Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-10-30
BISMARCK'STEMPER
has Much Acid in Il, and Hs Makes No Pretense
of Controlling 1.-THE Governments lrmy Bill
VIII Likely Pass = Bismarck Will Not APP
pear in the Rischstag = The Socialists Pro
gr2mme

Copyright, 1892
BERLIN, October 29.-Emperor Will
lam will open the Reichstag in person
on November %. While the imperial
parliament is wrestling over the army
bill, the Prussian Landtag, which has
been summoned to meet on November
9th, will be involved in an eager party
fight on the fiscal reforms proposed by
DR.. MIGUEL, Minister of Finance. Both
sessions will strain the energies OF the
ministers and produce crisis periods,
yet the official circle is confident that
the army bill will be approved, as they
are also confident that the proposed
budget will meet with acceptance. Mem
bers of this circle do not hesitate to de-
clare that the government will win all
along the line.
The storm Of abuse with which the
government proposals were assailed
when they were first published is sub
siding. The government appears likely
TO benefit greatly by the so-called pre-
mature disclosure OF the army bill. 1t
is certain that if the measure had been
thrown into the Reichstag in full SEES
sion, surprising the members, 1t would
have scattered the parties like bomb
shell, breaking the groups in sections
that it would have been impossible
to reunite. Never has govern
ment project received such q glacial
reception from its expected sup
porters or aroused greater clamor among
its natural opponents. Papers Of such
diverse opinions as the GerDlGntG Cen
trist), the ReichSbOte Conservative,
and DGs VOlklt Or. Won StOecker's or
gan), have cOncurred with the opposi-
ton press in declaring that the measure
was impossible. The early dissolution
OF the Reistag was everywhere predict
ed, and it was said that this would re-
suit in the return OF House hostile to
the Government. Now the tone or the
Centrist organs has been modified. The
Ger1Rdllid suggests that
THE BILL WILL BE POSSIBLE
If the Government reduces It's demand.
The Conservative press facilitates the
country on the prospect of the solidity
of the army, and praises the section Of
the bill retaining in the hands of the
government the power to keep certain
classes of troops in the service for
three years. This change of front
points TO the whole Conservative
strength, 127 votes, being cast for the
measure. In order to obtain the neces
sary 1919 votes to carry the bill,
Chancellor Won Caprivi can rely on
the Centrists stepping into line under
inducements that are already on the
verge Of acceptance.
Prince Bismarck will not reappear in
the Reichstag. If the success of the
coalition against the government was
absolutely secure, with himself master
of the situation, he would not hesitate
to again take his seat, but the person
who latest tried to interview him could
not extort even side light on the
Princes attitude toward the impending
struggle His criticisms were chiefly
personalities. The present ministers,
ne said, were so insignificant, and the
covering to the shield they present is so
transparent, that the Emperor himself
always shines through them. 1t is
DANGEROUS to the future OF the mon
archie idea, he added, for ruler, even
with the best intentions, to appear so
frequently in the political field without
! a decent ministerial covering. Coptinu-
ing, Prince Bismarck said:
"To fight with ministers who are men
of straw has no charms for me. Some
of them cling through personal necessi-
ties to the posts that feed them. They
have large families or there are other
things that demand that they retain
their Offices"
This is interpreted as spiteful allus-
ion to DR.. VOnBoettic ner, head of the
imperial home Office and representative
OF the Chancellor. That sort Of q
man" Prince Bismarck said, sis repre-
sented in the government of which
Frederick the great once said, they
are amusing at the table, but whom
Frederick kicked out. Now they are
not kicked out. The situation has no
sword for ne. My son is much less re-
signed TO be out of Office than l am but
he has long seen that competition with
certain ministers is only possible pro-
vided one previously wears livery for
some years" Prince Bismarck is en-
joying good health, though
HE Is OF ACID TEMPER.
The negotiations for a commercial
treaty with Russia are about to be re-
sumed.
The programme of the Independent
Solicalst party has finally been drafted
and il marks their defnitive secession
from the main body Of the Social
Democrats. The programme declares
that workmen ought to reject State
socialism in every form. They should
rather aim to enieebe and completely
abolish the State. They should try TO
capture the means of production, and
abolish capitaliStic society through
strikes, boycOtts, refusal TO enter into
legal obligations, etc, They should op-
pose all the leading Institutes of mod
ern society, such as the Church, State
schools, the army, bureaucracy and par
liamentarism and reconstruct society on
a basis of perfect equality, without dis
tinction rs to sex. The manifesto is the
embodiment of sheer anarchism.
The representative of the Associated
Press has been informed that the Ger
man steamship companies have agreed
20 forbid Russians or Hungarians TO
the United States 80 long as cholera
exists in Russia and Hungary. The re-
ports coming from New York that b.
hemianS will also be excluded are cor
rect. The Hamourg-American Com
pany will continue dispatching its
steamers from Wilhelm Haven until
Hamburg is declared free of cholera.