| Show Power Pore of Or o Seven Aristocratic AI t c Loafers Loers LO res How it U onsets Offsets That of ot c Half a Million Workmen Amazing Inequalities of oi o Electoral Hal System Which Will Disappear With the th Coming Comina of ot o Universal Suffrage in ii the tho Near Neal Future Futuro Special May Ia the tho Intro VIENNA V of universal suffrage Into Austria will disappear one OliO of or the tIme most cumbersome complicated and unequal electoral systems IS fetus In III l Many Man of Its features recall tho the days dua of rotten boroughs auth political corruption In iii ireat DrIb ala before the Hill of 1832 Hut I l now hess almost III In un sin II these condi conditions lions tiona of or antiquated feudal Injustice tuie brought to nn inn end cud anti the tho Austrian people enter Pita Into u II heritage of ot a free tree universal and anih equal franchise Tho Thu Socialists hull hall It as all u II great victory 00 0 v N won after twenty years ceaseless agi agitation tation Perhaps tIme the Illustration of If tho flue Inequalities of the tue old franchise was afforded by the time Inscriptions I on the banners carried In time the Im tnt Immense I mense m Socialist surge reform demon defiCit demonstration held In In November la last t These translated run mu us as follows Nine aristocratic loafers elect ono one deputy Representative Twenty capitalistic freebooters elect ono one deputy d put COO ZOO city elt Inhabitants elect one olle deputy deput ty t peasants can cnn elect ono one deputy o o one aio permitted tho the charity of electing one ammo These e banners showed tine th Ilvo cur curIne lime Ine or am classes clitte Into which the tho elector electorate lute ate IH It divided and nn which together re return e turn hunt 4 of the in or tower lower of C tho the Austrian parlia parliament ment First oain the tho th landed handed pro class clotting 85 Si deputies see seo ond I of or commerce with 21 ii 1 deputies third residents of or cities and ami towns with US 11 deputies fourth rural districts district with 2 deputies and lastly a ii H fifth fill class by y the law of JS G Ganti and anti having Jill 72 deputies Q OHEAr It CAT The Tho greatest calest mind rankest In Iii Injustice justice tho tine elective standpoint me ale to bo be found In the first curia of o landed 1 proprietors of whom elect 85 15 S or eathy a U fifth of till the lower house The l c votIng qualifications lotus of a n landed vary val what In the tho different provinces pros pro of Aus Am Austila tila tria but hut as u ti rue ruo they mao havo little to todo do the with the tho extent or value of or tho the In Itt most cag the ho franchise IH Is I a 11 right to all fill os 01 tole tato Inscribed Inscribe in IT th the or register The constituencies of this thle class also alio vary ary greatly In tn size ale In ono one Instance In teven Leven great groat nobles Prince berg herg and Pru t elect ono mitO deputy nil all au to te tl mj In rn another case casl In tho Tyrol n great convent and church hurch estat controlled by b twelve pre prelate prelate late elects 1 a v representative r Hut Hilt In other oth r cases the tho landlord ron mn may number from 20 2 I to toor SO or 00 this thin till II ruti of ot things with the fifth class eIan of ot o electors CI l tOrs where for example In to Krali rall workmen hays have but one cp gave tIme a n In ear car on ott their agitation for or universal suffrage The fhe curium curIa composed of r of or also cot comm tallied many x l as 1111 the deputies were ere not elected by br tho time general body bod of members In the tho chamber chambor but by bytho bytho bythe tho the small bomb body of councilors number numberIng Ing In iii less than a II score core I The he third and fourth curIae that Is lA lAthe the voters voter In lit thu tint and rural dis districts dl approach much mote mOre nearly tho thI general suffrage e tb qualification for fec fo voters voter being h ln the tho th annual payment of t eight kronen kronell 1160 In direct t such us as Income trade tJade or hou o tax Tho Time firth fifth curls culs r rally ally embraced a Il mat uni universal versal ver al ae liS It minuses Imposes ell no nil tax lax taxpaying taxpaying paying conditions what vir Hut But It ItIs Itin Is in full of at as regards the tho size of or the constituencies varying from the of oe as nil before inca thom meil with ii lb half luau t a 1 million iii I I I lumi voters voler to distrIcts In lower Austila with loss less timeR than n a tenth of ot that number TO ABOLISH And Anih now nol nil II a II these privileged nail and ev IX classes are to 10 be he by II tho bill hili Is s at nt present before parliament lit Its provisions nrc lon Ion long timid complicated us It flue op ap apportionment nt of ot among limon the tl n 1111 an ia con mating i c IJ ef ti A l hsI f dual nut Hut M rn i the thur brond broad haMs basis tR of cr the fi I the tio o bill billIs billIs Is Ie simplicity In lii tine one para paragraph paragraph graph It provides the right or o 0 vot voting ot ing lug Is In to be ho by bv cry rr male mato cItizen en who lai i d the th uso 1111 tug of il ZI 2 ard has luas ie lid III In tio tun electoral le district at meet ono one year rear be hE before beCore fore Core thus thu day of or l only are persons vim me are II or Idiots Th Thi condition of one j years irn 1118 residence Is Inn riot not entirely satisfactory to the Socialists but tImer thov are aro not task mak making tasking ing any alit an light upon It Tho chief opposition opposition shinn to the bill comes conn of mit course from the tho great lauded landed and the tIme chief cIller obstacles In the way WAr of ot Its It II pass III ago ngo arise from thu tho tim strife between the Germans Hermans and the time Shots Slavi over oven thou their th h pio plo Tho Thu Ih nobles and great landlords landlord ar nr posItIvely furious over iho he I ih than Ion o or ef the Iho universal entail IIIi nt M it the tho Ins IJu in to them oem not only omy of it t butt but ale alN II of much and power ih wilDe whore lIy onci d of fir Bohemia and who h st U Im h I IRI pi c there tola tolah tOI tic th h former ironer American dor llor liet lany S or i that thaI Im tm Ih country ii c try So art mm ny of or e f Ii I i 1 i lit tn S over OPI tIl tn u I t that thu th uuie 1 I in ui tall In Imi U this winter id tho th u al ia mas en c if r th thi in 1111 i 1 n ii m I I M oi II flu nr mm iw L 1 t li It w tuff INI iia masses se seKI KI s ic acre fro i u i unit r r nut ut tho 1 t h viii III hive t ti ID tm I rt Ie r ll l ln t I n 0 1 t of or 1111 iii n IM pi iv i and andi it It i Knue M tiC till t lit eon COlo in mf I Hi Ih I ii m pm rol I N IC I The Thi obstacles nh from ram th Ih the eon enn I III I list itts II however If ams r ranch much noire serIous Tin Tha bill lIlII tho tuo 11 h of oC the tha hates from fromn 4 42 1 to 10 IM 16 j 1111 IVI to tn the d of n the HIP n nv seats lIeM tho the tart purl Iven lye In Iii n a 1 minority y to the III Sinis RIA they hey t naturally r T r by tw ti far fur the Ih st I n In iii the t II houi houpe e an ar III Io touch IOU dl 11 die pvn td becuDe Oal Itt U It rk Ill C ei i mare rK under the bill th thu thIn In lii it rI fae act to the tho th an and l tot rot to the The fht got pov wll li have inv all Us Its work cut ut mit U to 10 Ii get Ie tIme bill 1111 through lint Hut It certain certainly ly Iy will tJI h b passed pu e aunt and by thu the pre nt too tol For tho the and a Poles iole know kllc full well wall thee tho the lon lunger rr fh tin lx U the be worse worm their ht wll It IB tie ai as tilt the Slays ur are ure In itt u to great In tho the country Th rh rime solution of rut the whole wll bo be that the tho wilt will III the th total number of If d deputies pulle stilt still further 20 0 n or 01 23 seats t COil ann giving th m t tl ti the Iho Ormann and nn lole Ioles There will c to lo s good thai dul of o 0 trading In votes ote T n j If rj l th tine the bill hili can b be d nn as majorIty of or the tho Ih Is II II 1 burc any such uch chang chanN r W can b be I In time the Austrian constitution i tion i I IA iA A GRUT OR l t The Introduction of ot universal ur Into tto Austria came cm l no III a It great and III ill most t dramatic to all nil 01 ot time ii i the an as a went welL ns nY to th the It H w WM vius by b ihu I mh he of the v p In the tho em oUr It lung bug l lul h ti tit f to t the J X n of et Ill til ide ministers i t ip If ei r the of tile the pal pitt C I Ity ty tr th the of c i j I 1111 n this wu was H proposed tim u II I IM Hit ir the if not of If ci ur i denied to the rho of or tho Ihl th AilMan ilan halt half at or th tnt thit I I And AmiI Jint t a St ihM hl too earn cam l lii Hi t II u mm In Russia u with whim tIme tilt czars CZIs conc s lon of the turn lum t nivi l if Kr r atly all J tl the tB In the tho nO ad it empire of at ROd and an Ai Ath As I j Irl I t I tint Hut apart from the theo o ex cx external i 11 II t mitt r u j wag wai the urgent ur it cry I of ment ry reform rf rm in III Austria For Ilor a ii long loner thins ilmo tho the ass assem m II i ll 1101 I In had done no i irk work rk the th budget r bills bUll ant It other ether 01 ber y i lc b O t Ir I assed th thin emergency em r ener part par j y 1 If graph 14 H or of the tte th constitution which en el N Nb t 11 abee b a tho the crown to do 10 o thing things without the aid alII of ot tho Iho 1 Ti Th Thu G Hf situation was v 3 JI some radical reform hal to bit b bm In Introduced i 1 Ai d thus af aft after t r mony years y nu U of or rilent and amid labor this 11 i r tu hu onn of 11 their rno cherished h rl li l alms on the tho point p ot nth Upon tron two men tiC JIB lenders lendo I I t tor iR iRoC of or th the Socialist party arty tell fell the th ohl chIef f bur bar burdun n j Jj use dun of ot work Victor Adler and Engel Eniet Engelbert bert both bath of ot the 11 I i Adler the of ot th lh this Ii Socialist SIJ party In iii A ut I man nan of or great greatt I ri t talents a tt t skilled r a t r rOo d i nb n abo e rIt r PerT r torf r 1 l I is i i ith I the th orator of n 0 the th erty Mt one of or th lh 1 In the nt LIFE TO THE CUTS l 1 t lIr r r nui m b be air ald to ll have havo given gIrt L hH his life to 10 the tho so lI n cause caute b 11 having heavy pecuniary mien m 1001 Tor I hilt bill KAJ an ai eno enar I I I 1 |
