Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-10
4 ,uuHOoD SUFFRAGE DEMAND
|, ssal Member Of Lantag Makes
4 in Election of Members
OF Lower House.
,on BueIow Greeted With Loud
and Ironical Cheers, Accom-
paied by Much Hootins.

M .,n Ian, 10.-I.he most intense
FL lament has been aroused here by
interpolation presented recently
81 hs prussian lantag by a Liberal
81 her demanding the Introduction
,nhood suffrage in the election or
n -Aars of the lower house of the
,,s,an Iantag. Last night no fewer
n az socialist mass meetings were
~, IN Berlin, as well as many others
no country districts, in favor OF the
Il ,,orament. Today before the lantag
.,uyoned. Socialists to the number OF
,,o marched in procession before Par
,,.o,nt building. This demonstration
q ,ned a somewhat threatening as
Il s,,t and large body of police was
4 ,r.d 10 the scene. They sur. ounded
q ~ abiding and later cleared The sur
nlnding streets
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
,,o6er the present electrical system
IN prussia there are three classes Oh
elsctors. Up to the present time tle
ishoring man has been completely oe
ndyed of representation in the Frus.
iiar parliament owing to the fact that
n was overwhelmed at the nlal eiec-
ions bv the oIner TWO classes
Tbe categories OF electors are form
I'd arbitrarily by dividing the total
smolnt of taxation received by the
sia,e into three equal parts. A small
number of persons paying the hrst
h,d of the total of taxation, select
J certain number of men from their
ranks 10 act as final voters; a more
extended number of less wealthy per-
sons who pay the next third of the ruil
amount of taxation, choose an equal
number of final electors, while the thlro
class OF voters composed of the re-
maiuder of the population and includ-
inc the vorkmen, whose numbers reach
INFO the millions. are allowed to select
. number OF final voters equal to that
chosen by each of the other Two classes.
The total number of final electors Sc
lecred BIZ the process then proceed 10
cast the final vote. at which the repre-
sentatiyes of the two first noted
classes always vote solidly together,
thus shutting out any possibility OF
the election of representative OF the
working classes.
Prince Won Buelow, the imperial
chancellor has made known his inten-
ton of speaking on this subject dur
inc the debate which is to follow the
presentation of the Interpolation.
The crowd before the parliament
building increased rapidly and soon
numbered many thousands.
When the doors were opened those
nearest to them had to force their way
into the building. The police resisted
and managed to keep the people back
A dozen men did force an entrance,
but they were quickly hauled back by
the police.
Won BUELOw HOOTED.
The police were still trying to main
tain order when Prince Won Buelow
drove up. His presence was greeted
with loud and ironical cheers. accom-
panied by much hooting and shouts of
I'VE mant manhood suffrage"
The police In the meantime had been
strongly reinforced and fearing that
the rising crowd would lead to violent
disturbances, they decided TO clear the
approaches to the building. They
drove the crowd before them into the
side streets. AS the people We're being
hustled away, they Kissed continually.
The police did not draw their weapons
and no arrests were made. The mani
festants remained in the vicinity of the
building
When the debate on the suffrage
question opened. Prince Won Buelow
declared that the Conservative party
would not permit the solid foundations
Of the Prusslan elective system TO be
shaken, and this statement was sub
scribed to by Herr Malkwitz, spokes-
man of the party.
Herr POrsch, speaker for the Center
party, said he was in favor of man.
hood suffrage.
Herr Kraus OF the National Liberals.
vas in favor OF reform in the electoral
system, but not manhood suffrage.
Herr Fischbeck, leader OF the Radical
Liberals, said he would not rest until
manhood suffrage had been granted.
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