New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-23
A BEDEIDDEN KING.

Copyright. 1890. By me Nep- York A'soe'ated iT's'
Berlin Feb 22-Oncial Influence and the bureau
cratic system pulling together TO delay thc omcla
returns NJ the election and to bctle the importance
of the successes ~ the Socialists at the polls Last
night an independent and entirely Trustworthy author
tv gave figures showing that the Socialists had actually
elected twenty members and had good prospect 10
capture thirty more seats on the second ballots Inc
semi Official press records today the election OF six
teen Socialists other papers say that nineteen social
lists are elected. Slight dvcTsences such "a thS IN
the result Will not alter the leading ana dominant
Fact that the Cartel combination is destroyed
The composition of the Reichstag will involve al
most revolutionary notifications The most sanguhe
pf the Carclers expect that the second ballots
will make such a change in the result "a serlousN "
modify their defeat The supreme question IS Ho"
far will the Socialist successes ultimately got ON
Thursday their total record Of votes reached he'Iu
100000 against record of 774l20 in the eie'' non
nf 1887 No combination Of their opponents seems
likely to head them OH the second ballots anu '
Is presented prospect of seeing thry-hVc 10 ior.S
Socialists seated in the ReichStag. ms parry HUI
eleven seats in the last Reiclstag H.
Another result suggestive of the growth Vi .''o
popuIar movement H. the temperance OF the NolN
bartei or Democrats. socacd In the ReIchNtaS OF
1854 this party held eleven seats. 1t vanished com
hleelv i'm the Parliament Of l-o7, for as II sloou III
The border land between the German Liberals ana ''o
,ociaust its efforts became absorbed respectively III
these 1t has now captured three seats ana has
prospect Of gaining eight on the second DaLolS'
The position of the German Liberals Is dououul'
though Herr Eugene Richter, its leader, predicts tha
n Will have fifty seats. 1t now has thirty hVe' As
this party is IN German politics the one that mlshu
properly be called the Liberal party using tha' worn
rhont qualification and "a il is ordinarily used in the
discrimination of parties, tins increase IS 10 NC opu
Tor Formerly however, the strength OF TINS party
Ras much greater. .,...,.-
The chief sufferer. however now ana prospeCu\eN'
+ the National Liberal party-the party OF Bchsseh
Ind Miquel-and the backbone of the Cartel comOiha
ion II is doomed ieappear in the kelchstaS WIN
Inc certain los Of thirty In the last Reichstag
Il had ninety three seats
Taking the election as it stands in actual results
md as IT Is likely to stand ai'eF u'0
iccision on the second ballots, the pros
,cct il, that the Opposition will be 22f in the
lIou,e against 173 for the Government groups. TINS
opposition will be made up "a follows Och'IaS'S vi
ritramontane,. 100: German Liberals, or Liberals
r,oncrly spealnc. 10; socialists. 81; Voksparte or
ncmocrat,, :: Poles, IL Alsatian Protesters, IL;
,;ncInhs and Danes together, l.. This j, hetero-
ycDeous Opposition: held together by no devotion II
common purpose but only by the negative tie OF
objection vet it bound to give the Government some
ryeIy times. and 10 play a momentOus part in the
history of Europe.
NOTABLE INCIDENTS OF THE STRUGGLE.
some incidents of the contest are 50 strlknely
rotable that they are likely 70 figure in any historical
,eoord of the capriccs Of selection one vi these i
e defeat If Professor VrchOw the famous aud popular
man of science and a distinguished Liberal He was
,cfaated by Jan>leW~ h, journey man b0ohbndcr and
, Pole: an old man and extremely poor, who speaks