The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-17
HIS BILL 50 FAR BEHIND.
The Latest German Election Returns
Do Net Favor the Emperor's
Measure.
Ofo8 Deputies Elected AZ are For
It and SO are Against
the Scheme,
Where Second Ballots Arc Necessary the
Govcrnmsnt Has an Opportunity
to Gain Some Strength.


the continued reports Of social democratic
gains and Riohterist losses. Early this
morning most Of the news came from city
constitusnciss and she list of opposition
dsputiss grew rapidly. This afternoon.
however. dispatohsS from tile agricultural
districts revealed the other side Of the page.
From Ill that can be learned IL is reason
ably safe to conclude the governments lost
nothing by dissolution and probably won
little.
At 10 O'Clock this evening the returns
may be summarized thus: In the $50 dis
tricts from which reports have been received
eighty-fve deputies were elected; In the
remaining ninsty-6ve now ballots will be
necessary. or tho deputies elected thirty
six will vote with the government. forty
nine against. Tho parties siding with the
government lost three seats to the opposi-
tion; the parties working against the gov
ernmsnt evsned matters by losing tho same
number Of seats TO the friends of the army
bill. The conservatives elected seventeen
deputies the social democrats twenty
three. the clericals twenty, the radical
unionists one. tho free conservatives four.
the Poles eight, the democrats five. the anti
Semites two. the independents two. the
government clericals one. the national ILL.,
erals two. In the districts in which second
ballots seem assured tho government has
exceptional opportunities to win, especially
whore the contestants are radical unionists
who opposed the army bill in the last
rsichstag. but who will support it in the
next, II somewhat modified.
tnA
until now 10 probably the gains of the social
democrats and the radical unionists. SO
far ~ Berlin 10 concerned the election can
bo considered almost complete triumph
for the socialist party. Not only have their
votes enormously increased since the last
tween tho radicals and social democrats 10
such that except In enc ward tho radicals
practically have no chance in the second
ballots. Although in the provinces the
socialists were not 80 uniformly successful
as in Berlin, yet tho returns are sminently
satisfactory to them.
Several small eleosion riots were reported
to- day from the provinces. In StrassburR
last night shortly after the poll was an
nounssd the socialists began pa.adinR tho
streets and shouting for their candidate.
They refused to dispe1se when the police
attacked them and many ohsered for
France. The military eventually broke up
Nobody was injured. In Reutlingin.
Wurtemburg, the police arrested many
social democrats who attacked the police
station. In Gutenberg the socialists rioted
through the streets. Tho police dispersed
them with drawn sabers and arrested the
leaders. In this city the police arrested
Hefr Laudausr. an anarchist editor. on
charge OF inoiting riot.
The only unfair manaeuvfe which might
be described - hit below the belt at the
government was the action of the Kreuz
Zsitung, which in the morning published
what it declared to be tho terms of Russias
counter proposals for a treaty of commerce.
create the greatest alarm in the country
districts, smbodying everything likely to
prejudice the German nREarian interesty,
and the Krsuz ZeitunR based ON them .
violent attack on the government, whose
cowardics, it said, had been taken advant-
age of BY Russia to make these almost in
sulting proposals. which. II accepted. would
ricultural interests. The official Reichsan.
zerRer and the semi official Nord Deutsohe
Zeitung in the evening hastsned to publish
emphatic denials. hut the mischief had
boon done and the Kreuz Zeitung's object
WAS gained in having fictitious tYoposals
telegrnphed throughout the country, whore
they undoubtedly had q material influence
on the farmers choice of candidates.
BERLIN, June H.-At two O'Clock this
morning returns have been received from
22O out of 397 electoral districts. In ninety
eight district candidates Ws,s elected. In
l22 second ballots will be necessary. The
national hberals. conservatives. and cleri-
Gals all hold their own. The Richter radi-
Gals remain very far behind. OF ninety
eight deputies already elected fofty-two are
counted for the bill and Afty-s six against ii.
! he government gained two new seats and
lost ono old one since the last report.