The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-18

| BERLIN, June 17.-At 8 O'Clock this
PAP districts. Second ballots Will be neces-
sary in 122 OF the l20 deputies elected %
! will vote for the army bill and 90 against
/ it. The returns SHOW the collapse OF
! Eugene Richter's party, not single one
of his followers having been elected. The
| defeat of the RlchteristS Is distinctly
| favorable to the government, as the loss
of the radical opposition is expected to
more than counterbalance the gains OF
| the Social Democratic opposition. The
anti-Semites wall secure about twelve
seats. Their aggregate vote has increased
amazingly since 1899.
The returns now show seats distributed
| as follows: Free Conservatives, y; Cleri-
Gals 81: Social Democrats, 23; National
Liberals, Z; Poles, 9, South German Demo
Gratis, D.
The aggregate Socialist vote bids fair
| to exceed 1000 900 The conspicuous
/ feature of the election is the overthrow OF
! the Radicals The results up TO date have
| spread CONSERVATION in government aud
court circles.
No Richterist has yet been elected. In
| the second ballots the Social Democrats
| and National Liberals will figure chiefly,
| Win tuC ntCuttIlStS anu SSHlti5RS ft AOb =
way behind. The defeat or the Richterists
| appears irretrievable. Their organs admit
the crushing character of the disaster,
but the Freisinnige Zeitung finds comfort
in predicting that in the ultimate poll the
party. combined with the NOlkspartie, the
! Centrists and Socialists, will form an over
whelmiDg plebiscite against the army Dill
and the Heune compromise. lt Ii certain
that if plebiscite were TO decide the fate
nf the Dnyprunanf the 9nOrmGnS Socialist
vote already cast would determine that
but the fate of the army bill will depend
upon the final party combinations, re-
garding which it is still hazardous TO at
tempt TO form any conclusion. Herr
Rchter himself says tnaG it IS doubtful
whether a majority against the bill can
ye. be Inferred from tine ascertalned results
What ought to concern the government
quite AS much as the increase of the SOC
lalists in parliament is the development of
Socialism throughout the country. Chan
ceilOr Won CaprIvi held conference with
the emperor on last Thursday and last
evening, reporting to him the character OF
the returns. 1t is rather significant that
the semi official organs to-day recur 70 the
suggestion as to how TO curb the popular
vote. The Austrian official papers regard
the result of the election as alarming. The
Deutsche Xeitung says: Germany can
only be saved by "a strong hand IL IS time
that General CaprlVi should snow that the
future of Germany is safe IN his care
Returns nave almost ceased coming in,
| although reports from thirty districts are
still lacking AT II o'clock the army bill
parties and groups had s. seats; the oppo-
sition parties, S5. All depends on the
second ballots. The government has de.
cided TO exert all its influence to induce ali
factions favorable TO the army bill TO unite
! against the Social Democrats and Clerlcals
! In the by-elections, which Will be held
! about one week from tomorrow. Second
| ballots will be necessary, IL Is estimated,
| in almost 200 districts. The returns re-
! ceiyed so far are not complete enough TO
| render possible an accurate prediction of
| the result. OF the thirty-four districts
| from which all the figures beariog on the
| second ballots have been received, 1T ap-
| pears certain that the Clericals will win
! -: the Social Democrats, ,; the National
! Liberals Conservatives and Agrarians, D.,
! aud the Partlcuiarist5, l.
| The Richterists, who constituted two
thirds of u parliamentary party OF %, will
! bring probably few more than twenty
| men into the new reichstag.
! Ablwardt and Goeckel, the most blatant
! members of the last parliamentary group
I of the auti-Ssmises, have been returned