The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-18
Eighty-Five Seats Secured by the 0p-
pOnents of the Measure Last Thursday,
And Eighty Won by It's Friends-Sec.
Ond Ballots Necessary in Nearly 200 Dis
tricts-The Richterists Wiped Out
1T DEPENDS ON SECOND BALLOTS

1T DEPENDS ON SECOND BALLOTS
The Kaiser VIII Make Another Effort TO se-
cure Majority for the Army Bin.
BERLIN, June 1s.-The election return
have almost ceased coming in, although re-
ports from thirty districts are still lac king.
at IL o'clock midnight the army bill par
ties and groups had eighty-three seats; tho
opposition parties eighty-6ve. All depends
upon the second ballots. The governments
has decided to exert all its influence TO in
ducc all the factions favorable TO the bill
to unite against the Richterists, social
Democrats and Clericsls in the bye
elections. which will be held
about one week from tomorrow.
Second ballots will be necessary.
il is estimated. IN almost two hundred dis
tricts. The returns received so far have
not been complete enough to rer5sr possi-
BILE accurate predictions of she result. OF
the thlrty-four districts from which all the
figures bearing on the second ballot have
been received it appears certain that the
Clericals will WIN twenty-five. the Social
Democrats two. the National Liberals.
Conservatives and Agrsrlans six and the
PartIcularists one. The Radical Unionista
are expected to gain several more seats
All day the reports from the constituens
cIes have continued 30 give evidence of the
collapse of Eugene, Rlchter's Radical party.
The south German Democrats. with whom
the Richterists jolnsd hands st the opening
of the campaign, TO fight moro effectively
against the army bill at the polls. have Sc
cured five seats, one OF them won from the
the next ReIohstag with their deieaation
increased 10 fourteen or fifteen.
Not q dispatch has been received
to indicate that the Richterists
have carried constituency on the first
ballot This failure is due partly TO tho
fact thatth Radicals W ho eserted Richter.
to make government campaign under tho
banner Of the Radical Union, were the cream
of the old party. Excepting Virchow.
hardly q cohspicuous Deputy stood by
Richter after the dissolution OF the Reichs-
tag. Rickert Broemel, Heinze. Barth, Sie-
mems and Hsnnel deserted at once to the
The Dissidents are known TO have
elected two Deputies and to have the best
chances of electing seven or eight more
on the second ballot The RIchterists. who
constituted two-thirds OF the pariisment-
airy party of slxty-seven, will bring prob
ably few more than twenty men into the
new Reichstag This state of affairs 10
distinctly favorable to the government.
as the loss of the Radical opposition ls
pected more than TO counterbal-
ance the gains of the Social Demo-
cratic opposition. The anti-Semites are
oeevea tsIv seat! IN .s,woTsty way .nS 10
Goeckel. the most blantaDt members of the
last parliamentary group. have already
been returned. The aggregate vote of the
anti-Semites has increased amazingly since
1890. The National Liberals, according to
latest reports. are likely TO return TO Ber-
lin with approximately their old delega-
tion of forty. The opposision Clericsls.
under DR.. Llber, have retained virtually
all their old constituencies as far as can
be ascertained. and will return TO Berlin
probably with nearly one hundred Depu-
ties. The governments Clerical Agra
rian movement under Freiherr Scholemer-
Alst and Freiherr Won Huene. has shown
few evidences of success. Nine Independ-
ent Clericals have been elected. but Of this
number only i've are declared advocates or
the army bill. Conservatives and Free
Conservatives. as was expected. are suffer-
ing no losses They will enter the Reichse
tag with about eiRhty-five seats together.
The Social Democrats are still triumphant
at the expense of the Richter Radicals.
In general, the advantages gained by the
government are to be found in the pros
pect that some ten Radical Unionists who
voted against the army BILL and who now
favor It. have good prospects OF sitting
In the next Reicbstsg. and that the anti
Semitic representation. partially favorable
| TO the government, bids fair TO be greatly
increased. If the National Liberals Free
Conservatives and the Conservatives make
binding cartel in all close districts they
| will be able to rally fully 175 votes for the
| government at the opening of the Reichs-
| tag. Both Chancellor Won Csprivi and
| Count Botho Zu Eulenburg. Prussian MINI
| lister President have been reused from
| their apathy and have set the bureau
cratic machine of the government In op-
Grafton TO this end.
The defeat of the Richterists appears 70
be irretrievable. Their organs admit the
| crushing character of the DIS aster, but the
| Berlin FreIsinnige Zeitung finds comfort
| in predicting that the ultimate poll of tho
! party. combined with the Nolkepartei,
| Centrists and Socialists. will form an over
whelming plebiscite against the army
bill and the Huene compromise. 10
| is certain that If the plebiscite
| were to decide the fate of the govern
ment the enormous Socialistio vote already
| cast would determine that. But the army
| bill will depend upon final party combina.
| tions. regarding which it Is still hazardous
TO attempt TO form any definite conclusion.
| Herr Richter himself says 10 is doubtful
| whether a majority against the bill can yes
be inferred from the ascertained results.
In calculating what accession Of strength
| the Socialists will gain In the Reichstag
| the fact must be remembered that the
| whole force OF the party has always hIth-
! erto been polled on the first ballot. where-
Es. other parties, through anti-Soclslist
| coalitions. show the greatest strength on
| the reballot. liz was thus in 1890. when the
| Freisfnnige party won in all thirty-five
of the reballots between them and
| the Socialists. About eighty Socialists
|
! is a rational estimate TO credit them with
securing twenty-six more seats. Before
the election Herr VoIlmar one OF the sam
est heads Of the party. predicted that fifty
of his colleagues would appear IN the new
| Reichstag What ought to concern the
government quite as much as the increase
of Socialists in Parliament is the develop.
| ment of socialism throughout the country.
Chancellor Won Cspriyi held conferences
with the Emperor on Thursday and again
last evening. reporting 10 his Majesty the
character of the elections. Ii is rather
| significant that the semi-otlicIal organs to-
day recur TO suggestions as to how 10 curb
the popular vote.
The Socialist leaders purposed issuing
directions giving minute instructions as 10
! how the members of the party should vote
on the reballot. but decided to-day that
! broad moral principles alone should guido
them in their tactics. If the candidates OF
the party who stand in the reballot. pledge
] themselves TO resist attacks upon popular
| Suffrage and TO oppose an increase IN she
army and al increase of the taxation sf-
fectlng the masses. the Socialists may vote
for OF against them. or. If they it, alb
| stain from voting.
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