The morning call., 1893-06-19
HAS GREAT HOPES.
Won Caprivi Building on
Second Ballots.
WORKING UP A BIG SCARE.
Conservative Voters Made to Feel
the Peril of the Social Demo-
cratic Success.
WORKING up A BIG SCARE.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

BERLIN, June 1S.-The election returns
are virtually complete this afternoon.
Only the report from one district is lack
ing and a revision of the returns may
necesstate few alterations. but
they will be trivial. The candidates
elected number 215. Of these 1O1 will vote
for the army bill and ia against it. In the
following list by parties the anti-Semitc
Conservatives ara included with the Con-
servatiYes and the Independents are
treated as members of those parties with
which they are affiliated in the Reich
stag:
Lieber Clericals IS, Social Democrats %,
Conservatives and Agrarians "A, National
Liberals is. Radical Unionists who
favor the bill 4, Poles IL. Free Conserva-
10, Clericals favorable to the bill II, Asa
tans 7, South German Democrats i, Anti
Semitic g. . favoring the bill, Bavarian
Agrarians ., Guelphs 1, Danes l, Bavarian
Separatists l. Richterists o.
Among candidates at the 1S1 new bal
lots there will be 10 Poles. 80 Conserva-
tives, 9 Agrarians, Free Conservatives,
~ National Liberals. so Clercals. II Social
Democrats. II Radical Unlonists. 35 Rich
terisIs. Is Auti-Semitics and Guelphs.
AS expected, the latest returns increased
steadily the list of members upon whom
the Government can rely for support.
While the victories of the Social Demo-
Gratis are regarded with alarm, their mme-
diate effect upon the fate of the army bill
will be more than Offset by the losses of
the Richter Radicals. After four hours
conference yesterday the ministers who
net the Chancellor 70 discuss the results
of the election decided that in view of the
recent returns it would be super1uous and
ineXpedient to issue an appeal to the coun-
try before the second ballots. The great
majority of the ministers are confident
that they can secure a large number of
seats at the second ballots from the r CHI
teristS and Clericals. They depend upon
the general alarm excited by the Social
Democratic victories to drive the Clercals
and the opposition Clericals into the Gov
eminent camp in those constituencies
where the contests are be weeu Conserva-
tives or National Literal candidates and
socialists. If expectations are realized.
not only VIII the Government open the
Reichstag with almost half the members
on its side but it also will be enabled at
tho final poll to Keep the Social Democrats
ddwn TO a total of forty or forty-fye eats
What the ministerial expectations of a
general combination against the socialists
are not entirely unfounded is shown by
the action of the Clerical leaders. The
Socialist scare has become so general that
these leaders have sent ont a letter calcu-
lated to solidify the Catholic vote against
Social Democratic candidates, even in cases
where such a course will lead to the alec
tion of Conservatives or National Liberals.
Spectators on the Bourse take a SAN
guine view of the Governments prospects
in second ballots. Imperial and Russian
stocks which weakened on Friday were
strong yesterday in consequence of the re-
port that the Government would have
small majority at the opening of the Reich
stag.
Count Herbert Bismarck, who was
elected by the Agrarians in the Jerichow
District, received 1869 votes to 6S4S cast
for Ferdinand Woellmer, Radical, who was
the last member for the district. Gloecke,
the Social Democratic candidate, received
4431 votes. Count Herbert's majority over
ali was $50.
LONDON. June 18-The Berlin corre-
spondent of the Daily News says: There
cannot be the slightest doubt that the
army bill will be passed with a good
majority.
The Standards Berlin correspondent ex-
presses the same opinion, somewhat less
emphaticallv.