The morning call., 1893-06-18
of the Nation. Siemens and Haenel de-

elected one Deputy and have the best of
chances for electing seven or eight more on
second ballot.
Ihe RichteristS. who constituted two
thirds OF parliamentary party of 1887,
Will bring probably few M ore than twenty
three members into the next Reichstag.
ibis state of affairs is distinctly favora BILE
to the Government. as the loss of the Radi-
cal opposition is expected to more than
counterbalance the gains of the Social
Democratic opposition.
The anti-Semtes are now believed to be
IN the way to secure twelve seats. Ahl-
wardt and B0reke, the most blatant mem
bers OF the last parliamentary group. have
already been returned. The aggregate
vote of the anti-Semites has increased
amazingly since 1890.
The National Liberals are likely to re-
turn to Berlin with approximately the old
delegation of forty. Tie opposition Cler-
icals. under DR.. Lieber, have retained vir-
tually all the old constituencies. AS far
as can be ascertaiued, the Government
Clerical agrarian movement, under Won
Schollemer, Alst and Won Hueno. has
shown no evidence of success, the Con-
servatives and Free Conservatives, as was
The Social Democrats are still triumph
ant at the expense of the Richter Radicals.
In general. the advantages gained by the
Government are to be found in the prospect
that some ten Radical Unionists. who, voted
against the army bill. and who now favor
1t, have good prospects of sitting in the
next Rechstag, and that the anti-Semtic
representation. partially favorable to the
Government. bids fair to be greatly in
creased.
The severe blow which Radicalism has
sustained can be gauged by the fact that
out of sixtp-six seats which the party pos
sessed before the split occurred only two
have been retained, and even should they
win in all the forty-four second ballots in
which they still have a chance their power
in the new Reichstag will be seriously d.
minished. Not single member of the
Richter section has been elected.
Returns from 34S election districts have
been received up to 5 o'clock this evening,
showing the election of 40 Centrists, 81
Conservatives, "a Social Democrats, IT
National Liberals, Centrists In favor OF
the army bill. 8 Richterists, Volksparlei.
13 Poles. Alsatians, Anti-Semites and 3
Wilde. with 180 reballots necessary An
analysis of the reballots shows that the
Social Democrats and National Liberals
Will figure chiefly in them, with the Rich
terists and Centrists long way behind.
The defeat OF the Richterists appears to
be irretrieva BILE. but the Berlin Freisin-
nige Zeitung finds comfort in predicting
that the ultimate poll Of the party, CON-
bined with the Volksparte, Centrists and
Socialists, will form an overwhelming pleb-
lscite against the army bill and the Hnan
compromise. 1t is certain that if a pleb
iscite is to decide the fate Of the Govern
ment. the enormous socialist vote already
cast would determine that. but the army
bill will depend upon fliat party comhina-
tions, regarding which it Is still hazardous
to attempt to form any definite conclu-
Sion.
About eighty Socialists will stand in the
coming reballots. and it is rational esti-
mate to credit them with securing twenty
six m ore seats.
Chancellor Won Caprivi held a confer
eDce with the Emperor on Thursday and
again last evening. reporting 10 his
Majesty the character of the returns. 1t is
rather significant that the semi-oficial
organs to-day recur to the suggestions as
to how to curb the popular vote. Regard
ing the Centrists, the recent sehisms do
not appear likely TO seriously affect their
strength. Both the Conservatives and
National Liberals are coming out better
than they expected they would. The
Socialists in Vienna will make demon
stratiou in celebration OF the success of the
German brethren but the Austrian official
papers hold that the results of the election
are alarming. The Deutsche Zeitung says:
Germany can only he saved by strong
hand. 1t is time that Caprivi should show
that the future of Germany is safe in his
care.
In fact the dispatches from Vienna in
dicate the intense interest with which the
elections have been followed there and the
feeling OF apprehension which the results
have created. All the Vienna newspapers
blame Herr Richter for the proba bic
destruction of tho Liberal party. The
Vienna Tageblatt says the anniversary of
Emperor Frederick's death was also the
last day of liberalism in Germany
At midnight, omitting districts where re-
ballots are necessary and with thirty dis
trlcts TO hear from. the army bill parties
and groups had SO seats and The opposition
party So. All depends upon the second
ballots. The Government has decided to
exert all its influence to induce the fac
tions favorable to the bill to unite against
the Richterists. Social Democrats and
Clericals in the bye elections which Will be
held about one week from tomorrow.
Second ballots will be necessary, it is es-
timated, in almost 200 districts. OF the
thirty-four districts from which figures
bearing on the second ballot have been re-
ceived it appears certain that the Cleri-
Gals will win twenty-five, the Social Dem
ocrats three, the National Liberals Con-
servatives and Agrarians six and the Par
ticularists one. The Radical Unionists ex
pect TO gain several more seats, but re-
ports from the constituencies continued to
give evidence of the collapse of Eugene
Richter's radical party. Not dispatch
has been received to indicate that the
Richterists have carried single constitu-
ency on the first ballot. This state of af-
fairs is distinctly favorable to the Govern
ment as the loss of Radical opposition is
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