Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-03-12

head with new ideas that are yery
distasteful tO the man of blood an6
iron. Bismark is reported TO bav'
said that bis majesty must choos'
between Councillor Hinzpeter anC
4 Chancellor Bismarck.
DIR. BAMBERGER, the great Lib
eral leader says Of the elections.
'"Thc Liberals Of Germany fBC
great encouragement in the result
Of the election for members Of the
Reicbstag. The Socialist candidate;
received many votes from working
men winch would otherwise have
gone to the Liberals had IL not been
generally believed in the trade
union circles the larger the Social 81
vote the greater would be the con.
cessions granted by Emperor VIII
liam's labor council" In the r.
cent announcements Of the emI eror's
labor p Icy, or rather in the circum
stances which attend them, ID .
Bamberger sees signs Of very i'm
pOrtant change.
"The immense increase IN tho
Socialist vote must have alarmed
the emperor to such an extent as to
lead him to plead with Prince Bis
marck to reconsider his determine.
ton to retire from political life and
to again assume the active position
the chancellor maintained under
the emperor's father and grand
father. That the emperor and
Prince Bismarck we not longer IN
agreement with regard to the social
and economical policy Of Germany
previous to the election no one whn
has watched the events of the Iast
few months can doubt. The EN-
peror's reseript was not countersign-
ed by the minister, Prince Bismarck
was persistently absent from the
Rsichstag and the bill against the
Socialists was lost owing to a hint
from the emperor. From these cir
cunstances the reason for Prime,
Blsmarck's desire to retire to private
life can be inferred. The fact is the
emperor was very ambitious to be
come his own chancellor and To-
have his name foremost in every
thing relating to Germans and Ger
many, forgetting for the moment
that 1t would be impossible, while
Prince Bismarck lived, even for the
most bitter political
enemies to forget his acts of policy
which have made the Fatherland |
great, famous, and on the whole
"In the Reichstag Of 1881 there !
were twenty-four Socialists mem
bers, but In the last one there were
only eleven. The members of the |
Frelsinnlge in 1884 numbered 100,
but In the expired Reichstag they |
had but thirty-five supporters. In
the next general election the Ger
man Liberals expect not only to
secure the wOrkingmen's vote but II
share of what is now
called the Conservative vote, but
which is gradually becoming more
liberal every day"
II ls amusing to note the increased
respect with which the German
are treated since their sue
,ess In the elections. They have
almost become respectable. Ii is
that we shall hear nothing
more Of antl-Socialist laws in Ger
many. A party that has flOurished
lnder repression until II has increas-
ii It's voting strength within three
ears from IA, 900 to l.50O,OO is evi-
lently not to be put down by the
'olice, especially when 1t has gained
popular majority In such cities "a
3erlin, Hamburg, Leipsic and Dres-
len.
IL Bismarck We're twenty years
ounger he might venture to quench
he opposition Of the German Reich
tag In the deluge of European
var. AT his age II Is doubtful
ihether he will feel like undertake
lg anything OF the kind. More
yer the Socialists are all peace men
nd fond of talking about the
rotherhood of man. II must be "A
lsquieting reflection to Bismarck to
link that there are at least l,500,-
DO men In Germany-forty army
whuse eyes military glory
~ no glamour. :
The governor has decided to open
le business of the relchstag with
le projects prepared by the council
stat, the foremost uf which are
le bills regulating work on SUNDAY
nd restricting the hours Of labor Of
omen and children. More com.
lex measures, relating to the hours
male adults aud the mlners' work
~ will be reserved until the
itumn session, A bill will also he
resented aiming to control strikes,
nj AN antiauarvhlst measure de-