The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-07
Bismarck Roughly Orerhaulsd.

The Contemporary Review contains an ar
ticle entitled The Bismarck Dynasty, which
bears no signature, but which contains inter
nal evidence of having emauated from Il high
authority. 1t is probable that the article
will create a sensation. 1t opens with re-
minder that the chancellor cannot live long.
! The American minister at Berlin. it says, five
years ago marked with surprise that Bis
marck was preparing no one 10 succeed him
| The chancellor waking suddenly to this idea.
set about developing Count Herbert Bis
marCk This article frankly alludes to Count
| Herberts youthful brawls. to his later intri-
CUES and to his embodiment with woman
| at Bonn, from which he had to slash his way
| with a sword, receiving an ugly cut u the
| head. The Bismarckian contempt for wOm-
| en-. accentuated by this and another intrigue
| after the war, is represented as the origin OF
| all that is banefuI in the Bismarkian Charac-
! ter
We shall have no more petticoats med
! ding in politics now, was according to ru-
! NOR the exclamation of the exultant Count
| Herbert on the death of Emperor Frederick
The article affects to dismiss as mOnstrOuS
! the insinuation Of the opponents of Prince
| Bismarck that the chancellor meditatcd the
| death of Emperor Frederick when he insisted
| that Frederick should leave San Reno for
| Berlin. but depicts the idea that his ascend
| ency NOuld he menaCed by Empress Frederick
| as nightmare to the chancellor, who further
| saw by Fredpriok's refusal to discuss state
affairs with Count Herbert that it was use
! less to hope that Herbert would ever be
| Fredercks chancellor. Who could, there
| fore be surprised, the writer asks, had Prince
| Bismarck wished the cancer to make haste
| In reference to the dismissal of Minister
| Puttkammer by Emperor Frederick, the art
| icle asserts that Prince Bismarck was unable
| to make up his mind whether it would be
wiser to resist ratify Frederick's desire,
even after advising him to sign the decree OF
dismissal. and says that directly the decree
| was published the chancellor told the emper-
| or he had gone too tar. Entries in Emperor
Frederick's diary amply confirm this state
| ment.
The writer of the article says that a COM
| pact with the present Emperor was the only
| reason Prince Bismarck had for opposing the
marriage of Princess Victoria to Prince Alex
| ander, of Battenburg. The article is hardly
! less sparing in the criticism of the present En-
| perOr. 1t calls him an apt pupil OF cynical
| master. who found no difficulty, moral or SEN
| timental in treating his mother in a fashion
a'ter Count Herdert's own heart, and oftreat-
| ing the Prince of Wales with such discourtesy
| as to prevent any intercourse between them
An opinion prevails, which is we'll founded
that the article was written by Editor Stead
of the Pail Mall Gazette. By some persons
the authorship is ascribed to Sir R. D. MorieI
and others believe il to be the production ot
Sir MoFe Mackenzie, inspired by Empress
| Frederick.
Northwestern Railroads to be Watched.
The conference at st. Paul, between Messrs
Cooley and Morrison of the interstate rail
road commission and the Milwaukee railroad
commi ssioners was closed after several days
work. after the conference Judge Cooley was
asked about the result, and said that they
had determined to hold an investigation OF
some OF the questions brought before them
i HI,f -t1oth
er they would be inquired into was not deter
mined. and there was nothing to be giver
| out concerning them. The particular ques
ton to be subject of the investigation were
as follows; Judge Cooley having occupied
| them himselfto facilitate matters:
| First-Whether the forms of the rate sheets
now issued by the railroads of the Northwest
! give to the public the information to which
| they are entitled under the act to regulate
! commerce,
Second Whether the rate sheets actually
issued are printed and published according tt
law.
Third-Whether the several railroad com
panies do not, in some instance, put in fore
rate sheets before they have been legal.
, | published.
Fourth-In what manner said railroad
companies are accustomed TO give notice 4
an advance of rates and whether the notice
as given, com plies with the law.
Fifth-Whether joint rates are duly agree'
upon and filed with the commission in prope
form.
Sixth-Whether all joint rates should no
be ordered by thecommisson to be publishes
and, if not, whether some classes thereo
should not be.
Judge Cooley said that as the investigation
would require the use of books and papers c
the companies it would be held in Chicago a
more convenient, most of the roads havin
;; their headquarters there The investigation
will be public and will be between Feb. 1
and 25.
Judge Cooley was asked what he though
of the election of A. F. Walker by the WesteT
presidents as chairman of the executive boar
of the new association. He said: Il am no
ready to say anything about Walker, an
: don't know whether he was consulted in tn
matter before his election. 1t was a goo
appointment, as if he accepts he would go t
Chicago to enforce the law. He is man {
ability, and has the force of will which woul
be necessary to the position. We would hat
to lose him, but think he would be able t
bring the railroads of Chicago into a cond
tion to obey the law better than any on
else. His term on the commission would e1
pire in 1890,
! The commissioners left st. Paul for Ch
cago.