Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-27
GERMAN SOFA, 10.
Who They Are and tn. t..
Desire to Have Pa. 4


Desire to Have Ps..as m
A number of Socialists were =.
tried ana sentenced to various ,s .s'a
imprisonment in Prussian pol.s.,n'a
this same time the German pa,, III
was discnssinga bin propos a ss su
Bismarck, restricting the opera,;a aas
the Socialists more severely ~
done by the previous law. TLasasa
call renewed attention IN ~ ''sas
of Socialism in Europe, and s.a s'osa
in Germany. In almost everv ae
where Socialism exists, it is ton uosasfl
among its leaders and chief prom a .as
are many Germans. 1t is so NOM, ,sa
in the United States and Enyl.rS soI
In Germany itself the growth !, !
par ty, which calls itself "socis n ~ :
and which is more or less revo,n.
airy in its methods and aims ,hs a0a'
not favoring physical violence l.. sa
come a seriously inn srtant matt. v
the Emperor's government and d;v;, v
Bismarck's anxious attention with y
prospects of general Europe IN wv '
A deputy in the Reichstag. Herr Che
Grad, has included in an ESSAY r.oa. ~
ly published certain facts in reo.rd A. '
Socialism in Germany. which sbow :.
how steadily it has increased ~ y
what a real power in German po,;s.
it has become to-day.
Socialism may be said to have mad,
its appearance as political facto, /
1871 In that year. out of total O..
man vote of nearly four million 4
Socialists polled one hundred n,
twenty-five thousand votes. After n.
lapse Of sixteen years, during viii.
Socialism steadily grew in spite Of :,
pressive laws and an iron hand
regime, the German Socialists can
vote lin 1880 of seven hundred an
sixty-three thousand votes-more r.,
six times as many as in 1871. A mart
which can cast three-quarters of mi
lion ballots. ont Of total of seven an
a half millions. has certainly beeou
an important element in the State.
Herr Grad further shows that the i
crease of socialism during the sixte,
years has been mainly in the great ce
tiers of population. In Berlin, the ca
ital of the Empire. for example. the /
crease was from two thousand Al
tifty-eight votes in 1871 TO ninety-fo
thousand two hundred and fifty-ni,
in 1887. In the Reichstag itself 4
Socialist party ranks fourth in point
numbers, being only exceeded by d
Conservatives. the Liberals and h
Catholic Center"
The large proportion of the Germ
Socialists are not, ms the Socialists
America appear to be. lawless and Vi
lent men, who wish to use force
overthrow existing society. Tn
would warmly resent being class
with the so-called Anarchists. Til
do not engage in secret combinatio
to breed revolts. Much less do tn
aim to achieve their purpose by !
methods of arson and assassinatit
which mark the course of the more
IRENE Russian Nihilists. There i.
movement in favor of what
leaders call, and call truly. Christ
socialism.
The Socialist leaders in the Reichs
are, in several instances. men of lea
ing and culture. graduates of univ
stiles, and competent in DEBATE {
legislation. Their purpose is to C
vert Germany into social democr
by legal and political agitation.
founders of German Socialism, Fel
nand Lassalle and Karl Marx, often
clared that the most formidable "
pom they desired to use was the bal
and this is also the assertion of their {
cessors in the Socialist leaders,
They only ask for the liberty Of ut
ance. which. to be sure, is not fully
lowed them under the Empire; but
they have a voice in the Reichstag,
some scope of free speech in the pr
and with these advantages, they
the increase of their numbers "a
enough to encourage them to hope
labor for fin i success.
On the other hand, it is certain
Prince Bismarck will make every pc
BILE effort, and use all the powers
can acquire, to check the Influence
growth of Socialism. Youths I
panton,
BLESSING SACRED LAMBS