Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-16
KAISER is BEATEN.
Emperor Wilhelm Gets a Dose
of Vox Populi.
TT PROVES VERY BAD MEDICINE

The Army Bill Knocked Out by the People
of Germany. Who Seem willing to Take
the Chances with johnny Crapaud''-
Socialists Make Large Gains. and Berlin
Fails to Elect q Single Government Sup
porter.
BERiyN, June 16.-The election upon
which hangs the fate of the emperor's pet
project, the army bill, is over, excepting in
places where re-ballots are necessary
which is everywhere that a majority of the
whole vote was not cast for one candidate.
Returns from seventy district indicate
that thirty-six have been carried by par
ties opposed to the army bill; fifteen have
been carried for the parties favoring the
bill, and nineteen are in doubt between the
government and the opposition parties.
with the chances in the majority of them
strongly in favor Of the government. The
government parties have lost three or
four seats, two to the Rchterists or Social
Democrats, as the second ballot shall de-
eide, and one to a south German Demo
crat The government has won one seat
from the opposition. -.
Socialists Make Large Gains.
The Social Democrats have won two
seats besides having secured many chances
for new victories on the second ballot A
curious fact of their two accomplished
victories in new fields is that they won at
the expense Of the Richter, also enemies of
the army bill, and not, as was expected at
the expense of the National Liberals, the
friends of the bill. Although the Social
Democrats gains are undoubtedly enor-
nous, they will not prove so large prob
ably as the reports so far have indicsted.
The returns from the cities come in first,
and it is in the cities that the Social DEM
ocratic candidates always run best.
Police Close Up Meetings.
New ballots are necessary in Hanau,
Strasburg city, Dusseldorf, Dortmund,
Mainz, Halle, Plauen, West Havelland,
and Siegen. The police of Berlin closed up
Social mass meetings at the Germania hall.
the book brewery, the Tivoli, the Concert,
the Elysium, the Wedding hall, owing to
overcrowding. The crowds poured cheer
ing into the streets, where they We're
quickly dispersed by mounted police. Dur
ing the way the Socialists distributed half a
million hand bills here. The Social vote in
Berlin foots up 10000 over the vote of 1890.
The socialists have been equally successful
in Hamburg and Altoona.
Berlin Dead Against More Soldiers.
1t is stated that the Socialists are likely
to win three out of the four of the re-bal-
lots against radicals. In Berlin not n
single candidate pledged to support the
army bill has gained even the bare honor
of re-ballot. Not 10 per cent. of the vote
cast in Berlin was given in favor the army
bill Seldom has the city spoken in such
emphatic terms. The provincial returns
appear to be equally emphatic in the same
direction. The great success of the Social
Democrats has caused profound sensa-
tion.
No Excitement at the Capital.
During the day there was no excitement
here. The wealthier classes seemed to be
apathetic as to the outcome of the cleo
tions The authorities fearing disorders
among the voters of the lower classes had
the troops and the reserve police kept in
their barracks so as to be ready to sup
press any outbreak. The Socialists dis
played more activity than any other of the
political groups Women seemed to be as
deeply interested in the success Of the
Social Democratic candidates as We're the
men of the party and they labored in every
way to aid the cause.