The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-14
GERMAN ELECTION THURSDAY.

psscussinx tbs probable result o. the elections
fog members OF the Gesrasn reichssa@. which
takes place ThurSday. . recent b erin cable let
Ter says:
.@Of AL parties fhs Scc;a. Democrats are con-
Quoting taelr campaign in tsc most mastery
manner. Their completed lis, Of candidates
contains So names. or but forty fewer than sne
total number OF constituencies. Most OF their
candidates arS drawn from the large cities. for.
despite ali boasts OF progress among the rural
voters. the only strongholds OF the socla. De-
rsocrsry are stsii the centers Of the empire Az
ufacsurins iatercsta Seventy candidates have
been taken from Berlin alone. Tbs others are
from Lepslc. Munich. Bonn. Breslau. Hamburg.
Dfesden and towns OF hardly less business i'm
poftsaee. The average Of education and char
acser anaoug these representative Socialists 10
much higher than in Any previous campaign.
Many of them have taken their university de-
greer, ss, for instance. SchuxA In Bsmbesg.
Mahlke in Flensburg. Munix. in Greinenherg
and kuehn in Gsatx To sucn credstahle nom
nations mus, BE- aided slso tiioss OF she lead
ere, Bebel, Lcsknechs, Volimsr aud other
conspicuous orators and writers who have
BEEN identified with the Social Democratic
movement; almost from its inception. Where il
serves the purpose OF vose-cstch.ng, the labor
ing element OF tae purity 10 represented BY the
nominee. Many workingmen consess coust:tu-
ences in the distincsiveiy industrial districts,
among them . composition. . shoemaker. several
miners and . few tailors Thus the Social DEM
ocrats in their list of nominations, a. in their
manifesto, have thrown out a dragnes 70 cap
ture all ob,ainable votos. Every one OF their
candidates has. moreover, recognised relations
with the central executive committee. either di-
rectly or through local branches such solidity
Reorganization has seldom, IL ever. been eQuased
BY any other German political party.
"Whiie the social Democrats, the head and
from, of the opposition, will march with I'M
hoax h. en shA >Nyl~ thA nv
which the government builds its hopes OF pass
ing the army bill are working most innarmo-
niousiy.
wilhelm uebkuecht, the high priest of the
Social Democracy, reviewed the work of the
campaign in an interview at Sasrbsucken- He
said:
"sThe Social Democrats contest twelve OF the
fifteen electoral districts in Alsacs. We fad
ourselves closely in sy mpa,hy with the elcctcSs
OF this part OF the empire that We have hopes OF
capturing seats in Mulhouse, Strasourg. For
bach, Metz, Coimar and Thanh Our reports
from centers OF the campaign agitation now
justify the prediction that we shall have fifty.
five seats in the new reichstag.
"'ln Alsace our programme has responded to
the sentiments Of the people by declaring that
the annexation OF the two French provinces
was mistake, which ought to be corrected a.
soon As possible, without any waiting for war
to decide the question. German miiitarism 10
responsible for the policy which treats Alsacs
ana Lorraine as conquered prov nces. Socialism
will free these provinces aud at least place
them upon level OF eq uali,y with the other
German states Should / be elected to the
reichstag from both Metz and Berlin. should
represent Metz.
"Liebknecht said that August Bebel would
meet him in Strasburg to coulter with him a. to
the conclusion OF the campaign. He explained
at some length the difficulties which the Social
Democrats have found IN conducting their agi-
tation in the annexed provinces. Throughout
Alsacs and Lorraine the authorities have for
hidden the use of public halls for Socialist
meetings and have ordered the withdrawal Of
licenses from public houses which violated the
order. Socialist meetings in the open air have
been disperssd BY the police Soldiers have
been ordered not to visit beer houses frequented
by socialists"