The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
THE GERMAN ELECTIONS,
OWE THING cEETiISIs THE COLLAPSE
or RICHTER'S PdETE

Fight Under the Government B"nncr-
whether III. Government Has Won OF
Lost Cannot Yet he Answered Positively
Results OF the Returns Thus Far ~ Hand.
BERLIN Juno IL Tho returns hnve almost
ceased to come In. although reports from
thirty districts no stili lacking. At midnight
the Army hiil parties and groups had 81 seats:
. the opposition parties 80. All depends upon
: the socoid ballots.
Tho Goyprntn cnt has decided to exert NIL its
influence TO induce all tho factions favorable
TO tho bin To- unto against tho Eichtcrists.
Social democrats. nnl Clcrlcals In tho bye
elections, which will 10 held about ono week
from to- morrow second ballots will h" noe
essary. II is estiu,ntod, IN almost 200 Districts
Tho -ciurns received so far have not been
complete enough to render possible accurate
predictions Of tho result. OF tho ~ districts
from which I'll the figures bearing on the Soc
ond ballot have been received. 1t appears GER
tain INIT tho Clcrtcsls will win 2j the Social
Democrats =. the National Liberals. Conserva-
tivss. and AgrarinnsG and the paricularists
]. Tho Radical Unonists nre expected to
gain several more seats.
The National Liberals. according to tho lat
est reports arc likely 20 return to Berlin with
approximately their % d delegation OF forty.
Tho Opposition Ceticals under DIR. Liotor
have retained virtually all their old con-
stituencies. as far rs can lie asr"raine'l. and
will return to Eeliin prOvuUly vita nearly 10
Deputies.
The GJvrrumcn. Clerical Agrnrian move
mont, under rrinorr von Schorlemrr-.\lst
and Ftchcrr Won Uurnr, las shown few eri-
dcncrs o.! sacccSs.
Nine Undergraduate C.cri ais have been elect
cd. tut Of tails number only five are declared
advocates OF the hrmy Jill
Conservatives and Fec Conservatives. ms
was cN pecte!. are suiTerin: no losses They
will enter the tcichstag With about ~ seats
together
Tn. social Eemoc ats arc sin triumphant
ut til. expense % thu l.i'h!cr t.I,lirals
u the National Liberals. FREQ Conserva-
tive-. and the ConscrN ntiNcs mako Il bin,i-
ing ca,trl in MI close dis; riots they will he
able to rally nlr III votes Tor tho Gov
erninunt AT the opening: Of the lteichriai:. Boih
Chancellor Non CarriHi and toua; !otho ~
Iulcalcr.. l'.ussiun Minister President. havo
boon reused from their apathy. and will set
tho bureaucratic machinery ot tho Govern-
mont In operation 10 this end.
BEGl,y Jun, iI.--i;eports from all parts OF
the rmlrC continue to Eiro evidence VI tho
collapse OF EuEcn Eich:cr's Radical party
Tho South German Democrats with whom
tho Dichtrris,s joined hands at the oicnins OF
tho campaign ~ Eight more effectively .l-;ainst
the Army b!l ut tho polls. have secured 1.-Two
seats, ore OF them won from III" National Lib
erals. and arc ltkclyto enter tho next Neichs-
tag with their delegation increased from ten
to fourteen or nfteen. At q O'Clock this morn
ing. however. not Il despatch had been re-
ceted to Indicate that tho Elchtcrists had car
ried n constituency on tho first hnI!ot.
This failure 0. tho Richterists is due partly to
the fact that the l;aLieals who deserted Kichter
BE-, INF lar hR
amor OF the Ealirul Onion. were tho cream
OF tho old rarty. Excepting Firrhow. hardly
n conspicuous Deputy stood 10y Richter after
the dissolution Of tho i!oichstnG. Eickert.
Brocme Hin.c. Earth. editor Of tho Nation:
Siepcns. and IIncncl. deserted at once TO tho
Government. The dssilents are known 70
have elected one Deputy. and 20 have
tho best chances OF olrctinG soven or eight
moro on the second ballot. Tho Rchterists.
who constituted two-thirds OF the Parliament
tary nnrty Of siyty-sevcn. will bring probably
few more than twenty-five members into tho
next Eelchstng. This n.atc of affairs is dis
t!nctly favorab!c to tn" Government az tho
loss OF tho Ealcal opposition is expected to
more than c"untrrbn!anco tho gains OF the
social Democratic opposition.
Tho Aat!-S"mitcs AFRO now beloved to be- in
q way to sccur" twelve Geats. Ahlwardt and
Bocckcl the most blatant members OF the last
Parliamentary group. have already been re-
turned. The aggregate vote ofthe Anti-Semites
has increased amazingly since 1880.
Tho National Liberals arc likely to return to
Berlin with approximately their old delegation
OF forty. The opposition C.crcals. undor DR..
Lieber. have retained virtually all their old
constituencies. as far rs can ho uscertained.
The Government Clerical Agrarlan movement.
under Freihcrr von Schorcnior-Alst and Froi-
herr Won Huene. has shown no evidence Of
SUCCESS. The Conservatives and Free Conser-
vatives. as was expected. are suffering
losses The Social Democrats are still tri-
umphing at the expense Of the Richter Radi-
Gals.
In general tho advantages gained by the
Government Rre to be- found in the prospect
that some ten Radical Unionists. who voted
against tho Army BILL and who now favor it.
have good prospects of sitting in the next
Reichstag. and that the Anti-semitic repre-
eentation. partially favorable to the Govern
ment bids fair 10 bo greatly increased. AS the
candidates whose elections have been report
cd number hut fcw moro than one hundred.
however. the question whether the Govern
ment won orlost by the dissolution cannot yet
be answered positively. Tho present concu-
sive returns from constituencies carried by
the large parties show that the Conservatives
and Free Conservatives have secured 27 seats.
liberals Z: the Poles have . seats. tho South
German Democrats 5.
The returns received since 2 o'clock this
morning are:
Mtcklenburg Streltz-Count schwerin. W ofshagen,
Conservative. elected. This seat represented in
the last RechstRg by Radical who voted against tho
Army bill although IN the present campaign he IA
vored IT, The result therefore gain for the
srnment
Arnsberg- Olpe Standardization FusangeL. Independ-
snt Clerical but against The Army bill! elected 10
coed himself.
wnnxleben-IIerr Won Fonda National Liberal elected
10 succeed himself.
Wollmrsthdt-Jncob Iosang. National Liberal. elect.
"a TO succeed biinselL
Aachen. Distrct-Lr. Book Clerical. elected to sue
oeed hinsef
pelmenhorst-Coun; Won Galen. Clerical. elected to
Bpcrera himself.
Observation-Disclosures Johannsen. Dane. elected to
suseeed himself re Is bitter opponent OF ne Army
eoncerned lie conducted an agitation against Tho
Government both SIDES OF the BAnishiernan bOr-
der throughout the ramp aien.
Haden-DskAn Lender. Clerical favorable 10 the bill.
slscied to succeed himself His election was bit.