The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-29

and in order to make them go down tn
more easily he has had the assurance T.
pretend that they we're not his.
II that Is the sort OF support upon whicl
DR.. BRIGGS relies In the Presbyterian min
istry, he is doomed to stand alone and I'm
aided in his exile The army behind him Il
a collection Of towards. II truth. consls
tency. honesty. and fair dealing are reQul
sito in the pulpit, II tergiversation is not I
virtue there. the period OF the usefulness o
tho Rev. WILTON MERLE SMITH as q Chris
tian minister seems to have come to close
Final Result OF tho German Elections
The second ballotings have taken place
| throughout the German empire. and returns
have been received from SOL out Of 397 con
stituencies. In the six districts not YET
heard from. the relative strength Of the
parties Is we'll known. and 1t may be taken
for granted that the Government has car.
ried five Of them. and the Opposition one
On tho face Of these data. the Emperor and
his Chancellor are beaten, SO far as they
entertained the hope Of passing the Army
bill in Its original form. That fact has beer
recognized and the Bundesrath or Federal
on the lines Of the amendment proposed by
Baron Won HUENE in the last Reichstag
Will even this modified demand DO granted
The Government say Yes. and figure out an
aggregate vote of 200. which. OF course.
would DO more than sufficient. since 1s9
would be bare majority OF the German
National Assembly. Still. II we ask how
this estimate is reached. We shall find
that the authors of it must rely on private
assurances from members who. during the
canvass. were understood to be opposed to
the bill In any shape which the Kaiser
would be willing to accept
In the outcome Of this general election.
as finally determined by the second ballot
ings. there have been not a few surprises.
The Socialists and the Clericais have car
rled fewer seats than was expected. and
the Richterists have been so weakened that.
at one time. they seemed threatened with
humiliation. On the other hand. the Con-
servatives have returned considerably
more members than they had in the last
Reichstag. and the National Liberals
whose seats. 1t was predicted. would be cut
down from 4s to 80. will actually muster 40.
OF avowed anti-Semites. there will be no
fewer than 10. and a large number of Con-
servatives and Clericals are thought to
have owed their election to profession OF
anti-Semitic opinion.
Let us see. now. how tho Government
makes up an aggregate Of 200 favorable
votes. The Conservatives and Imperialists
will, between them. contribute SO. the Ma
tional Liberals 40. and the Clericals who
are Influenced by Baron SCHoRLEMER-ALsr
will add 8. to which should be append
ed the partisans Of the Chancellor
known to DO elected in districts
not yet heard from. About these 1863
votes. there seems to DO no doubt The
dence on 8 votes from Alsatians. 2 from
Agrarans. and from Independents. ada
vancing the total to 172. To obtain their
Wanted aggregate Of 200. the Kaiser's fol-
lowers also reckon on securing the VOTES Of
all the 10 Polish members and Of all the IS
1t Is true that. in the last
all the Poles voted for the Army
bill, but O number OF them were severely
rebuked by their constituents. and 1t is by
no means certain that tho Chancellor will
again receive the unanimous support OF tho
Polish contingent. Then again, Of the anti
five were elected upon a platform
of uncompromising opposition to the mil
tary project. and 1t Is scarcely conceivable
hat these will venture to break faith with
heir constituents. Should these five anti
Semtes keep their promises to the voters.
The Government majority would be cut
Town to 1879. and would then be at the mercy
'f the detection Of single Pole.
nt,A I,@ 4
hat the Opposition. to whom the friends OF
he Army bill concede 1888 votes. have In
heir ranks eight Guelphs. who. as the name
IMPLIES. are, above all. devoted partisans OF
he house OF Hanover. In the last Relchs-
ag. undoubtedly. the Guelphs showed
themselves irreconcilably hostile to the
army bill. But they will obey any injunc-
Ion OF the man whom they look upon as
heir rightful sovereign, the Duke Of Cum |
and he would be certain to Soc |
nd the wishes OF the Emperor, were he |
ermitted to take possession of the Duchy |
I Brunswick. which he has inherited. Per- |
APPS this is the trump card which the Chan
ellor will play at the last moment. and |
'hlch will explain tho expressions of con-
dence that scarcely seem justified on the
ace OF the returns.
Admitting that the calculations OF the
government newspapers are we'll founded.
that must We recognize that the Emperor
as gained by his appeal to the people
10 has gained precisely the difference be-
ween the HUENE and the HISzE amend
tents. The Army bill. as amended by
aron Won HUENE. could not have been car
Ied through the last National Assembly.
ecause those members of the Freisinnige
arty who have since seeded under the
anne OF Radical-Unionists did not consider
hat the amendment went far enough. So.
ne OF their number. Major HNzE. prepared
n amendment OF his own: and. thus modi-
ed. the bill could have been passed on the
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