Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-12-16
NORWAY.

Charles r. Cheney, who is writing
series of articles for the Minneapolij
Journal on affairs in Sweden and Nor
way, gives the following resume OF The
recent election in Norway: The eieC.
ton has been full OF surprises. me
one emphatic note in the result is re-
action. The vote is a mandate iron.
the people calling for halt in radical
legislation and rebuking socialist agi
tation. The growth of manufacturing
centers in Norway has made new
nursing grounds for socialism, and Il
was fully expected that the socialists
would increase their ten seats to
fifteen or twenty at this election In
stead, they have only nine zip to date,
with a probability of winning two 9th
ers One factor in the reaction has
been the alliance of the "yenstre
leaders with socialists in many dis
tricts. In Norway, as in France. the
first poll is not decisive unless ong
candidate o-tains a ia4Jority over ali
So less than half the CcG.s were Ale
by the general election, Oct II, arc
second votes are beiLg aiken to dc
eide Letween the highest candidates
Indistricts where the sue is Eetwy !
conservative and a socialist t.
radical leaders have been opc- y
throwing their influence for the sc"iol
list. This has given new color to tns
charge that the ministry is socialistic
One OF the iioor leaders o. the radllaI
party, Konnow of Hedenn.,lken, hu-
rebe.ied and has made an independen;
declaration urging radicals to support
conservatives in preference to social
list candidates. This situation, courlt 4
with the certainty that the iris hit
probably viii control the next Storth
ing, will probably result in the still
further gains for reaction in the last
elections, bit few seats more or less
will make little difference now. The
Knudsen ministry. appears TO he or rs
last legs and January will see q crer i,
OF government in The kingdom OF Nor.
way
During the recent election in NJ"
way j, IS 1h1vn thpt women yes "a.
orally e~c~ci7ed their right OF sulIage
In Christiaria the total vote Ess
sweIied from 1900 in 1906 10 12C9c
ia ,9C9. 1t is. therefore, practia&'ly
certGia chat at least enc Wan
occupy a seat in the Storthing. Tie
three women candidates for Stor p"
seats We're all defeated. but Miss hrns
Roestad, a teacher in the pu0u2
schools in Chlistiania, vas electea
alternate TO j. X. ~ Bratlie. cyl.
servative, Cereral Bratlie, as + i
commonly known, will undoubtcdh r.
given place in the new ministry. ~
will thus have to vacate his scDf
the Storlhing and Miss Rogstad vii
enjoy the honor of being the first Nor
wegian woman to have place in thu
parliament Of the nation. She is ssil
to be a woman of much force enc
character, and already is a member Of
the city council in Christiania.
Mrs. Hiort's home for the feeble
minded at Christiana, recently re.
ceived donation of 900 crowns from,
the estate of the late Caroline Bauer,
benevolent women. who is very
wealthy. She has on previous occa-
sions donated large sums of money to
Christiania institutions of charity
The Lutheran university of Christi.
ania, Norway, will celebrate its cen
tenary in 1911. King Haakon has Civ,
en- 10000 crowns toward the erection
of large hall for the exercises, and
Norwegians in this country lpromise to
raise $4,000 crowns additional