The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-16
THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.
Indications Are the Supporters Of
the Army Bill Have Been
Beaten.
Socialist Democrats Jubilant Over
Reports Of tho Large Gains
Made.
Tho Panama Canal Convictions Declared
Illegal ssd the Prisoners Fresd-scan-
dal Of . Russian Monastery.


throughout Germany to-day. Tho weather
WAS almost tropical everywhere. insuring .
heavy vote In tho rutal districts. There
Was an utter absence of excitement In Ber-
lin and the streets wore an every day ap-
psaranoe. Tho troops which had bsen Or
dered ont In anticipation Of disc. der among
the lower classes loungsd lszily about the
barracks. Among the earliest voters at the
Kaiserhof station we're Chancellor Caprivi
and DR.. Won Bosttichsr. secretary Of the
imperial homo Offices. All tho postoffics
employees we're given leave Of absence In or
der that they might vote in their districts.
Very few voters went 10 tbs polls in this
city until noon. at which hour the workmen
loft the factories and walked In groups to
the voting stations and deposited their
ballots. The socialists displayed moro
activity than any other political group. The
women seemed a. deeply interested in The
sueosss of the social democratic candidates
~ the mon OF that party. A number OF
women distributed electoral tickets, while
others scattered leaflets in behalf Of ths
socialist Larty. Reports from all parts in
dicate shat the voting was as quiet else
whore 10 II WAS here.
Al tho headquarters Of the social sxsou-
tive committee, telegram after telegram
brought news Of a saEial of democratic
gains. An enormous vote was evidently
pollsd for the socialist candidates In the
Rhine proyinoes saxony, Hamburg, Frank
fort on the Main and other industrial CEN
sers. Paul Inger and Herr Schmidt. two
socialist candidates in Berlin, are reported
% sure of heavy mnjoritieA The socialists
are also confident they have captured other
Berlin districts. In Hamburg the ballot.
ins promised to result in ths return of three
socialists, and Stettin. Lsipsio. Dresden.
Kiel West Breslau, ErlanRsn, Msinz,
Mannheim, ORenbach and Souneberg
are said TO be likely TO return socialists.
Herr Krupp. national liberal, 10 said not 70
be getting the support he expeotsd. DR..
Storsker, anti-ssmits. Baron Hammer
are reported AZ sure of seats. The xAYaS.
ians were highly slated when they learned
that whore Count Herbert Bismarck ran q
Ishallot probably would be necessary.
At six O'Clock nothing positive was
known of the results, although dispatches
lists had secured thirty. and the sonserva-
tivss, Richterites. and liberal clsricsls had
divided the other ninety among them.
The police closed up i've socialist mass
meetings owing 10 Ov0rCi oW0lnG. Ih0
crowds which poured cheering into the
streets were then quickly dispersed BY the
mounted police. 1t 10 stated the socialists
are likely to win three out Of four reballota
against the radicals. In Berlin not sin
gle candidate pledged to support the army
bill gained even the barren honor of bal
lot. The prospects, of the government
najorities are vanishing. Roughly speak.
ing, the socialist vote shows great increase
erywhere. The radical vote has dinin.
ishsd greatly. Not 10 per cent of the votes
cast in Berlin favored the army bill. Tie
provincial returns appear TO be equally en-.
phatic in the same direction. The great
success Of the social democrats has caused
\ profound sensation.
BERLIN, June 16.-At two o'clock this
morning returns from seventy districts in
dicate that thirty-six have been carried by
parties opposed to the army bill. fifteen
have been carried for parties favoring the
bill and nineteen are In doubt between the
government aud the opposition parties.
with the chances in the majority OF them
strongly in favor Of the government. The
government parties lost three OF their for.
mer seats, two TO the RiehtsFists and one
to the social democratic, ~ the second bal
lots shall decide, and one to . south Ger
man democrat The government won one
seat. The social democrats won two seats.
besides having secured many chances fol
new victories in the second ballot.