Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-22

DclI.LI, j lille Io.-AL U CIUCn illS
LIZ. 1880, ieLt4ID-, lion eAty u.S-
cal l1tu " parues opposed ~ lne army
I'LL, nIteen nave been Carrlel IOr part
les Iavorlng the Oil and nineteen LII
doubt between the government ana
opposition parties, with chances III the
Majority OF rhem strongly IN favor OF
the government.
The government parties lost three Of
their former seats. Two to the social
democrats and one to u south German
democrat.
The government won one Seat So
cial democrats won two seats besides
having secured many chances for new
victories in the second bOllOt.
Roughly speaking, the socialist vote
shows a great Increase everywhere
Iy.
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 of the social democrats
has caused a profound sensation.
At the Finish.
BERLIN, June 15.-The elections are
now over and the result shows a de-
cided aversion among the people to the
army bill. The exact results are not
yet known, but it is safe to say that
the majority against a big standing
army will be very pronounced.
The Earlier Reports.
BERLIN, June 15.-Not since the
stormy days Of 1878 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 6, started in with ten party
divisions, including the so-called
''fractions-lose," or Independents, and
ended up with thirteen or fourteen,
the German Liberals dividing up into
fractions and the National Liberals
and Social Democrats intensifying
the divisions in their own ranks.
eli hlCuIeI. UIltc new ncdQ OF the
German Liberals, is the most bitter
enemy of the army bill, and Won Ben
ningsen heads the government party,
Virchow, the famous scientist, stands
with Eugen Richter.
The vote by which the famous army
bill was defeated was 21Oto 162, but this
was owing altogether to the action of
the Kaiser himself, who refused to
sanction the Caprivi compromise.
1t is now understood that if the
Reichstag elected fails to pass the
army bill the Kaiser will declare it a
law and a revolution may not be
among tie improba bilities.
The Emperor has done all in his
power to play upon the apprehensions
of Germany in such way as to secure
the return of deputies favorable to his
demands, but the prospect is that he
will be weaker in the new Reichstag
than in its predecessor. The Reich
stag Of Germany is elected for d period
of five years, but it may be dissolved
by 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 mem bership OF the Reich
stag is 397 and 236 of this number be-
long to Prussia, forty-eight to Bavaria,
twenty-three to SaNony, seventeen to
Wurtemburg and the rest to the
smaller mem bers of the federated EN-
pire
Of all the par ties the social Demo-
Gratis are conducting their campaign in
a mastery manner, Their completed
list Of candidates contains 357 names,
or but forty fewer than the total num-
Der of constituencies.
The anti-Semites publish lists to
show that they contest ninety-two
constituencies. The National Liberals
hope to contest 142. The Radical pc O.
pies party, under Eugen Richter, has
candida ties in 100; the Radical Union,
acknowledging the principles of Major
Hinze, in eighty. The opposition
flericalf, under DIR. Lieber, the
Prussian hater, are trying to
hold their own in 100 districts,
while the government clericals, under
Freiherr Won Schorlemer-Alst.h have en-
tered the list with thirty champions of
the army bill. The conservatives have
candidates III ITO dist icis.
These figures convey but an made
quate idea, however. of the multiplic-
itv of candidates in most constitu-
encies, as many are mon contesting
several seats each. Thus, among the
! anti-Semites, Zimmerman contests four
seats, Forester, seven, and Picken-
bach, six. Finally the Guelphs, Poles,
Dem ocrats, Alsatians and independ-
ents contribute their shorter lists of
candidates to swell the great total.
RATCHET FOUND AT BORDEN'S.