Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-06-06
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA.
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
SUFFRAGE MEASURE Is PASSED
Goes Through the First Chamber OF
the Riksdag with the Tallberg
Amendment Attached.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


| dag has passed the government pro
| portional representation suffrage bl!l
with the addition of that part of the
! Tallberg amendment which ~oyide>
salaries for the members of the fits
/ chamber. But the chamber refused TO
| 20 so far as to lower the property
| qualification for its membership from
! 10000 crowns real property or 1000
/ crowns income to 10000 crowns prop
/ erty qualification or 1000 crowns in
| come, as was proposed in the same
! amendment. OF course. this resu
| was not reached without z eat re-
/ siStance from the 'old guard which
/ would rather die in the last ditch than
/ surrender. Most OF them pro- h sic
/ ii not the end of the word 1T leas
/ the end of the first chamber, and ii /
! not impossible that the event vii
I show that they are right. Anyhow.
I the chamber passed with a majo t
! of Il in full house (Which in lad II :
/ the speaker numbers 300 the Tullber2
proposal. On Sunday, the spe, ial CON
! ference committee made up OF Twelve
| members from each chamber. met To
arrange the compromise. The result
| they arrived ut was, of course, tha
! the majority in the committee pro
! posed that the difference over III 8,
property qualification should he
| halved, i. G.. 5000 kronor annual in
come or $4,000 kronor in zeal property.
| The minority, the liberal members
| from the second chamber, insisted tina
the first chamber should give way "a
! together and agree to the Table z
! proposal i'm its original state, l. e., 10,
600 kronor property or 1900 kronor in,
come. The chambers met May II and
! the majority compromise was, as eN-
pected, effected with increased ma.
jorities i'll both chambers, al ,hough
after rather hot debate in the sec
end. SO Sweden now has proportional
representation legaliZed. OF course,
The new law will not take effect unit!
a new parliament after the elections
1908 has confirmed the decision, but
there is little hope that the country
will reverse the verdict. Nothing sue
ceeds like success.
The renowned Swedish artist An.
ders Zorn, is at present visiting IL
America and has for some time past
been visiting friends in Illinois. He
arrived in New York March % and
went from there directly to Florida,
from thence to Cuba and thence TO
Mexico. After spending a few W eks
in that country he returned to the
United States, going direct to Chicago.
Mr.. Iorn has at present 1873 OF his
portrait paintings exhibition in
New York. where they have attrac e !
| much attention. Mr.. Iogn has not
come to America this time to work
but has come here to rest. He likes
America and says that he would rather
spend vacation here than in Europe.
TO newspaper representative Mr..
Zorn stated that he was delighted
with Mexico. saying that 1t was more
typically Spanish than Spain itself and
that he shall return there some time
and study the country and its people
| at close range. Mr. Zorp always re-
| garded Spain as more interesting
than Italy and seems particularly In
terested I'm the Mexicans
Swedens new suffrage law Is In a
nut shell as follows: New system of
proportional representation in the two
chambers of the riksdag. whereby
minorities secure representation. Re
ducrion of the property qualifications
for membership in the first chamber
from $4,000 in property or $1,000 an
nual income. to $12,5OO in prope ty or
$1,000 annual income. Salaries for
members of the first chamber, who
have hitherto served without com,
pensation. Reduction in term of serv.
ice in first chamber from nine to six
years. Universal suffrage for the Sec
ond chamber. Retention of system of
having first chamber members elected
by town and provincial council S,
which in turn are now TO have pro-
portiOnal representation. The new
law must be approved by the ril1sdag
to be elected ia 1905 before ii becomes
effective.
The city council has been requested
by the government to make an allow
ance of 100000 crowns for the In
dustrial exposition in Stockholm in
1909. The government has made an
allowance of 100000 crowns for the
same purpose and 100000 crowns has
already been raised by means of sub
scription.
The Svenska Dagbladet's present
management celebrated It's tenth an
niversary at Hasselbachen, May Il.
Present at the festival were all the
members Of the staff and all those who
In former years had been connected
with the editorial department
| +. +. Waldenstrom, who about hree
months ago departed for Japan and
China. Is at present In Shanghai, but
Will return to Sweden by July /. He
is accompanied by his wife and Mis-
sionary Johan SKIOLD.
! One of the sons Of Emperor William
of Germany. evidently Prince Oscar
will attend King Oscars and Queen
Sofas wedding anniversary next
month.
Prince Roland Napoleon Bonaparte
was among those who received the