The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-19
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Peaceful Solution Is in the Air-Norway
and Svedish Parliamentary
Elections Are NoU in Full Suing.

What form the future government in
Norway will take is more undecided to-
day than it was one week ago. The
king has again expressed his unwill-
ingness to supply prince of his house
to the throne of Norway, and l must
admit that the position for the prince
of the house of Bernadotte would be
feelings of Prince Karl of Sweden, for
instance, if he, as king of Norway,
were obliged to celebrate the 7th of
June, the independence day of Norway
and the day on which his father was
dethroned! Perhaps Norway will be-
come republic, which is the most suit
able form of government for her DEM
ocratic. people. But there are many
forces in Norway working against this.
democratic leanfngs, are fond of out
ward pomp and splendor. Many Of
their, differences with Sweden have
been caused on this account. Such a
small thing as the fact that Norway
had no order of the same rank as the
Swedish Order of Seraphim caused
many heated newspaper discussions and
the Norwegian Lion, which took rank
beside the Swedish Seraphim. A re-
public in Europe, unless it is as large
and powerful. as the French, will not
be taken SO much notice of as mon
archy. The Norwegians want to have
their own king, their own queen, their
own princes and princesses, their own
court, their own diplomats, their own
state professions and their own lawn
they won It be happy! This is not written
from a spiteful or Swedish standpoint,
but with the knowledge l have Of the
Norwegian character, 1 think it very
near the truth.
Swedish Elections Are On.
In the meantime the riksdag elections
have begun in Sweden. Of the $50,
SO far only thirty have taken place.
The net gain to the liberals is only
| three, but the increase in the liberal
vote, both where victories have been
scored and where former conservative
members have won, has been very
marked. On the whole, the union ques-
tions in the provinces than was feared.
The franchise question has been upper
most, the platform generally being for
or against proportional system of cleo
ton, the former being the battle cry
of the conservatives and the latter that
of the liberals. But in Stockholm,
where the preparations for the cleo
ZION sept. ~ nave Degun III earnest ana
election meetings are the order Of the
day, the position is somewhat different.
The conservatives here try to split the
liberals with the union question and
as there are many liberals, who are
more chauvinists than liberals, it is
not impossible that the election will
be strongly contested one. Most Of
the former twenty-five members of
Stockholm are decided supporters of
! peace and the conservatives have
marked out several of the most prom
inent among them as Esunpatriotico in
! the hope of persuading@ liberal seceders
to vote against them. If to this is
added the fact that the socialistic party
is intent upon running six of their own
candidates, you can understand that the
Ireal progressives- who fight for a
Ijspeedy and effective solution of the
franchise question have a hard task
before them. hope, however. that when
we come nearer to the election day, the
socialistic party will see the necessity,
if they want to gain franchise reform,
to work with the radicals. Thru the
lockout in the mechanical industry,
which has now lasted some months,
many of the workmen are unable to
pay their taxes and are thus olsen
franchised. They ought. therefore to be
satisfied if they, with the help of the
sincere liberals, can get Hjalmar Brant,
ing, their splendid leader, reelected and
possibly get in one more of their men
on the seat vacated by Adolf Hed1n.;;