The study documents the existence of the YugosIav idea among the Slovenes in this period. The author presents in this article national, autonomous ideas held by Fran Podgornik, the editor of the »SIovan« and »Slovanski svet«. These ideas are a specific Yugoslav programme existing among the Slovenes. Both Slovene parties, the clerical and the liberal party, sympathized vvith the opposition in Croatia, vvhich vvas ruled by the ban, and they saw in its activity the perspective for solutions of the Slovene problems. When it vvas established the Slovene clerical party attempted to form links as regards its programme and organization vvith Croatia, but it failed. The endeavours of the Slovene liberal party to create a link betvveen the Slovene national politics and united oppositional parties in Croatia, ruled by the ban, also remained vvithout any important effect. Hovvever, the Slovene socialists vvere already in this period practically active in their orientation for the unification of povver of ali Southern Slavic vvorkers in the Austrian monarchy.