Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
THE SOCIALIST BILL LOST
After Spirited Debate the Measure
is showed Under.
4 Large Crowd Disappointed at Not
Seeing Bismarck.
Reiehstag Closed With Imposing Cere-
mony by the Emperor.


reichstag, to-day waited in the vain eX-
pectation of bearing or seeing Bismarck
/ till the last moment when Herr Won Boet-
/ ticher, the representative chancellor, in
/ announcing the close of the session, SUM
moned the members to hear the imperial
message in the white hall of the schloss,
The disappointment of not hearing Bis
marck however. was lessened by the ami
nation of the final debate on the socialist
/ bill in the house, orations rising TO the
historic interested the occasion Behe a
socialist, opened the debate He denied
1 that sta,, persecution effected anything
/ towo4d the destruction Of socialism The
social democracy he declared, was indies
structable The proceedings of the gov
eminent toward socialists recalled mediW-
val prosecution of herities II the masses
are incapable, as the government alleged,
of forming q political Judgment, II was
/ the fault of the government Even the
simplest minds among the workIugmen
/ would become enlightened as soon rs the
| burden of lately voted taxes, which
amounted TO a million marks, was brought
/ home 10 them. In concluding the speech
/ Beebel predicted that his party would be
| found to be STRONG enough to destroy the
/ present majority in the Reiehstag,
l. Herr Furth. the minister OF the Interior
replying TO Boebel, SAID that the law struck
/ at social democracy only when it was
/ tre>pasSing upon the limits of the line.
! The socialist leaders in Germany
I did not represent the masses
| of the people and least of
all worbingmen Prince Schonaich Car
| olath a moderate conservative reminde
the house Of the statement made by the
socialist Dietn that the author of the
pamphlet printed in Zurich, entitled
/ Woman Hand in the German Policy
wns Duke Ernst, of SaXe-Coburg GOtha.
/ The Hamburg police had suppressed the
/ poem about the railroad empl0le saorltic-
/ ing his life TO save the tram, but this
Iunich pamphlet was not suppressed
| though English ladies of high rank and
! the German lady exalted the
position who though cradled in
| England had been connected with Germany
for veal or woe for thirty years were IN
suited In It, Tue queen OF England and
! her daughter could not be insulted in Ger
many with impunity. The prince pro-
ceeded to protest against the article IN the
! National Ieltung, giving as watch-word
! for the coming election, down with
social democrats, ms the people as well as
! the government must be left IN possession
Of free choice Of means for arriving at the
common end. There was in social
democracy u good deal Of idealism
the quality gradually becoming
very rare in Germany and one
that was giving way to place
hunting This closing remark was re-
4 ~ ilt,i
cral political groups in the house A vote
on the whole bill was soon afterward taken
as the government ahstained from any de-
claration showing It's willingness to ac-
cept the bill without the expulsion clause.
! The conservatives voted mo with the
progressiye-, centre party and socialists
against the combined ayes Of the im-
periaists and the national liberals. The
bill was rejected by a vote of 1873 against
| it to ~ in favor.
As soon MS the vote was concluded
| 3oetticher announced that the session was
closed and requested the deputies TO con
yene at the schloss. The emperor sur
rounded hy his ministers and great Oti-
GERS of state received the deputies in the
white hall of the schloss and read to them
a speech, Of which the following is an eX-
tract; The past three years constifut" such
r,period Of exceptional importance IN the
development Of the empire that my feel
ings c0ntrani me torecall from the throne
itself the results Of which your
labors. combined with those Of
| the federal government, have
led The empire has been sorey tried by
deaths; but in the trials made by the loss
Of emperors my grandfather and father
the loyal and strong m0narchlal feeling
people have found an ediiying demonstra-
ton II WIS gith especial satisfaction he
hailed the continuous application OF the
recommendation embodied in the impe-
| rial message 30 parliament in the year
I 1881, especially the law for the insurance
: Of aged and invalid w0rkm>n tlhese
measures were "a guarantee for the welfare
/ of the poor Although much still re-
manned 10 be done in this field. he
was convinced that the people would not
/ forget what had been done II was his
urgent wish and hope that the next
reichstag would be enabled, byactng in
concert with the governments Of the teder-
I M states. 10 give the ameli0ratlon neces-
\ sary in this field He regarded it as his
most earnest and exalted task TO labor
! toward the fulGlment of ms hope by the
abolition Of contributions to Che widows
ana orphans fund. Officials in the SER
vice Of the government would OBJ
tain the main benefit which was not
TO be undervalued, though it might not
suffice TO satisfy the just wishes Of less
favorable situated class Of officials. More
I over by Il vote Of the federal governments
/ the reichstag would be GRABBED 10 afford
4 pleasure and improvement ia the position
/ Of the middle elias. of officials at an early
/ date
The absence from his peech Of all politi-
cal allusion and failure to make any
mention whatever Of the soclaIlst bill sup
rissd every one. The ceremony was con
Quoted with all the imperial formulas, in
the 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 Mr. Phelps called at the
foreign Office and expressed regret at the
surreptiou- publication Of the treaty IN
view Of the fact Of the publication the
United States be said. would not object If
4 Germany and Great Britain officially is-
sued the text ofthe treaty 1t was there
fore arranged that the document should
at,,,aar n sr,oe lu the Rei-hanMger and IN