The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-28
Csntrist Party Willing to Rally to
tho Support Of the Army
Bill.
On Condition That the Jesuits Be
Restored to Their Former
Status.
Noms Of the PsrpIsxing Features Of the
Political Campaign In Germany
1ndepsndsnt Peasants

BERLIN. May N.-The electoral outlook
has considerably cleared since the iasue. by
DR.. lisbeE. Of tho manifesto Of the seentsr
or Catholic party. Tho lab0rsd phrase
oloRy OF the manifesto. and its LONG -winded
sentences. were NOT calculated to impress
the public and have elicited Eidieule from
the press. But the declaration did not fail
TO inform the government Of the price IL
must pay for the support Of the party in the
new raiohstaR. Behind the vsrbiaRe about
intolerable military burdens imposed BY
the empiss. advice 10 given 10 electors to
take decided position against the army
bill and the Hnsns amendment to that
measure.
I'VE shall transfer" says DR.. Liebsr.
"ths Windthorst resolutions TO the new
parliament and use them for . guiding
light IN discussing all futuYs military ques-
tions."
The Lieber faction Of the center party is
In short. ready to negotiate with Caprivi on
the basis OF the repeal Of the remaining re-
liRtous liabilities and the readlnission to
Jesutts In return for its adhesion to the
govsrnnsnt's military demands. Reaction-
ary CONSERVATIVE organs threaten. II tho
new reichstag is intraotable. that the gov
srnment will restrict the franchise and thus
get an obedient parliament. The mani
festo replies to this that the highest Law il
the constitution, adding: 1--WE hold fast
to the character Of tho empire ~ a federal
state. Tho preroaativss ofths people are
based upon universal equal. direct and
secret suffrage"
The factor that IL causing panic among
| the BavaIian centrists Ia the independent
| action Of peasant societies, which hitherto
have always supported centrist candidates,
These societies have now issued an electoral
address stating that their Representatives
up TO this time have been cooperating ia
lss,slation ruinous to peasant proprietors
and paving altogether too much attention
to religious questions. In the coming elec.
tions the peasant societies will support only
candidates who are devoted to the nRri
cultural interests. of tho country. and who
are reliable as citizens without regard Il
religious belief or social position:
The social democratic party will turn the
disruption of the ccntrists to the bes,
account. Amid this electoral charivari
the conservative. national liberal and
frsiainnige parties are not much heard Of
Tho struggle lies between the socialists
who form a compact, we'll directed party
and the new political bodies composed OF
old elements, yet hardly in condition tc
know themselves.
The kulturkampf in Hungary. according &c
the Germania, is tending toward settlement
the pope offering to assent to q form OF
OWL marriage consisting of the presencs OF
a civil registrar nt the church nuptial sere.
mony, with subsequent registration of the
marriage. Other advioes from Hungary
show that the cabinet is not willing &c
accent this compromise. as q majority OF
the Hungarian diet want full liberty ol
| civil marriage.
Throuchout north Germany. Austria,
Hungary and Bulgaria sufficient rains have
fallen to insure good harvest.