The sun., 1893-06-11
THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.
OYER 1900 CANDIDATES FOR THE
3D7 SEATS IN THE REICHSTlG.

AhOut Twenty Fnrttrr ana FACTIONS AFo
Fighting Each for It's Own Programme
II Is Believed Rcbnliots VIII He Neces-
r.ry In Two.thlrds or the Constituencies.
BERLIN Juno 1O.-At tho general elections
for members Of tho Rcichstng, to be held on
Thursday next. and Mt the by-elections that
are sure to DO required, 3of members. the full
complement. will be returned The present
week closes with l $50 candidates In the field.
Not only new aspirants for seats. but new
pollticnl factions appear daily, and as election
day draws gradually nearer. tho confusion
grows worse confounded. Little can
be done in the few days that will
clapse before the polling to disentnngle
the intricate web that has been woven
by the many factions Instead OF the eight
recognized parties in the late Reichstsg hold
ing the electoral field in the present cam
raign there are about twenty sections. each
fighting for It's own programme. These pro-
rrammes often agree on somo one common
point, but on other points they cross and re-
cross in such confusing demands that it would
bo a difrlcult II not impossible task to say
what any single faction really wants.
1t seems impossible now that the result OF
Thursdays balloting will decide how the
Reichstag will be constituted. Judging from
the present outlook it is thought that the vote
in most of the constituencies will be SO split
up that reballots will DO necessary In two
thirds OF them.
Among the latest evelopments in tho politi-
cal situation Is the break up among the anti
Semites. The jew baiters now consist Of three
distinct factions. with partly hostile pro-
rrammes besides two opposing Partcularist
sections. South Germany and eastern Prussia
have produced Il Lithuanian party. Hesse an
Autonomist party. and MeckleburR n Con-
stitutional party. which demands reform In
local and state affairs. There are agrarians,
n variety OF free traders. Ahlwardtists. Poles
Alsntians. and Guelphs. mixed UP with
candidates OF tho great old groups
Free Conservatives, Old Conservatives. and
National Liberals - Lieber Centrlsts. von
Schorlemer-Alst moderates. extremists Frei-
sinnice. volkspartei and Socialists. Yet this
UNPARALLELED medley romans without the
accompanmcnt OF anything like popular ex-
citement. The candidates who are stumping
the constituencies are generally heard amid
an academic quiet. 1t is only the anti-semites
and Socialists who succeed In stirring their
meetings into demonstrations OF enthusiasm.
Herr Sisl among tho Bavarian peasants. finds
a hearty response to his Prussophohe and pro-
lection utteranccs. but. taking Germany MS q
whole it Ia doubtful whether the electors will
tako the trouble to poll their full strength.
The final results must depend on political
combinations on the reballots Whore the
final ballot in any district lies between Con-
servative and Socialist. then the Centrist and
Freisinnige minorites, by coalescing. may
assist in tho return OF the Conservative candi-
date. If the issue is between a Conservative
and a Centrist. then the Freis sinniEe and So-
cialist minority will probablythrowi its vote for
the Centrist candidate as an opponent OF the
In many districts tho strength Of the factions
is SO evenly Distributed that it will he a toss up
as TO which candidate will head the poll. All
over the country the rehalloting must lead to
complex barterlng ana vote, mo ,,mhonEerlnS % paT I
will often be decided. not on ines OF party
policy. hut on considerations Of private or
Everything promises that the Reichstag will
be tho most motley Parliament known to his
tory. The Conservative Cronps: 1aps according to
against universal suffrage, The National
Liberals evince less marked tsnd,eney IN the he
sepaio' sentstion Tor evnry Diet Of the Federated
Relchst"e. % AZ They. seriously discuss this pro.
posal as tho only salvation from the demo-
cratic deluge which now threatens to sweep
An incident that occurred at a Centrist mass
meeting in WcstphaliG shows the ,srread OF
defendsd a conservative Catho programme.
Gsn. on ke he
The Response was prompt and to tho point
pls ~hc wsrs ON the
dit not venture to remonstrate against this
currency question in scrtemher are creating
a lively ini crest in financial circles here \ nd
s e SssrH orns s9a h1nss IN sed
to com pleto their currency conversion. The
ns he foSs SSSa
child syndicate which is working the Austro-
Hungarian conversion. financlers calculate
tNf ri rAfN
will hecome grently enhanced II President
Clsyelhnh's plans are anproyet
to be shortly Detrothed to the Czarewitch is
officially denied.
The drought in frei5uTc .,e n = ana =BreisFau CON
scarcity Of food. and much suffering Is there.
BY capIed AnTmser o. tho Inhsb!1aats Of
for them selves and their families. determined
to raid the Nippetnhcim preserves and capture
tected them in their poachiuG and a pitched
battle ensued. tho invaders resisting the at
tems Of the ksepess to to drive ar. from the
wounded, and many OF the villagers were
arrested.
knerht. tho Soci .list leader. Of having do
clared at Metz few days ago that Germany
s rsrss IN as H5s Ss
To,rcdrts to-day Among other things he
says that the ugEressor In tho next was.
defeat
Dr. Won Rottenburg and his bride, formerly
Miss Marian Phrrr. daughter Of the Hon.
William Walter Phelps. ex- tnited States Min
lister to Germany. have returned from their
hone moon trip which wa. necessarily short
because the presence 81 Dr. Won ketten.
where he is Assistant SECRETARY. Accompanied
by. Mr. Phelps. Dr. Won Rot'enbprs and his
Miie VII MAXI dtshHnr shH .rp to Snrrdsnhsim
to work. They started to-, lay and the Hon.
Theodore Runyon. the new American Minister.
tho station to bid Mr.. Phelps adfeu Mrs. Has
kins. Minister Runyons daughter. and her
husband will start Tor Carlsbad on Tuesday.