(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Wilhelm Vaszonyi, Hungarian Jewish statesman and former Minister of Justice, died here today at noon.
Wilhelm Vaszonyi was born at Sumeg in 1868. He was educated at Budapest, where his remarkable eloquence made him the leader of all student movements during his university career. After he had completed his studies the most vital social questions found in him an earnest investigator. He aroused a national sentiment against duelling, his success being proved by the numerous anti-duelling clubs in Hungary.
Later he began a social and journalistic agitation in behalf of the official recognition of the Jewish religion and kept the matter before the public until the law granting recognition was sanctioned in 1895.
In 1894 Vaszonyi founded the first democratic club in Budapest and became a common councilor. In 1900 he established the political weekly “Uj Szazad.”
In 1901 Vaszonyi was elected deputy for the sixth district of the capital on a democratic platform, of which he was the public representative in the Hungarian Parliament and at the election of Jan. 26. 1905. he defeated Hieronymi, minister of commerce as a candidate for the deputyship from his district.
Besides articles in the press. Vaszonyi has written “Oenkormanyzat,” a treatise on the principle of election in foreign governments, a study on decentralization in voting and on the royal veto in the Hungarian constitution.
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