Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-06-23
EMPEROR'S CHERISHED PLANS
HAVE BEEN DEFEATED.
GERNANY'S GREATEST CONSTI-
TUTIONAL STRUGGLE.
Latest Returns from the German Elec-
uous Show That Parties Opposed
~ the Army Bill Are Greatly i'll
lie Lead-Decisive Vote VI the
feop4e brought Gut.

Berlin, June 15.-At = o CLOCK ills
.44u4 44I-, NC retuID-5 lrU-u ,cs enLy Ills
trlcLs Indicate tnal thIrIy-sM nave Deen
carried py parties opposed 10 The army
bill, n1teeu nave been carried Tor part
les fayoring the Dill aud nineteen III
doubt between the government ana
opposition parties, Wltn chances III the
majority Oh Inem strongly III favor OF
the government.
The government parties lost three OF
their former seats. Two to the social
democrats and one to Il south German
democrat.
The government won one seat. So
ciaI democrats Won two seats Deslues
having secured many chances for new
victories in the second Dollot.
Roughly speaking, the socialist vote
shows a great increase everywhere
The radical vote was diminished great
~.
Not 10 per cent. Of the votes cast in
Berlin favored the army bill. Pro
vincial returns appear to be equally
emphatic in the same direction. The
great SuCceSS VI LllS SoNlCt1 1SAAto~AtN~o
has caused d profound sensation.
At the Finish.
BERLIN, June 1.-THE elections are
now over and the result shows de-
cided aversion among the people to the
army bill. The exact results are not
vet known, but it is safe to say that
the ma iority against a big standing
army will be very pronounced.
The Earlier Reports.
BERLIN, June l5.-Not since the
stormy days of 1873 and lsS7-the days
of the "kultur kampf'' and the May
laws-has Germany been in the throes
of such excitement as prevails now,
eliminating in the elections for the
new Reichstag, when second and
more desperate effort will be made to
pass the army bill.
The Reichstag, which was dissolved
on May G, started in with ten party
divisions, including the so-called
/ "fractions-lose, or independents, and
the German Liberals dividing up into
fractions and the National Liberals
and Social Democrats inte1sifying
the divisions in their own ranks.
Eugen Richter, the new head Of the
| German Liberals, is the most bitter
enemy of the army bill, and ven Ben
ningsen heads the government party,
Virchow, the famous scientist stands
with Eugen Richter.
The vote by which thes famoE;e ARMY
! bill was defeated was2lO to l62y but this
was owing altogether te'the action OF
the laser himself, WAC refused to
sanction the Caprivi compromise:
1t is now understood that if tine.
II e. 4l,o
army bill the Kaiser villa declare it a
law and revolution may net be
among tle improba bilities.
The Emperor has done all in mis-
power to plav uGen the apprehensions
of Germany in such way as to secure
the return of deputies favorablR to his
demands, but the prospect, is shat he
will be weaker IN the new Relchstag
than in it's predecessor. The, Reich
stag Of Germans is elected:for period
Of five years. but it may be dissolved
bv the Emperor at any time, in. which
case a new house must be elected with
in sixty days The last election was
in 1890. The Nom bership of the Reich
stag is 397 and 236 of this number be-
long to Prussia, forty-eight to'BavaGla,
twenty-three to SaNoay, seventeen to
Wurtemburg and the rest to. the
SNl5lIcE lleIA OSA . VI ILES ASuS-3s'OS N' ANA1A
pire.
Of all the part the social Demo
Gratis are conducting their campaign III
( a mastery mann Ell. Their completed
list of candidates contains 81 names
5 Or but forty fewer than the.total num-
q Der of constituencies
t The anti-Semitesr publish lists, to
: show that they contest nipety-twd
4 constituencies. The Nat onal LIBERAL
t hope to contest 143. The Radical pc O
r pies party under Eugen &iehteg, hs
}, candida ties in 100: the Radical Unioa
V acknowledging the princi ples,o$ MaJo
e Hinze in eighty. Tke oppositioa
e tlericalf, under DIR. Liebsc, III
Y Prussian hater, are trying t
). hold their own in 100 districts
while the government slericals, ul2de
Freiherr Won Schorlen,er-Alst. have er
" tered the list with thirty champions G
n the army bill. The conservatives, haV
d candidates III ITO districts.
4 These figures convey but an 2nad'
Ig uuate idea. however of the multiple
D. itv of candidates IN most consult
20 encies, as many are men contestln
at several seats each. Thus among tn
a anti Semites, Zimmerman contests tot
m seats. Forester, seven, and Picker
Ill bach, six Finally the Gnelphs, Pole
Dem ocrats, Alsatians and indepen
ents contribute their shorter lists
CONSULTATIONS RI S1Sall tba GREAT total