mind, as it were, fused and
welded together. Faithful as are many
Of the photographs, l remember none
! which brings out strongly the helmet
shape of the head. 1t is the head OF
Perieles; dome-like in its anph-
tude 81 well IS IN Its curve,
with bresdth at the temples which
its towering height cannot disguise; and
far ovtrhangiHg the steel-gray eyes, which
look out IS from c.verns, epfriRged
with gray eyebrows. There is no regu-
lsrlty of feature or OF contour. The nose
Is short and csrelessly nodded; the mou b
you mus: imagine, for gray moustacEe
shsdes the jaw is the li1-well, lof
Prince BismsrCs, and OF him alone. The
stamp Of power, Of Irresistible force, Is
| on face snd figure; into this one human
form hss nature for once collected ell her
irrepressibie enere les. snd subdued them
| to his overmsStering will
The impression get as gsze from q
distance only recalls the impression OF
twenty years ago, when l sat in his study
and lstene1 to him till till long past mid
night, and mentally noted down features
and the fseting, flashing expressions that
Lighted them up. The changes are many
snd they are scathing; age has brought
with it increase Of strength; he looks
more Ike a giant than he did then. He is
in uniform, but not in the white Of the
cuirassiers, which Is still, believe, hs
favorite costume. He wears q single
breasted dark blue frock, reaching
hat wLy from the wais. 10
the knees, silver-buttoned to the
| throst; collar aud deep cuffs Of what,
| from this distance, looks like furnished
silver lace, gray in tone, with broad edges
CT bright yellow. The star of the Black
eagle glitters on the blue coat, and a
! whole tier of other orders stretches clear
.cross the breast. As he opens with his
right hand the scarlet portfolio, which
contains the royal message, the left rests
or his sword .hilt-sn attitude that gives
rise to reflections. Never, that 1 heard
Of. did the Chancellor enter Reichstsg or
Landtsg in any but soldiers dress;
once, at least, 1 saw him arrive In jack
toots, and even to-day he wears spurs
It is for the Chancellor that the House
had been waiting. AS soon IS he was in
his place the President rang his bell.
Some brief formslities were briefly got
through, snd Prince Bismarck Was at
once on his feet. murmur Of chsers
greeted him. With bowto his audience
and smother to the President, he begsn
reading, holding the message on folio
sheet In his hand. He read In strong
voice, sudiole everywhere, 1 judged,
throughout the hs !, deliberately, with
marked emphasis on some sentences. 1t
was the Enperor's first message to the
| Inperisl Parhament-tle hand Of the
Chancellor, who countersigned and now
delivered 1t to its destination, visible in
every line. What could be more like him
thsn these thanks-"imperis thaDks"-
offered in the name of the late Emperor
TO the Raichsteg, which had voted those
| last millions Of money and men while the
Emperor was st II living? The voice
rang out clearest of all in the final
words: "Trustirg in the tried love Of
the whole people snd their representa-
tives for the FAtherland, we leave the
empires iuture in Gods hand" Crom-
wellian hypocrisy? Cromwellisn, If you
like, but hypocrisy, NO. For II anything
| be true of this stern statesman, as Of bis
dead master, it Is that both OF them ever
had simple fsith in the God of whom
they avowedly stand in fear. 1--WE Ger
mans fear God, and nothing else in the
world beside" The confession, and per
haps also the boast, seem to belong to a
past age, but of the Commences OF both L,
for my part, have no doubt.
The message eIded, the scene changed,
Prince Bismarck sat down and the Presi-
dent rose; the deputies SILL all standing
as while the imperial message wss read
ing. The Prince sprang up, too, and the
President spoke briefly. All st once, In
the micdle of his speech, as he mentioned
the Emperor, there came cry
from the body Of the hall
| which seemed like signal. The
President took it up and called, German
fashion, for cheers. The whole assembly.
raising e.ch man his right arm to its full
length, shouted out the deep, cultural
| 'shoch," which does duty for our hurrah.
"Agsin," cried the President, and tn N
.again," so that the three cheers were
duly given, and given with solid hearth
ness OF voice and msnner that beflted the
place and ccasion-German to the core.
l cannot remember to have looked down
ever before on Parliament thus express
ing itself IN cheers, still less with these
strange but fine sslutes.