The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-25
GERMANY'S BYE ELECTIONS
Gains Made by Parties That Have Prom.
ised to Support the Army Bill.
Indications Now Point to q Government Ma
jority of One in the Reichstag-Professor
Virchow Beaten by q Socialist.

BERLIN, June 24.-The progress of to-
days bye-elections appears to support the
governments calculation that the rebsllot-
ing will give it sixty -nine seats. Taking the
adherents of the army bill elected on tho
first ballot at $50. the government will thus
have in the new Reichstag 1919 votes out of
397. A bare majority of one vote is
not much to rejoice over, yet the
government organs express content
with the result of the voting. In
Berlin to-day phenomenal quiet
prevailed In the second district. where a
second ballot was taken to decide which
party would have the seat. The National
Liberals and Centrists voted for Prof Ru-
doiph Virchow. the candidate Of the Rad
ical Peoples party. but the united strength
of the three parties was not Sufficient to
defeat Herr Richter, the candidate of the
Social Democrats. In the first Ber-
lin district, where a reballot was
also necessary. DR.. Langerbaus.
Richterist, to-day scored the first
success get credited to that party or fac
tion. DR.. Langerhaus poiled 3. 743 votes,
against q. 459 Gust for Herr Taeterow, VINO
stood In the interest Of the Social Demo
haus was partly due TO the support given
him by the National Liberals and Con-
trists. Every where the Social Democrats
are polling their last man, while the cOali-
tions against them are irregular and indo-
lent. 4 feature of the campaign has been
the appearance of O large number of for.
eign Socialists, Czechs and Austrlans. who
are assisting the canvass of their German
brethren.
The results of second ballots in seventy
five constituencies were known az mid
night With these additions TO the Iisr of
candidates elected on June Is the strength
Of the parties so far as known is: Clerlcals,
73: Social Democrats. A. Conservatives and
AgTarians, SO; National Liberals, 33; Rac-
ical Unionists IL; Poles. Ii; Free Conserve
tives. IA: Government Clericals. IL; south
German Democrats. &; Alsatians, z; Richter
Radicals. l.; Anti.Somites, 8; Guelph. j;
Dane. /; Bavarian Peasants League, l; Ba-
varian Particuiarlst. l. Of these Deputies
las are counted with the opposition and l39
with the government. The main features
OF tO-day's ele;tions were the wrestling OF
Essen from the Clericals ba Cannon
King" Krupp. the retiring of Prot. Rudolph
VirchOw TO private life at the end OF his
thirteenth year in the Reichstag, the de-
feat of Max Broemel, the leader of the Dis
sident Radicals by the Socialists In Stettin,
the victory in Halle of DIR. Alexander
Myer. also q Dissident X adical leader, over
the Social Democrat who held the seat in
the lheb helcuSta2. ana tue electiOD In
Hagen of Eugene Richter. the leader of the
opposition Radical party.
The freisiniRe ZeitunR sent out q reGi-
ment OF men carrying sandwiches for the
voters for the Freisinnige party, and they
were seen to-day patroiling the streets IN
the vicinity of the polling places. The
weather in Berlin to-day was rainy and
suitry. Up to3 O'Clock barely % per cent
OF the electors had cast their ballots. but
after that honr they came In a rolling tide:
the workingmen swelling the Socialists
totals. Basins the calculation on the most
reliable data. the aggregate Socialist vote
will fall short of the two million predicted
by the Eorwaerts aud the Cologne Gazette.
1t IS estimated that the vote will show an
increase of 900 over that polied IN 1890.
The anti-Semltic vote is calculated at 5000
being ten times the number of votes cast
By that party in 1890. Both sections of tho
Freisinnige parry east total vote Of so. 000.
q loss OF 213300 votes since 1871. The
enormous increase IN the anti-Semltic vote
accounts for the failure o. the socialists
TO reach the fignre thoyS expected the
antl-Semitics drawing large Proposition