St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-26
THE GERMAN ELECTION.

The cable indicates that the German
against the army bill by quite decided
majority. There were several issues at
stake besides the army bill, and the
government evidently offered the sacri-
fee of almost everything else for the
sake of carrying the election for the bill.
Had there been no issue but this one, it
seems very clear that the kaiser would
have received very much greater de-
feat. BISMARCK had covert motive
when he gave cOuntenance to the Anti
Semitic party. He held out to the people
that the Jews were centralizing the
capital of the nation at rate
that was threatening disaster to the
people. The argument had catch
ing sound, and it is not strange
that the party has been growing
stronger. CAPRIvI has used every
means to persuade the Social Democrats
that the financial distress arises from
the Capitalization of capital, and not
from supporting a large army. But
while his efforts have had the effect of
drawing little of the strength of the
Social Democrats over to the Anti-Se-
mite party, it seems that he has fallen
far short of his mark. After all his efforts
the Anti-Semites have returned but
seven, while the Social Democrats have
returned fifty-three. 1t was the hope
of the government, when the returns of
the main election showed that not
RichteriSt was elected, that that party
was wiped out: but in the by-elections
the Richterists come in with fifteen
members. There are eighty-one coll
stituencies yet to be heard from; but the
result, it would seem, cannot be
changed. for there is in sight majority
of sixteen against the army bill, and in
the districts not returned the opposition
seems to have decidedly the best chance
Of winning.
W lille the crown sought to lay aside
other issues, unite its own forces, and
set in operation means of Spreading
diScoId among the socialist factions and
other natural opponents of the bill, the
socialists have been equally busy in
dropping all their differences and pre-
sentinga solid front against this one
issue. They also maneuyered their
campaign SO adroitly as to hold i'll line
with them enough of the opponents of
the bill who were not socialists to give
them material additional strength. The
second ballots to be taken in Bavaria
today are expected to greatly strengthen
the Clericals. and give some increase to
the Social Democrats and the South
German Democrats in the reichStag.
There seems no reason to doubt that
the crown IS defeated by a decided
majority.
What will Kaiser WILHELM dc now?
is the question which naturally arises
in everybody's mind He has made the
threat that if the election should. go
against the army bill he would declare
the bill law i'll spite Of the iawmak-
ing power, and seek to enforce it. Will
he carry out his threat? From his for
mer conduct IN various matters most
people are prepared to believe that he
will. If he does. he will without doubt
sprecipitate areyotution; for the opposi-
ton has felt its strength. and will not
tamely submit to so despotic move
ment.
The German male populace has been
bred to military tactics, and about every
adult is skilled in the military maneu-
yers and the use of weapons. In CASE
OF an uprising, it is not clear that thr
kaiser could depend upon his entire