Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-16

nounced in Crowded Beer Gardens.
 BERLIN, June 16.-This morning, re- turns of the election from 70 districts indi- cate that 36 have been carried by parties opposed to the Army bill, and 19 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 of their former seats, two to the Richter ists, or Social Democrats, as the second ballots shall decide, and one to South German Democrat. The government has won one seat from the opposition. The Social Democrats have won two seats be- sides having secured many chances for new victoses in the second ballot
 curious feature of their two accom- plished victories in new fields is that they won at the expense of the Richter Radi- calls, 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 Democratic gains are undoubtedly enormous. they will not prove so large probably as the re- ports so far hay @ indicated.
 The returns from the cities come in first and it is in the cities that the Social Dem ocratic candidate always run best. The Socialist vote in Berlin foots up 20, over the vote of 1890. They have been equally successful in Hamburg and Altoona.
 At this time it is figured that at least 45 districts will have to re-ballot.
 Very few voters went to the polls before noon. At that hour, when the workmen left the factories and other places where they were employed they walked in groups to the voting stations and deposited their ballots. Groups of the men sur rounded the election posters searching for information as to where the stations at which they were to vote were located.
 There are 638 stations in the city, 500 of them being in taverns and restaurants, while the remaining 128 are in school buildings and vestry halls.
 Chancellor von Caprivi and Dr. von Boetticher, Secretary of the Imperial Home Office, both voted at the Kaiserhof station.
 They apparently believed in depositing their ballots as soon as possible, for they were among the earliest voters at the polls.
 All the officials attached to the postoffice received five hours leave of absence in order that they might vote. Arrangements were made by which the fremen also and the men employed on the tramway and omnibus lines might go to the polls in re- lays Each relay was allowed two hours for voting purposes.
 number of men and women gathered at o'clock in the morning at the Book brewery, the headquarters of the Socialists in the second district. where Fischer ran. They devoted themselves to receiving orders for electoral tickets, while others scattered leaflets in behalf of the party broadcast.
 The Socialists displayed more activity than any of the other political groups. Women were as deeply interested in the success of the Social Democratic candidates as the men of the party, and they labored in every way to aid the candidates.
 At the headquarters of the Executive Committee telegram after telegram brought news of Social Democratic gains An enormous vote evidently was being nolled for Socialist candidates in the Rhine
 rovinces, Saxony, Hamburg, Frankfort un-the Main and other industrial centers Paul Singer, Socialist candidate in the Sixth district, were reported as sure of being returned by heavy ajOrit ties. The Socialists were also confident that they would capture the Third Berlin dis trict on the first poll, as at the last cleo tion they lacked only few votes of elect ing their candidate. In this district Herr Vogtherr ran in the Socialist interest. Fischer, Socialist, in the Second district, H duu ALlcOhhSChUS OSSloAlSu HI OAAO II 4AOA district, were regarded as likely to be ] elected on reballot.
 In Hamburg the balloting promises to | to result in the return of three Socialists Koenigsburg city was doubtful, but the | Socialists there said probably Herr | Schultze their candidate would be elected on 8 ballot. Herr Krupp. National | Liberal, running in Essen against Editor Stoetzel member of the Lieber wing oi | bo uoiH fo ha ting the support he expected. Dr. Stoec ker, anti-Semite at Siegen, Baron Ham. | mers: ein, Conservative at Siegen- Herford l and Eugene Richter, at Hagen, are re- ported as sure of their seats.
 The Agrarians were highly elated wheI they learned that Count Herbert Bismarck had run so unexpectedly well in the Jeri chow district that a ballot would prob ably be necessary. The general expecta was that Count Herbert would be beatel easily by his free trade antagonist. Re ports bring equally surprising news iron the First Berlin district, where Col. vol Egidy, anti Semitic, was said to bs polling
 very heavy vote among the wealthies
 and best educated voters. His candidac.
 was ridiculed during the campaign by al
 the Liberal newspapers The fight wa
 supposed to lie between his Socialist an
 Richterist opponents. Not a small part ( ! COI. VOn ESluyS anCl-OeLulClC support
 due to the efforts which Berlin society we
 men have made in his interest Curiousl
 enough many Jews from the Bourse als
 supported him.
 Between and 6 o'clock the heat il
 creased almost beyond endurance in tt
 ptreet. The beer halls and cafes ocean
 crowded with men anxious to get the fir
 news from the polls. and enormous qual ; titles of beer and wine were drunk. A
 the workingmen left the shops shortly afte
 o'clock. At first they thronged tl
 streets near the polling stations, then,
 evening came on, they joined the endles procession to the beer houses. They pr ) served everywhere perfect order.
 Ex-MinIster Phelps Prediction.
 NEW YORK, June 16.-Willian Walt
 Phelps, the retiring Minister from t United States to Germany, who arrived
 this country yesterday on the Spree, ga
 out the following: "I think the election
 Germany will go against the Kaiser al that means the defeat of the Army bi
 If this be done the Kaiser will doubtle
 dissolve the Reichstag and order auoth I olo