The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-25
A MAJORITY OF ONE VOTE.
The Army Bill AdherentS Made Glad
by a Hollow Victory.

Vote to Fall Short of the 2, 200, 900
Expected "A Big Increase in the
Anti-semitic Vote.
Berlin, June 24.-The progress of to-
days bye-elections appear to support the
governments calculation that the re-bal-
loting will give it sixtY-nine seats. TAX
ing the adherents of the army bill elected
on the first ballot at 80, the governments
will thus have in the new Reichstag 190
votes out of 397. A bare majority Of one
vote Is not much to rejoice over, yet the
government organize express content with
the result.
In Berlin, Thursday, phenominal quiet
prevailed in the Second district, where a
second ballot was taken. The national
liberals and centerists voted for Professor
Rudolf Virchow, the candidate of the
Radical Peoples party, but the united
strength of the three parties was not suf-
ficient to defeat Herr Fischer, the candi-
date of the social democrats Owing to
absence from voting on the part OF the
conservatives In the FIRST Berlin district,
where re-ballot was also necessary DIR.
Langerhaus, Richter socialist, scored
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party or faction. The success of DIR.
Langcrhaus was partly due to the support
Of the national liberals and centerists.
Everywhere the social democrats are
polling their last man, while the coalt-
tions against them are irregular and in-
dolent
A feature of the campaign has been the
appearance of large number of foreign
socialists, czechs and Austrians, who ara
assisting the canvass of their German
brethren.
SANDWICHES FOR VOTERS.
TIE F'reisinnige Zeitung sent out regi-
ment Of men carrying sandwiches forvot-
ers of the Freisinnige party and they were
seen to-day patrolling the streets in the
vicinityof the polling places. The weather
in Berlin is sultry.
Up to 3 o'clock barely % per cent. of the
electors had cast their ballots but after
that hour they came in q rolling tide, the
worlzingmen swelling the socialists totals.
Basing the calculations on the most reli-
able data the aggregate socialist vote will
fall short of the 100000 predicted by the
Vorw@rts and the Cologne Gazette. II is
estimated that the vote viii show an in
crease of 372, 900 over that polled in 1890.
The anti-Semtic vote is calculated at
500, 600 being ten times the number of
votes cast by that party in 1890. Both
sections of the Freisinnige party cast
total vote of 940, ,000,a loss of 3l4, 800 votes
since 1890.
The enormous increase in the anti
Semitic vote accounts for the failure of
the socialists total to reach the figure
they expected, the anti-hemites drawing
a large proportion of their gains from
electors who would otherwise have voted
for the social democratic candidates.
The papers now recall how Prince Bis
marck favored the anti-Semitic agitation
at its inception as safety valve to tho
movement against capitalism. Chancellor
Van Caprivi also speaking at the last ses-
sion of the Reichstag said that both the
anti-Semitic and socialists streams come
from common source. The Vorweatrz
therefore justly holds that o large part Of
the anti-Semitic votes ought to be placed
TO the credit Of socialism. The speech of
Emperor William, opening the session of
the Reichstag is ava tied with anxiety, as
the report widens that his language will
menace restriction of suffrage.
DISSOLUTION NOT ANTICIPATED.
In an interview to-day prominent min
lister said that the government neither
anticipated further dissolution of the
richstag nor any encroachment on the
suffrage. On the contrary, he hoped that
an entente between the dominant politi-
cal groupes would be effected and the
army bill speedily passed.
Chancellor VonCaprivi, DR.. Miguel, DR..
Stephens and other political notabilities
voted for Herr Sanngerhaus today. With
this decisive example before them, the
ministers actually supporting an oppo-
nent of the bill rather than to allow a
socialist to triumph, adhesion by the
electors to the governments candidates
where they are opposed by social
lists, has become secured.
All the ministers votes at IL o'clock in
the morning so as to allow voters on the
second ballots throughout the country to
know their position. This had its effect.
Thus at Speier, the centerist party With
drew its support from the socialist, and in
other districts secret arrangements for
an exchange Of centerist and socialist votes
collapsed.
Herr Richter will probably be retired
from the leadership OF the F'reisinnige
party. The Tageblatt Vossische Zeitung
and other organs demand his resignation,
and they hold him responsible for tie ex-
tinction Of the party. Personally Plerr
Richter gives no signs of defeat. Hs is
energetic, cheerful and confident of an
early reconstruction Of the Freisinnige
party.
THE STANDING AT MIDNIGHT.
BERLIN, June %, 2 a. m.-The result Of
the second ballots in seyenty-ave con-
stituencies were known at midnight,
with these, in addition to the
list of candidates elected on
June 15, the strength of the parties so far
as known, was: Clericals 70, Socialist
Democrats A, Conservatives and Agra
rians SO, National Liberals 33, Radi-
Gals and Unionists II, Poles 49, Free
Conservativ IA, Government Clericals IL,
South German democrats 6, Aisacians Z,
Richter radicals IL, Anti-semites 5,
Guelphs !, Danes /, Bavarian peas
ant league l, Bavarian particularists
l. OF these deputies 14S are