The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-26
LATE NEWS IN BERLIN
The Socialists are Defeated in the GeP-
man ReichStaS.
The ImSserislisss Win IBy Vote of t6S to
88-Much Disappointed Manifs,~seSa
sDn Account of Hi.nark's
Absence.


BERLIN, Jan. 25.-Those favored with |
tickets to the galleries OF the reichstag to- |
day waited I'm vain expectation OF hearing |
or seeing Bismarck until the last moment,
when Herr Won Boetticher, representative
of the chancell, in announcing the close
of the session, summoned the members To
hear the imperial message i'm the white
hall OF Schloss, this disappoint-
ment at not hearing bismarck was
lessened. However, by the animation
OF the final debate the socialist
bill i'm the house, orations rising to the
historic interest of the occasion. Gcbcl,
socialist, opened the debate. He denied
that state persecution effected anything
like destruction of socialism. Social
democracy, he declared, was indestrtict-
ible. The proceeding Of the government
towards socialists recalled the medieval
persecution of herctcs. II the masses
incapable, the government alleged of
forming political judgment, il was the
fault of the government. Even in the
| simplest minds among the working men
would become enlightened AS soon
| as the burden of lately voted
| taxes, which amounted to- millions of
| marks brought home to them. In
| concluding his speech. Gebcl predicted
| his party would he found strong enough
| to destroy the present majority i'm the
| Reichstag. Herr Furth. minister of the
| interior, replied to Gebel and the law
was trcspassine upon the limits of the
| line. Socialists leaders i'm Germany did
! and least of all working men.
Prince Schona,ch Carolath. moderate
conservative, reminded the house of the
! statement made by Socialist Elietz, that
the author of n pamphlet printed at Seu-
rich. entitled. ...Wonan,s Hand in the
Cobure Gotha. The Hamburg police had
e,nployc sacrihcing his life to save
| was not suppressed, though English
ladies i'm high rank aud German ladies in
England, had been connecied with Ger. r.
many for veal or woe for 30 years, were
insuitcd in it. The queen of England and
Germany with impunity. The prince pro-
ceesled To protest against an article i'm the
for the coming elections. Down with
Il social democrats" The people as
well we, as as the the Eoyernment ssnn;e f must , 6e
choice of means for arriving at a COM
mon end. There was i'm social democracy
ualIy becoming very rare i'm Germany, and
one that was giving way to pacc-hiinting.
hurs, ms ms nIccrs from ms several pSii,ieai
groups i'm the house. The vote on the
whole bill soon afterwards taken. As
cIaratioIi showing its Willingness to ac-
cept the bill without the expulsion clause,
sressivcs. center party aud socialists
against the combined yeas of imperialsts
and national liberals. The bill was cc-
jected by "a vote OF 1G3 against IL to 9S in
favor.
AS soon as the vote was concluded Won
Boetticher announced the session closed
and requested the deputies to convene al
, Schloss. The emperor. surrounded by the
ministers and great officers 2f state; re,
Schloss. and read to them his speech. al
which, the following is am extract: "1'ht
OF exceptional importance in the de
velopement of the empire thai
ressal from sne ,hroms isself III. result.
which your labors. combined with those
= of the federal government, have led; The
| i'm the trials made by the loss of two en-
A perors-my grandfather and my father
!. pie have found an ctiifying tlemonstra
tion. 1t was with esi,ecial satisfaction
that he hailed the continuous application
of recommendations embodied i'm the
imperial message to parliament i'm the yea
}. 1881 especially the law for the ins,lrs,nc,
OF invalid and aged workmen. These
measures were guarantees of welfare o
the poor. although much still remained ta
be done in this field. He was convince
been done. II his urgent wish ans
hope that the next reich stag would he en-
abled. by acting i'm concert with the gov
ernments of the federal states, to give ef
fective legal form to the amelioratio'
me-, ,, IN TINS d me ne SaI ,sa[ ,' ,ata .,
& toward the fulfillrnent of this hope by tn.
abolition of the contributions tn the wild
|. Sc vice of the government woul,
obtain the main benefit winch was no
to he unslervalucti, though il might no
suffice to satisfy the just wishes of les
favorably situated classes of officials
Moreover. by u vote of the federal govern
meuts. the Reichstag would t,e ena led Z
afford pleasure and improvement i'm TN
position of the middle class of officials a
:. an early date. The absence from TN
speech OF all political illusions and
failure To make any mention whateve
to the socialist bill surprise
every one. The ceremony wa
q ,utlucted with all the imperis
formulas i'm the court gallery. TIL
foreign Office was disappointed and some
- what annoyed to learn of the publicatio
i'm New York of the text of the Samoa
treaty. Mr.. Phelps called at the foreig
office and expressed regret at the sure,
titious publication of the treaty. In Vie
of the fact of publication the Unite
|. States. he said. would not object IL Ge
~ m my and Great Britain officially issue
the text of the treaty. II was, therefor
arranged that the document should al
pear at once i'm Reicl's -inzeiger and
the London f;azzefte. The treaty ha
met with hostile criticism from the p.
pcrs of all parties.
The King "f Portugal IL IN.
| LISBON. Inn Ths, I'm. - ,rft no.