The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
TWENTY SOCIALISTS ELECTED.
The German Government Loses Its Ma.
Jority In the Reichstag.

The Germea Government Loses Its Ma
I tority in the Reichstag.
BERLEM, Feb. 2A-The results of the
election % far as now known account
for 234 seats. As the Reichstag has S97
members this leaves 1853 seats to be &C
counted for. OF the 234 the election
failed In ninety-two districts, making
supplementary elections necessary in
those places The 142 members elected
are divided between the following
parties:
German Conservatives, 90; Imperial
lists, 10; National Liberals, o; Center
lists. 50; German Liberals, II; Social
lists, 20; Poles, 8; Alsatians, 10; Demo-
Gratis, 5; Danes, 1; Independent Lib
eral, 1.
The ninety-two districts in which
there were no elections will be contest
ed by: Conservatives, II; Imperialists,
Is; National Liberals, So; Centerists, II;
German Liberals, So; Socialists, 40;
Guelphs, p Poles, 2; Democrats, O..
The Frsisinnige Zeitung reckons that
the Cartel combination has lost twenty.
seven sseats. Twenty Socialists are
known to be elected. Socialists will
also contest thirty-three districts in
which second ballots are necessary. The
Center party and the Liberals hold their
ground. The Cartel parties have sus-
tained severe losses.
The National Zeitung estimates from
the returns thus far received that the
Cartel parties have already lost eight
cen seats. The paper says that owing
to these losses of the Cartel parties the
Government will be unable to secure a
majority in the Reichstag.
The Liberal organs attribute the de.
feat of the Cartel party to the heavy
taxation that bears upon the working
men and to the protective tariff which
favors the landed interest They de-
mand the abolition of the Socialist law
which famed the discomfort.
The Vossische Zeitung says the So
cialistic votes were not ali cast by Social
lists, but they express a general disap-
proval of the policy of the Government.
The National Zeitung appeals for a
union of all parties against the Social
lists on the second ballots.
The campaign which preceded the
election was a quiet one and, thanks to
the influence of the Emperor, the Social.
lists, for the first time in many years,
were allowed to pursue their canvass
without molestation by the police. Nc
spies were permitted to attend their
meetings and all their gatherings
were held with open doors. Even
in Saxony, the Rhine provinces
and the Westphalia district, where the
working classes are in the large major.
ty, and where extreme sentiments pre-.
vail, Bebel and other extremists were
allowed to indulge in the most violent
harangues without let or hindrance.
In view of this liberal policy it is not
surprising that the Socialists expected
to send larger contingent to the
Reichstag than they ever did before.
In the last body they were represented
by eleven members.
A serious riot occurred in the streets
here Thursday night. A parade of So.
cialists, bent on celebrating their vic.
tories, coilided with body of police. A
mounted officer was dragged from his
horse and terrible beaten. His legs
were broken. He was carried into the
police station in the Blumenstrasse,
which was subsequently demolished by
the mob.
Upon the refusal of Socialist crowd
to disperse at midnight in Altona the
military made charge with bayonets.
Many were wounded and many arrests
were made. At Anhalt a polling
booth was stormed, the tickets
for voting were destroyed and the
election at that place is declared in.
valid.
All the chief party leaders are elected.
The second ballots are fixed for March /.