River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-22
The GERMAN ELECTIONS.
Latest Returns Give the Friends of the
Arnly Bill Much Hope-New Elections
Required In Many Districts.

Latest Returns Give the Friends of the
Army Bill Much Hope-New Elections
Required In Many Districts.
BERLIN, June 1s.-The election re-
turns are virtually complete. The re-
port from but one district is lacking.
The revision of the returns NAV
necessitate a few alterations, but
they will be trivial. The candi-
dates elected number 215. of these
10l 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, c.; social democrats. 20; con-
servatives and agrarians. ~; national liberals.
49, radical unionists who favor the BILL 4;
Poles. 10 free conservatives 10; clericals IA
vorable to the bill III: Aisatians Z; south Ger
man democrats, 4; anti-Semites. 1.-TWO of them
favoring the bin; Bavarian agrarians, .;
| Guelphs, l. Danes, l; Bavarian separatists. l.
Among the candidates in the isl new
ballots there will be 10 Poles, SO con-
servatives. 9 agrarians, free conserva-
tives, ~ national liberals, 80 clericals,
II social democrats, IL radical union
lists, 35 Richterists, l6 anti-Semites and
Guelphs.
As was expected, the latest returns
have increased steadily the list 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-
diatc effect upon the fate of
q l.. IL
by t4le Richter radicals. After four
houre in conference Saturday afternoon
the ministers who had met the chan
cello to discuss the results of the cleo
ton decided that in view of the recent
retu~rs it would be superhuous and in
expalient to issue an appeal to the
couIl.ry before the second ballots.
TIE official returns from many con-
stitkncies have been received and will
be published to-day. They contain
muaS Interesting information as TO votes
pollSd by conspicuous candidates Count
| Herbert Bismarck, who was elected
by the agrarians in the Jerichow
district, received II, 500 votes to 6,s4s
east Cor Ferdinand Woellmer. radical,
who was the last member for the
district, Gloecke, the social democratic
candidate, received 4,4S1 votes Count
Iierbert's majority over all, there
fore, was $50. He polled the
strength of the conservative vote,
which on the first ballot in 1890 was
1l,1s2. The radical vote in 1890 was
1854 and the socialist vote S,4s7 These
figures illustrate clearly how the social
lists Slapped the strength of the Richter
list vote. In Metz DR. Haas, Alsatian
and clerical, was elected by 9,655 votes
to 1896 east for Liebermann Won
Somnenberg. the anti-Semite, and 3,42s
for Wilhelm Liebknecht, leader of the
social democrats. In Ragnit Count Won
Kanitz. the high protection conserva-
tive, received $3.50 votes to 1,7sS cast
for his opponent, DIR. Broesicke, of the
radical union.
Rector Ahlwardt, the notorious jew
batter now serving sentence for libel
in the PloetZensee prison, swept every
thing before him in the Arnswalde dis
trict, his old constituency. He polled
S,O46 votes, while Bornstedt, regular
conservative, received but 2,973; Ernst,
radical unionist, but l,447, and Millarg,
social democrat but 743