The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-26
GERMAN SOCIALISTS.
sIhe Debate in the Reichstag Con.
corning Them.
THE EMPEROR MAKES A SPEECH
To the Deputies-No Allusion to Political
Matters-Disgusted with the Publica-
ton of the Samoan Treaty.


tickets to the galleries of the reichstag to-
day waited in the expectation of seeing or
hearing Bismarck TIL the last moment,
Yghen Herr Won Boetticher, representative
'@'oN the chancellor, in an announcement
closed the session and summoned the mem
bers to hear the imperial message in the
white hall of the schloss. The disap-
pointment at not hearing Bismarck was
lessened, however, by the animation of the
final debate on the Socialist bill
in the house, the orations rising to the
historic interest of the occasion. Gebel.
Socialist, opened the debate He denied
that state persecution effected anything
toward the destruction of Socialism.
Social democracy, he declared. was in
destru; tible. The proceedings of the gov
eminent toward the Socialists recalled the
medieval persecution of heretics If the
masses are incapable, as the government
allowed, of forming political judgement, it
was the fault of the government Even
the simplest minds among the working
men would become enlightened as soon as
We burden of the lately voted taxes, which
amounted to millions of marks, was
brought home to them In concluding his
speech Gebel predicted his party would be
found strong enough to destroy the present
majority IN the relchStag.
Herr Furth, minister of the interior.
replied to Gebel He said the law struck
at Social democracy only when it was tres
passing upon the limits of the line of the
law. The Socialist leaders in Germany
did not represent the masses of the people
and least of all the workngmen.
Prince Schonaich Carolath, Moderate
Conservative, reminded the house of the
statement made by the Socialist Dietz that
of Lot
Zurich entitled "Womans Hand in German
Policy" was Duke Ernst, of SAKE
Coburg Gotha The Hamburg police
had suppressed a poem about a rail
lrOad employee sacrificing his life
no save train, but this Zurich
pamphlet was not suppressed, though Eng
hsh ladies OF high rank and German ladies
of exalted position, who, though Graded in
England, had been connected with Ger
many for veal or woe for thirty years,
were insulted in it. The Queen of Eng
land and her daughter could not be insulted
in Germany with impunity. The prince
proceeded to protest against the article in
the National Zeitung giving as the watch
word for the coming elections, Down
with Social Democrats" The people as
well as the government must be left in
possession of tie free choice of the means
for arriving at common end. There
was in social democracy good
d grdQuallN
becoming very rare in Germany.
and even that was giving way to place
hunting. This closing remark was received
with burst of cheers from several politi-
cal groups in the house The vote on the
whole bill was soon afterwards taken As
the government abstained from any dec
laration, showing its willingness to ACCEPT
the bill without the expulsion clause, the
Conservatives voted ''no'' with the Pro
gresslves, the Centre party and the Social
lists against the combined yeas of the I'm
perialists and Liberals. The bill was re-
lected by vote of 1863 against it to 50 in its
favor.
As soon as the vote was concluded, Bpt-
tlcher announced the session closed and re-
quested the deputies to convene at the
schloss. TheiEmperor, surrounded by his
ministers and great officers of state re
kceived the deputies in the white hall of the
1schloss and read to them speech of
(which the following is an extract: 1.-The
PAST three years constitute a period of ey-
ceptional Importance in the development of
the empire that my feelings constrain me
from the throne itself to speak of the re-
suits to which your labors, combined with
those of the federal government, have led.
The empire has been sorely tried bv
deaths, but Ia my trials by the loss of the
Emperors, my grandfather and father, the
loyal and strong menarchial feelings of the
people have found edifying demon stration. ;,
1t was with especial satisfaction that he |
hailed the continuous application of the
recommendations embodied in the imperial |
message to parliament in the year 1881. |
especially the law for the insurance of in.
valid and aged workmen. These measures
We're guarantees for the welfare of the
PPor. Although much still remained to be |
s1nein this field, he was convinced that |
ale people would not for let what has been !
done. Ii was his urgent wish and nope !
that the next reichstag Won q be enabled |
by its action, III concert with the govern |
ments of the federal states, to give effective |
legal form TO the ameiuraticn necessary in |
this neld. He regarded ii as his most /
earnest and exalted task to labor toward /
the fulhlme Mt OF this hope by the abolition !
OF contributions to the widows and |
orphans fund. The officials in the service |
OF tue government would obtain the main !
benefit which was not 10 be undervalued, |
though it might not suffice to satisfy the |
Just wishes of the less favorably situated !
classes of officials Moreover by the vote
oil the federal government. the reich
Stag would be enabled TO afford with pleas
ure Improvement in the position of the
middle class officials at an early date
The absence from the speech of ali DO
htical allusion and the failure to make any
mention whatever of the Socialist bill sur
pf1sed every one. The ceremony was con-
Quoted with all the imperial formulas in
court gallery.
The foreign Office was disappointed and
somewhat annoyed to learn of the publ
cation in New York of the text Of the
Samoan treaty. Phelps called at the for
eign office and expressed regret at the sur
repttloas publication of the treaty. In
view OF the fact of the publication the
United States, he said, would not OBJ
lect II Germany and Great Britain
officially issued the text of the treaty, 1t
was therefore arranged that the document
should appear at once in Reichsanzeiger and
in the London Gazette. The treaty has met
with hostile criticism from all parties.
The Hamburg strike is over, the men
having accepted the shipowners' proposal.
The country around Castle and Fluda is
flooded. The rainfall is increasing in tor
rents. The Werra Ida and Lanharva will
overflow their banks.