St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-05
WORE RED SYMBOLS.
German Socialists Celebrate
the Lapse of the Laws
Against Them.
But for Bismarck They Would
Still Be Under the
Ban.
Level-Headed Leaders Coun-
sci the Amnestied Thou
sands to Moderation.
Terrific st orms in SehlesWig
and the East Sea Prov
inceS.

Berlin. Oct. 1.-The lapse of the anti-so-
Cislist laws has led TO a renewal of the dis
: cussion regarding Emperor Williams atti-
tude toward the socialist question. The CO.
logne Gazette reports thai the emperor and
all of his ministers, with the exception of
Bismarck. desired the continuance of the
special act, and were ready to accept a per
manent act in the form offered by
the National Liberals, namely, with
out the I'VE of expulsion-but Bis
marck disagreed, and the reichstag was i'll
consequence dissolved. The emperor him
self. says the Gazette. would never volun-
tarily have dispensed with the act. This
statement is in the main correct. except that
The kaiser was opposed to anY modification
of the laws if retained. At the same time.
ne views the death of the laws without
regret confident of his ability to solve
by means of remedial legislation
depriving the party of discomfort of their
most serious grievances. Meetings of social
lists in celebration of the event have been
held. The tone Of most of the meetings was
one of exultation. but all were perfectly or
Derby a great meeting of socialists was held
at the Book BrauereI. The men present APP
peared 10 belong to the intelligent working
classes. Ihey were accompanied by their
wives and families. All were we'll clothed
and had the appearance of being amply fed,
and all carried some kind of
Red symbol.
Had it not been for these, the meeting
might have been taken for al ordinary eiec-
ton meeting of a working constituency.
After a speech by Herr Bebei several women
addressed the meeting. A sheet entitled
Farewell to the Socialist Law, explaining
how Christianity might have been destroyed
in its inception. if the Jewish and Roman
authorities had only inflated the Rus
sian police and dissolved every meeting
or IfS TnlnHarS mot uith q 11-na colo h.,
Rebel, who for firmness ana earnestneSs has
been compared with ohm Dillon. the Irish
leader, declared, in an interview, that his
party would meet the governments remedial
bills on their merits. Where the clauses ap-
peared TO be beneficial to the workmep, the
Socialists would support them, otherwise
they would oppose them. In regard
to the ~worknen's insurance act he
said that he did not desire to postpone its
operation, although he considered it far from
perfect inasmuch as small employers could
not afford TO contribute as much as required,
while the Workmen reaped too little benefit
from ii. 1t is not believed that the emperor's
scheme for the formation of boards of work
men to carry on negotiations with employees
will succeed. Never under the German laws
could such boards secure power which the
English trades unions have secured. II is
noticeable that at the Berlin elections for
delegates 10 the coming Socialist congress at
Halle all the men elected belong to the med
crate section of the party. A large restaurant
mas Deen purchased at Erfurt Tor J20. y
marks, and another, with a large hall for
meetings attached, will be bought shortly to
Assist the Propaganda.
TIL programme published in the Volks-
blatt is identical with the famous 0atha pro-
sramme in 1870. which could not be pub
lished while the anti-Socialist laws were in
force. Knowing. however, that the repeal is
only an experiment, the party will be careful
to avoid giving occasion for a renewal of the
cOerciVe laws. Herr Iiehknecht will address
a great meeting at Bochum tomorrow, and
open the campaign among the miners.
The emperor is bestowing special attention