Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-19
BETTER FOR BILLY
The Kaiser Begins to Like That
Medicine.
ARMY BILL PROSPECTS LOOKING UP

a Socialist Scare Takes Possession Oh OPP
position Leaders That May Give the
Government a Majority-The Vote virtn-
ally Complete and 1sl New Ballots from
Which Obtain What Is Lacking
Count Bismarck Succeeds.
BERLIN, June 19-The election returns
are virtually complete. The report from
but one district is lacking. The revision
of the returns may necessitate few alter
atoms, but they will be trivial. The can
didates elected number 215; OF these lOl
will vote for the next army bill, ia against
it. In the following list by parties the
anti-Semite Conservatives are included
with the Conservatives, and the Indepen-
dents are treated as members of the parties
with which they affiliate in the reichstag:
Liberal Clericals, IS; Social Democrats, 90;
Conservatives and Agrarians, "A; National
Liberals, 49, Radical Unionists who favor
the bill, 4; Poles, IL; Free Conservatives,
10; Clericals favorable to the bill, IL; Alsa-
tians, Z; South German Democrats, 4; Anti
Semites, 3 (two of them favoring the bilD;
Bavarian Agrarians, 2; Guelphs, l; Danes,
1; Bavarian Separatists, l; Richterists,
none.
Government Prospects Looking Up.
Among the candidates in the Isl new
ballots there will be ten Poles, fifty-two
Conservatives, nine Agrarians. seven Free
Conservatives, seventy-two National Lib
erals, thirty Clericals, seventy-seven So
cial Democrats, eleven Radical Unionists,
thirty-five Richterists, sixteen Anti Semi
ties and eight Guelphs AS was expected
the latest returns have increased stead
lily the list of members upon whom the
government can rely for support. While
the victories of the Social Democrats have
been regarded with alarm, their immedi-
ate effect upon the fate of the army bill
will be more than offset by the losses of
Richter radicals.
Socialism Makes for the Kaiser.
Several ministers are confident that by
a Conservative, Free Conservative and Ma
tional Liberal cartel they can secure a
large number of seats at the second bal
lots from the Richterists and Clericals.
They depend upon the general alarm ex-
cited by the Social Democratic victories to
drive the Clericals and opposition to Cler-
icals into the government camp as to con-
stituencies where they are between Cler-
ical and National Liberal candidates and
Socialists.
Clericais Change Their Tactics.
That the ministerial expectations of a
general combination against the Socialists
=
the action of the Clerical @eaders. Imme-
diately after the election they sent out n
circular letter to the constituencies to adj
monish Roman Catholic voters that under
no circumstances should tkcv vote for the
army bill candidates in the objections
Now, owing TO the Socialis, scare, they
have revoked the letter, AID SEM orr an
other to solidify the Roman ,Cathaiic vote
against the Democratic candidate in cases
where such n course viii lead 10 tAc elec-
ton of a Conservative or Natso@ii Li-v-al-
Herbert bismarck Elected.
The Ger1nania, organ Of the North Ger
man ClericaIs, and several other Roman
Catholic dailies are now urging ne Roman
Catholics in constituencies contested ty
Social Democrats to ignore the army bill
issue and vote solidly for Conservatives,
Free Conservatives or National Liberals
Count Herbert Bismarck w@- elected hT
the a lsrarians in the .Jeriche,y district. &c
received / 500 votes to @ SIS cast for Ferdi-
nand Woellmer, Radical WHO was the last
member for the Gistri-i