The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-31

BERLIN, Aug. 30.-It is now an
nounced that the annual congress of
the German socialists will be convened
at Sfblichen, near Gotha, on October
H. 1t was originally intended to hold
! the congress in the city OF Gotha, but
this was found impossible for the rea-
son that the executive committee of
the socialists were refused the occu-
pancy of any hall in that city capable
of containing the number of persons
who would be present as delegates, to
say nothing of the spectators, the own
ers declining to allow their halls to be
used for the purpose of socialist meet
ings. The programme of the congress
is heavily charged with resolutions, in
which number of questions appear.
Foremost of these is the question OF re-
organizing the directing committee and
the local committees whose working
mechanism suffered to a great degree
under the DEGREES
ISSUED AGAINST SOCIALISTS
by Herr Won Koeller during the latter
part of THAI gerrtleman'S occupancy or
the post of Prussdan minister OF the
Herr Babel, the socialist leader in the
reichsitag, upon the international SOCIAL
ist congress recently held in London,
applying to the German socialists the
lessons which the continental socialists
learned at the London conference, and
there villa certainly be a lively discus
sion Of Herr BabePs presentation OF
his views and recommendations. Next,
the congress will be asked to pronounce
in favor OF proportional representation
in the electoral system. 1t Is only
natural that the delegates to the con-
gress should support the proposal for
proportional representation, which, II
the method should be applied, would
have the effect of sending ninety-fve
socialists to the reichstag instead of
forrty-three as at present. The debate
on this question will be purely AGA
demic, as there is not the remotes't
chance that the system of proportional
representation will prevail in Germany.
Among the other subjects of debate by
the congress will be DR.. Lufgen'S re-
ports Oh the proportional representa-
ton system, Frau Clara kettin's paper
on woman's rights, and Herr Auer's
report on the question of organization.
WILL BE LIVELY.
The meeting is likely to be an ex-
ceedingly lively and interesting one,
despite the fact that the anarchists
will be kept out of the congress, Tor
there is certain to be row over the
upheaval which has occurred within
the fold Of the Vorwaerts, the leading
organ of the German socialists, six
editors of which journal, headed by
DR.. Adolf Broun, published protest in
the leading column of the VorWaerts
on Tuesday denouncing Herr Lieb-
knecht's dictatorial management OF the
paper Whether Liebknecht be present
in Berlin or absent from the city, he
absolutely controls the policy of the
Vorwaerts without even the pretense
of consulting with his colleagues.
"If," says the protest of the editors,
''the authority of Herr Liebknecht is
alone competent to decide all questions,
we unanimously resign our connection
with the paper.
The immediate ground of the quarrel
which has resulted in the withdrawal
of the principal editors of the Vor-
waerts was the action of Herr Lieb-
knecht in disavowing the attack made
in the paper upon the socialist leader,
Herr Qual'ek of Frankfort, apropos of
his successful scheme for the esfab-
isfnent of workmen syndfcates. To
the general public, this disputing over
socialist jealousies and the open exhi-
bitfon of INSTRUMENTATION of the minor
leaders in the socialist party presents
a pitiful spectacle and is greatly weak
ening popular belief in force as a po-
llLicad factor