Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-11

r--s control. anL this is a dangerous con-
..-,1 Of affairs with a man OF his IN
-.... fi.rosiifon. Yet ne is powerless 10
t-,a the Reichstag cOnduc<d as ne
would wish. and the political leaders OF
-osaI TO him are bent upon PROVING ms
In no gentle way. The NUMBER ol ue-
.....- friendly 10 the government are
r, outnuubered by the opposing
.s-.ias and. moreover. the latter are
r.-sqa7 with rare generalship, by leau-
-. who are absolutely fearless. Al
r-ssv the Emperor has been called crazy
t,v. much further the anu-goVeIh
--.-- forces will 20 cannot be prophesleu
Dr. man Perhaps before this letter
rs7rA,. the eyes OF its readers the cIisi'
vl Dee reached. ..ro--.d
r-rr.ror William has already conieIreu
with Prince Hohenlohe relative TO 'ho
t.-te- management Of the government
rar-,ee In the Reichstag. lie claims tla'
e t-4 same able leadership tnat chaiao
tsrlzas the opposing side existed ailons
81. .,,-,orters there would be no more
--.t~-eis az tho kind that happened on
I'm. ,nering DAYS. This has stirred up
t. leaders Of the government forces pu.
,..r Efforts can be Of no avail because
~ tre absence Of numerical strength
NANY DIFFERENT PARTIES.
To make this clear the workings Oh .ne
p.f.rsfag must be explained. In the MS
"a. sbo,,ld he understood that the po-
r.f.t con,ulexion Of the law-maklnS DOuy
,r+r. German empire IS as varied as 1he
rt-f,vy The different parties are so Hu-
rr.rots that AT times II IS difhcult Hlat-
..~. ~ Identify them. There are oos mem
f.r- ~ the Reichstag. and az the ~ C,eri
,...t-- tre,, are divided as follows: % CoH-
..-esti,a- n Imnerialists, 100 Cehulsts'
a. National Liberals Il Radlcal Oilloilial -
sr. Riehterites Radicals, = fieIsl, - -
V.s-uartel Richtertes. i Sociai heiy' 'i ~
ers 10 Poles. y Deutsche Noihspai w. e
Socialists. 90 independents lhClul'is
r..rt.. 3 Bavarian peasant party, anu
$50 seats vacant.
WHERE THE REICHSTAG MEETS.
-t. Ban IN which the Reichstag meets
l.. not give one the impression o. oein5
....rfirarllv large although, LOOKING
down from the galleries, II seems Vels
l..g room. It's acoustic properties now
re- would only De- eNcusable IN wee
lr. rau. The walls are much nleher w
l...-..s are further from the hoof. tn1
Presidents chair is more distant rom
NOS. of the members and, altoge1 nei p
tt or. ham is on a bigger scale IMAM W
.roul.ng halls Of Congress across t--
r Like So many public halls in Ger
I.rr. 10 is characterized by au absence VI
ventilation. IN
leooration and coioring OF the n"ii
e. worry simple and pleasing. inc "oOa
work or white OAK makes "a soft back
r.rl A few symbOlical women Hs -i q
... r.ere. supporting some Of the atehes.
t.f they are most modest and una {.
Creatures. who 10 not mar the nainlohlVus
~ fhe whole bY any eaiian oiei-iy
oi color The carpet is q dull biue-siay
Colon and the long curtains which Grape
.rf back OF the Presidents desk are
@ deep wine color lEe only part or lne
fsl which lacks taste and sooils the coioi
Greet rs the KalseTs ioge, where me cush.
lrei seats are upholstered ia pfl6At 'eu
b,oca4el satin
lhe President ~ tire Rcichstag sits ~
table raised above the floor Of the
House. in hlgh-backcd chair On when
're rruseian eagle figures very proml-
f.nt.y Just below the Presidents tapie
another one where several ministers
tt usually those at the head or the
department when IL concerned In the
question being discussed at the time IN
ffs Pelchstag. Within this charmed cir
c'e st the stenOgraphers. whose WORK
goes down those steps 70 the OUTSIDE
"orll. On the level with the President ;
or,k are the desks OF the Bundesfath'
NHo rows on otner slie, hiteth H'"'' -
each front row. eight I'm each second row
making up the forty-six In all. me
Chancellor OF the Empire has the nrs'
seat Ia the front row TO the right OF inc
Speaker facing the House.
HAVE sCHOOL-BOY DESKS.
The arrangements for the seating OF the
deputies are not marked with extraya-
gtnce. and in comparing them with those
yl the congressman In Washington the
latter seem immeasureabiy grand. AZ
lhe keichstag the deputies do not nave
Individual desks; instead a number OF
mem share one long desk-school-Do boy
fashion Each member has an indiyidual
eiawer, however. and that IL something
The principal factlone - -" '~'"'F"
DEL lor ksichstag) are sis ~v''s - w.