New-York tribune., 1896-12-06

the entire system Of revenue ana taxation mas
been one Of the brightest features oi Emperor
Williams reign. His origin and beginning were
the most humble. and in lSiS ne vas l'rHcd 10
fee for his life from Germany in consequence ol
the prominent part which he had taken III 'he
cocialis, and revolutionary movement as one OF
the chief licutenants OF Karl Marx lie proDapE
remcnlbcred this as we'll as hiT eloquent dehun-
Citations OF capital and Of arisiocracy, "heh
wear ago he declined the title or Couh- Wflc' '''e
rmneror desired to confer upon him for his ser
vices not only as head Of the Treasury pePa''
ment but also previously Mayor Of Frankfort.
THE STRONGEST OF THE PARTIES.
rha Centre is in many respects the strongest
.,d most noteworthy OF all the German parties
II Ia also variously known as the Cathoii0' '"e
Clerical and the Ultramontane party, ana Is CON-
nosed almost exclusively Of PRUSSIA ana 10
varian Deputies of the Roman CathoHc ia''n'
DIR Wndthorst its great ieader-'he Only
man in the Reichstag whom Prince his'"a''n
reckoned a ".oeman worthy OF MS steer III "o
.ate Il was formed and held together Iaree' "
resis, the an.i-Cathoc laws. the May laws VI
Falk laws as they were calico. II uu - WIN
,.., .,,oc.es ana succeeded in getting the last
vcstire of them swept from the Statue "oo"'
c,-.1 ,,.t repeal the party's occupation has been
,ono and on that account anu NOV "~N
.A ,oss Of IT'S Incompatible leader. IL mas no" pe-
,, 20 lose ground a little. Down to $3.50 ]" en-
tc,,od the uniaue distinction among German par
49,. y, having made gains at every election In
1e-, :, had G., members; in 1888 JOG But in Inc
,o,,or or the latter year it was divided III opiii
, ,ho Army bill and suffered loss ol zen
n, ,o, Cioscly associated with the centre are 'i'c
poioa who are also Catholics lhueeu w
iced TO be classcd together ny IIih0' ISL "
ltf1l,' or
THO nnost important member OF tle ' nrn''
or,v ard It's leader since the death 81 Nihut-
hhnrst ,s Count Alfred Hompesch-kurlc!i' "ho III
~ " ''nse however possesses the pr'stse az
,.,.snan or skill as Parlianehta'! 49,
10, dIs,incuished his predecessor sun j" ~
. ,agi.,ativc experience. having DeeN d ile'.'-
M % H.. peirhstag ever since II Was 'St'."
,,shcd IN 1861 Indeed. he was one "i l"o -
a,.s az that body who took part III tnc piy'''
s.a,,on Of King William OF Prussla ~ VI , n
r,eror AT Versailles in 1871. lie possesses '"' -
s,a,es In the Rhine provinces anu J" ~ ..
@ To- a uer,fer OF the Old Catholic aristocIac!
say, - a. Uoron Kosciol Koschelski Is. II not
vi .;,o '.aG~- st any rate the most important ii.Ai
w w us Tho turbulent Polish party IL ~ espe
w, ,u " .is,incuished as the husband oi Veau.l-
90, r,r whom at one time the E1nPeror TEo,,
.asod such und,sgulsed admiration 40 )" CO..
- , sorcastic and sensational rftei'ii't '"'''
. ~, ,he mart OF Prince Bismarck III the 'u,i' y.
20 nne of his public speeches Ihis as w ~
~ ~. nrotes,s of the Empress, VINO is sal" ~ nv
.aroi.d IN her rnothcr-in-law III the ."a,'cI
i,od for her IN a brief period OF P"nSi-"
1e",t fror, Court. But 5usnand hho VII a,
,, ,norc bocl, in Berlin. ana u inc ',inPei.' -
st,l, as fsrvent an admirer CT the lovely WIG VI