St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-16
Doubts Expressed as to the
Practical Value of His
Purposes.
His Scheme to Better the Con-
dition of Toilers Opposed
by Bismarck.
1t Gives a Club to Social
lists, and They Are
Using It.

recognition. and chorus of praise
arises on every side. But the doubts
that were expressed regarding the prac-
tical value of his intentions as indi-
Gated in the rescripts have been
strengthened by the speech he delivered
before the council of state. In every
part or this he shows an increased con-
SciousnesS that the utmost power of the
sovereign is limited by the mere fiction
that this is constitutional gov
eminent. and that he may not sue
coed in overcoming the obstacles
arising from the inherent difficulties
all social reforms. The emperor was
brought to realize the tough nature of
the job he had undertaken when he
tried to frame bill for creating labor
councils in which employers and work.
lngmen might meet to regulate
and adjust labor disputes. His
majesty wrestled bravely with
this problem and consulted upon it
Baron Won Berlepsch, his new minis
ter of commerce, as well as Herren
Krupp, Stumm, Jencke and other men
we'll Informed upon industrial subjects.
and the more information he obtained
the less clearly he seemed to see his
way toward the completion of the bill
and he
FINALLY ABANDONED THE ATTEMPT.
and handed over the preparation of the
bill to the committee of the council of
state, presided over by Herr Jencke.
The address of the emperor delivered
before the council of the state was his
own. but it was submitted to Prince
Bismarck for his criticism on
Thursday, and he and the en-
peror had a two hours confer
ence upon the subject. 1t is
erroneous to suppose that the emperor
has plunged into all this in defiance of
the chancellor's opposition. Throughout
the inception of this labor programme
the emperor has constantly sought the
opinion of the chancellor upon the
main theme itself and upon its
various phases as they have pre-
sentcd themselves to his mind.
purpose and action at many points, but
it has not curtailed his views so far as
to impress upon them any radical
change. Prince Bismarck stated in a
very gree spirit, in conversation held
at the last parliamentary dinner,
the relations between himself and
the emperor, and the position
in which he stood. He said: "rhe en-
peror certainly likes me. and as to many
things he relies upon me, but he has a
stubborn will, and when he has once
made up his mind even i cannot in
fluence it, nor can any other man."
Knowing the headstrong character he
has to deal with ana to guide, if that
is possible, the chancellor has to give a
loose
REIN TO THE IMPERIAL MULE.
confident that experience will tame the
of the emperor's present
yearning to control and regulate every
thing. At the same time, the chancel-
lor gives TO the emperor whatever
it possible to advance at their regular
private Thursday conference. Prince
Bismarck'S right-hand man, Dr.
Kaiser. has been appointed
vice secretary to the council of state.
This appointment disprOved the re-
newed rumorS that there is increased
friction in the relations between the
chancellor and the emperor. Those re-
latlonS are simply as here described.
After the session of the council of state
was ended there was held an i'll
teresting and very animated reception,
at which Prince Bismarck presented to
the emperor all the industrial and other
non-military members. The emperor
went about among them freely and
Familiarity, and discussed with all COM
ers the various points raised in his
address. He expressed on this occa-
concerns might he so little pressing
as to leave him the leisure to preside as
he desired to do over both sections of
the council. Much was said in the
course of this reception upon the point
that the workingmen would not appre-
ciate the interest that the emperor felt
in their welfare, and that gross in
gratitude from them would be the
only response to the effort to anchor
ate their condition. The emperor re-
Sponded to this in language substanti-
ally similar to that which he used on
the same subject at Prince Bismarck'S
dinner. He said: ITO earn the graft
tude of the workingmen is not my mo-
tive. My motive is to see that
JUSTICE IS DONE
If l satisfy my conscience on that
point shall be Indifferent to ingrati-
tude here or there. If the souls of the
workingmen are so hardened that they
cannot properly respond to what we
shall endeayor to do for them. that also
must be due to the degradation of
misery, and gives more reason for com
ing to their rescue. But | do not be-
Iieve that they will fail to recognize an
earnest and honest effort to improve
their position in the social SCALE" The
report that invitations had been issued
to the international labor conference is
without foundation. All that has
been done in the way of appeal
to other nations is that copies
of the rescripts have been COM
lnunicated TO other governments.
through the ambassadors, with inStruc-
lions to the ambassadors to obtain the
views of the governments to which they
are accredited upon the emperOr's prop
osition. Before the rescripts were is
sued the English government was con-
quis of Salisbury made very
sympathetic response, but evaded
the plain point as to whether England
would send representative to the con-
ference. If France and Switzerland
should decline to take part, the en-
peror will regard the conference as a
futile project, and will renoupce it alto
gether. The Swiss bundesrath has de-
cided to request specific information
as to the scope of the conferences
labors before asserting to take part.
Lieut.. ten. Nerdy Du NernolS and the
other leading officials of the war de-
partment received to-day twenty dele
gates from the workingmen in the Span
dan factories, who made an
APPEAL FOR IMPROVED DWELLINGS
for working people. The general prom
ised that houses should be built for the
w0rkingmen upon the most improved
sanitary methods. AMI that the rents
should he Iow. II is thought that dur
ing the elections Got the reichstag, on
Thursday, every part of the country
will lie quiet. The meetings of the
Socialists everywhere are now undis-
turbed. The police have been ordered
to cease 10 interfere with them. The
emperor has especially warned the po-
lice bureau here to refrain from many
practices of doubtful propriety. and has
plainly said that he will not tolerate the
use of the system of sending out
officers in disguise to entrap
the unwary into committing crime.
1t is reported that the chief of police
here who was rasped somewhat ON this
point offered to resign. The miners in