The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-15
THE MORSE ORATOR.
Speaker Ullman Addresses His
Former Compatriots.
noRwAY's FIGHT FOR LIBERTY.
The Speaker Of the storthing 10 Wei
coined by His Countrymen and
Speaks on Home Affairs.

! Norwegian storthing, arrived in the city
| yesterday forenoon 1t Ii 80 o'clock, having
been escorted from Tacoma BY the Seattle
| reception committee and Dirk Blaauw and
| ]. Hanson, of Tacoma The party 81 once
| boarded The Front .treet cable car for the
residence Of Erik Frisch. 400 Harrison
street, where q sumptuoEs lunch was
! served.
Between the courses toasts were pro.
! posed for the guest, the flags Of America
and Norway. the press. the host and
hostess and Seattle. After the coffee had
been served. Mr.. K. G. Faegre. in a short
| speecq, presented Speaker Uilman with an
| elegant descriptive souvenir of Seattle and
the state of Washington.
Those who sat at table were: Hon.
Figgo UIlmann. Emil Frozen correspond
| ent of the Christiania Ddgbld4; DIRK
| Blaauw, editor of the Tacoma TIts1sde;
Erik Frisch: Fred Blomberg, manager of
the Washington Poster; DR.. 4. Backe,
DIR. TIL. Thousen, Frank 0leson, Ii. c.
| Wahlberg. A. Amunds, X. G. Faegre. II.
Rode. NJ, Stexrud. c. Molier. Chris Carl
son and c. NJ. Thuland.
| In the afternoon the reception commit
| tee took the distinguished guest by way
! of Madison street TO Lake Washington
for trip around the lake on board the
\ steam launch EIphin. After partaking of
refreshments at Madrona hotel and view
ing LeschI park. the party returned to Sc
| attic on a Yesler avenue car.
| In the evening Mr.. UIlman lectured at
| Renke's hall, which was filled to overflow
| ing. III. G. Wahlberg introduced the
/ speaker as the gentleman foremost in the
struggle of the Gorwegian Liberal party to
q ~ IF
icsl honor and national independence.
Mr.. Ullman, in opening his speech,
| compared the intellectual development of
a people with mountain torrent, now
rushing over precipices and boulders
| down a steep mountain side. now flowing
calmly into the blue ocean, and applied
| the illustration to the two great Norwegian
| parts of the present age, Bjorstjerne
| Bjornson and Henrik Ibsen.
| The present struggle in Norway was not
the result of political agitation. but an his
| toricai necessity and the result of she In
tellectual development of ages. One of the
| greatest barriers which the Liberal party
| had had TO overcome was the personal
| power of the king as such and the con-
| ventional belief that man horn of a
| queen was supernatural being, holy
| clare, without personal responsibility
The history of the consular question
which of late has taken up the attention
of the Norwegian people, dated back to
the act of union with Sweden in ISL
| Sweden had, through its commissioners,
agreed to alter its constitution in accord
ance with that act, as soon as Nor
way did. Meanwhile the foreign and
af4a Of. .tr;o
| be attended to by the Swedish minister of
| foreign affairs. Norway had fulfilled its
| part of the contract. but Sweden has TO
this day neglected to do So When the
| Swedish riksdag met it evaded
| its part of the international agree
ment, except that part which
| provided for common king. One of the
| first results of this neglect on the part of
| the Swedish government was the memoir
| able flag question. The Norwegian ma
| tional assembly in 1896 adopted the Nor
| wegian flag. The union jack, which has
| been added since, was the result of royal
command. Separate consuis were guar
| anteed in Norway in its constitution but
| the constitution has not been enforced
| All the consular and foreign affairs of
| Norway are conducted by a Swedish
minister. who is not responsible to the
| Norwegian national assembly.
| In the most important commercial CEN
tiers of the world Norway and Sweden
/ com pete for supremacy with the same ar
| ticles of export. With Norway the consul
| lar question was an economical question.
The liberal party did not believe, as some
ministers of the gospel preached, that pow
| erty was a blessing.
| There was no danger of war between the
two countries Sweden could not conquer
| Norway. Sweden does not desire to in
| wade Norway. The Swedish soldiery
would say no. The king of Swe-
den could not declare war against
| himself, being the king of Norway
The Conservative parties OF Norway and
Sweden were pulling together for their
own ends. The success of the Norwegian
Liberal party would prove the death blow
TO the Swedish nobility and aristocracy.
The union between the two countries
| consists in common king and a
| common defense against foreign inya-
ssons. There was no reason in the world
why the two countries should nol have
separate flags, separate consuls and separ-
ate ministers of foreign affairs
Norway could not be without the ex-
ternal proof OF independence. its own iae.
| Other questions of great import were
| pushed into the background by the
| consular question. The Liberal marty
believes that al, grown-un peop,e
| should have the right of Suffrage. IL be-
leved that women should be classified
within that category. Al the last session
! sixty-four out OF ia deputies had voted in
/ favor of woman's suffrage, bus IL
! required two-thrd majority 10
| amend the constitution The sneaker
| felt confident that Norway would
lead the other nations of the xorl. in
| granting 10 women the free and unlimited
| right of suffrage. The Radical party be.
! heyed in ahollshing the standing army.
which annually devoured one-half of the
budget Of the Norwegian nation. It believed
IN arbitration, not Ia armed encounters.
/ Ihe ameiioration of society lies at the
heart at the Liberal party. bat these i'm
| T0rtaa' questions had been overa hadowed
and piseeaholea by the union differences
lie only teing he requested of the Nor
! weS an-AmerlcAns WAS their sympathy in
/ the struggles of the progressive party OF
| Their 0sd satherisnd
! NJ. 1 .iWaa vas repeatedly ipterruoted
/ ~ applause. lie Is man OF
/ toe phys.ea appearance. His face hasa
/ Striking resemblance - those generally
/ engraved On ancient Roman coins and MS
bearing Is dignl6ed. fie comes from an
oiG ar'stocsAi'r family. bat has turned oar
10 De Prominent radical, contrary 10
! tae traditions al bss f.-,ff~ "a