The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-05
BISMARCK'S CLOCK.
Its Hands Have Commenced a
RetrOgrade Movement.
THE MOST UNGRATEFUL OF MEN.
suchis Said to be the Opinion of the ex-Chan-
cellOr of the Young kaiser
Intriguss In Berlin.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch I
LONDON, May 5.-[By cable to the N. Y.
Sun. l-Bismarck's clock has not roa.o1,,
stopped, but its hands are moving back
"aros. one by one the measures that
were most ardently pushed by the late
chancellor are giving signs of having
survived their usefulness, at least in the
minds OF his once obedient parliament
when on March %, two DAYS after the
princes dismissal, the Emperor tele-
graphed: Steam ahead on the same
course" 1t was enormously concluded that
tne same course meant Bismarck's course
While on the contrary it meant the Kaiser,s
course. Already we find a more reason
aole tome prevailing regarding Switzerland
anu German refugees there. The regula-
lions against pork are more literally con-
strued. The persecution of SociaIiS1.
promises to become unfashionahIe For -,
september the exceptional measures cease
Dy limitation and there is not enough
blslnarcklan spirit left in the reichstaD to
warrant renewal of this odious means ~
combating intellectual short comings, In
Iact people have at last walked IN tn
rea1ze That Bismarck in domestic politics
mas never represented the marty ~
sound economic ideas; nothing rnore tho,
himself, in fact, and the physical forca
which ne created about him. This viaJu
seemed shocking some years ago. for tba
German press dared not publish what was
done by their master, and the outer world
therefore, heard only of and magnified his
aoIlty. day, however, the manner
with which in few DAYS he has nassad
from public attention is striking evidence
OF what we have said.
saturday night there was held caucus
OF the leaders of the Liberal F'reisinniga
party, including Drs. Barth and Bamber,
ger. They formulated their programme
Ior the relchstag meets May g. This pro,
gfamme Will be submitted tonight for rat
lncatlon to the balance of the Liberal
members. 1t is the most weichtn
parliamentary move since March. IST
not merely because it is a move
IN parliament without Bismarck bnt be.
cause it is made by the party which has
enjoyed the largest share of Blsmarclx,s in
VIII and which now for the first time ia
HKely TO hold the balance of power. The
socialists expected to make fight for the
compulsory eight-hour. This the Freis-
lnnlge party will oppose This matter
disposed OF, we may look for an attack
upon the two pet Bismarckian infant indns
tries: high protective tariff and highly
experimental colonial ventures. In 1879
Bismarck commenced his career as n pro-
lectionlst by ofer1ng to discourage the i'm
portatlon OF American wheat in EXCHANGE
FOR the political allegiance of the farmers,
and he soon found, just as our Congress-
did, that protective tariffs must ALWAYS be
raised If the protected parties are 10 be
Kept In loyalty. In the last ten wears the
tariff against our grain has been steadily
raised, until now it is about 80 per cent
The Liberal Freisinnige party proposes to
reduce it to the former rate, and gives
notice that nothing less than free trade in
breadstuffs will satisfy them. One-tbird
OF the reichstag are free traders. On this
bill the Socialists, Radicals and the few
independents are pretty sure to unite with
the Liberals.