The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-22
THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.


Army Bill Much Hope-New Elections
Required in Many Districts.
BERLIN, June 19.-The election re-
turns are virtually complete. The re-
port from but one district is lacking.
The revision of the returns may
necessitate a few alterations, but
they will be trivial. The candi-
dates elected number 215. Of these
1O1 will vote for the army bill, ia
against it. In the following list by
parties the anti-Semetic conservatives
are included with the conservatives
and the Independents are treated as
members of the parties with which they
affiliated in the reichstag:
Lieber clerlcals, e.; social democrats %; con-
servatives and agrarians, "A; national liberals.
is; radical unionists who favor the bill, 4;
Poles. H. free conservatives, 10: clericals IA
vorable to the bill, II: Alsatians, z; south Ger
man democrats, 4; anti.Semites 1.-TWO of them
favoring the billy: Bavarian agrarians, z;
Guelphs, L; Danes, l; Bavarian separatists. 1.
Among the candidates in the 181 new
ballots there will be 10 Poles, 50 con-
servatives. agrarians, free conserva-
tives, 72 national liberals, 80 clericals,
~ social democrats, II radical union
lists, IS Richterists, 1e anti-Semites and
Guelphs.
, As was expected, the latest returns
have increased steadily thelist of mem
bers upon whom the government can
rely for support While the victories
Of the social democrats have been
regarded with alarm, their imme-
date effect upon the fate of
the army bill will be more than offset
by the Richter radicals. After four
hours in conference Saturday afternoon
the ministers who had met the chan
cellor to discuss the results of the cleo
ton decided that in view of the recent
returns it would be superfuous and in
expedient to issue an appeal to the
country before the second ballots.
The official returns from many con.
stituencies have been received and will
be published to-day. They contain
much interesting information as to votes
polled by conspicuous candidates. Count
by the agrarians in the Jerichow
district, received 1869 votes to 6,s4s
cast for Ferdinand Woellmer. radical,
who was the last member for the
district, G1oecke, the social democratic
candidate, received 4,431 votes Coun,
Herbert's majority over all, there
fore, was $50. He polled the
strength of the conservative vote
which on the FIRST ballot in 1890 wat
II, 1874 The radical vote in 1890 was
1854 and the socialist vote 2, 4s7 These
figures illustrate clearly how the social
lists Slapped the strength of the Richter
list vote. In Metz DR.. Haas, Alsatiar
and clerical, was elected by 1855 vote:
to 3,436 cast for Liebermann vor
Somnenberg, the anti-Semite, and 3,42s
for Wilhelm Liebknecht, leader Of the
social democrats. In Ragnit Count vor
Kanitz, the high protection conserva
tive, received $3.50 votes to 1,7SS cas-
for his opponent, DR.. Broesicke, of the
radical union.
| Rector Ahlwardt, the notorious Jew
batter now serving sentence for libe
in the Pioetzensee prison, swept every
thing before him in the Arnswalde dis
trict, his old constituency He pollet
s,O46 votes, while Bornstedt, regula,
conservative, received but 2,975; Ernst
radical unionist, but 1,447, and Millarg
social democrat, but 743.