St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-07
the first vice president declined the
invitation, who were elected by the
RECALCITRANT MAJORITY,

the first vice president declined the
invitation), who were elected by the
RECALCITRANT MAJORITY,
being obliged to ''eat the leek." The
emperor, however, received them
graciously, though. one remark of
his majesty was rather significant.
He said: Il hope the reichstag, under
your presidency, will dispatch bust
ness more expeditiously than hither-
TO. There are number of measures
before you requiring passage. and
among them is the Umsturz (anti-
revolution) bill"
1t was noticed On Prince Bismarck S
birthday that Berlin displayed more
1ags and decorations than upon the
occasion Of the birthday of Emperor
William. Nearly every American
house in town flew the stars and
stripes. The royalist districts were
almost bare of decorations.
An especially pleasant side of the
celebration was the institution of a
number of benevolent Bismarck funds
several of them being started by large
employers of labor, for the benefit of
their work1nen. For instance. a
wealthy manufacturer of Bohn. start
ed one with $4,000 marks as his sub
scription. How the reichstag after
Easter will
MANAGE TO COHERE
sufficiently to discharge public bust
ness is much discussed question.
Such queer situation is unheralded in
German parliamentary history, the
Conversatives and the Centrists sup
porting the government on the anti
revolution bill, but opposing it on
other measures of Importance, notably
the proposed agrarian legislation.
Then again, while the Radicals and
Socialists are with the government,
in opposing Count Won Kenitzs grain
monopoly bill, they are against the
anti Revolution bill. They also intend
to oppose the emperor's request for a
supplementary grant of LOO, 600 marks
to defray expenses of the dedication
ceremonies of the Baltic and North
sea canal, in June next.
In commercial and financial circles
the chief interest has been directed to
the extraordinary assembly Of the Ger
man commercial congress held on
Thursday. A speaker contended that
the existing depression in husbandry
must be ascribed to the reaction which
naturally followed the exceptional rise
in the value of agricultural property
It will be also maintained that COM
herce and industry had as much right
as husbandry to speak on the question
of the currency, and an
ANTI pTMETATT
resolution was adopted. The bi-metal-
lists in them eanwhile were not idle,
and Count Hurbach, supported by
fprty-eight of his colleagues intro
duced a motion in the upper house of
the Prussian Diet urging the govern
ment to request the Chancellor to lose
no time in taking steps calculated to
lead to an international regulation of
the currency question, with the final
object of securing international BIZ
metallism. The motion was referred
to a committee.
The arrest of youth at Altoona on
April 2, as he was about to join the
army, charged with being the author
of the series of anonymous and COM
promising letters addressed to various
members Oh the Imperial fanny OF re-
cent years is creating sensation. The
prisoner is the son of Herr Boege, the
chief telegraph inspector at Hamburg.
He sent, during the past three years,
according to the charge, a number of
offensive and indecent letters and carl
catures of the emperor. 1t seems that
he began sending these missives while
still a pupil at school, but he was not
suspected until lately. The prisoner
had affected socialist and anarchistic
views for some time, and he is now be-
ing watched IN prison, as it is believed
that his mind IL affected.