The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-06-27
NEWS EROM EUROPE.
4 SMALL MAJORITY AGAINST THE
GERMAN ARMY MEASURE.
At Several Points Reballots VIII be Taken.
A Duel Fought Over the ElectiOn-Ex-
citement ia French Chambers.

Berlin. ,June 1S-The election returns
were virtually complete ut . o'clock this
afternoon. The report from but one dis
trict was then lacking. The revision of the
returns may necessitate few alterations,
but they will be trivial The candidates
elected number 215; of these 10l will vote
for the army bill and III against ii.
In the following list, by parties, the anti
semitic conservatives are included with the
conservatives. and the Independents are
treated as members of the parties who will
affiliate in the reichstaG:
I.icber-clerical, GS social democrats, %;
conservatives and agraria1, A. national
liberals, Is: radical unionists. who favor
the bill, +; Poles. -; free conservatives, 10;
clericals favorable to the bill, IL; AlSatians,
Z: south German democrats, +: anti-semte,
g. two of them favoring the bill; Bavaran
agrarians, ,; Guelphs, l; Danes, /; Bava-
rian scparatists, L. Kichterists. none.
Among the candidates i'll the ISL
new ballots there will be 10 Poles. - con-
servatives. 8 agrarians, Z free conserya-
tives. - national liberals. 30 clericals. u
social democrats. IL radical unionists, 30
RichtcriSts and s Guclphs.
AS was expected. the latest returns have
increased steadily the list Of members upon
which the government can rely for support.
Gratis have been regarded with alarm upon
The army bill, they will be more than off
set by the loss of Richter radicals. After
four hours in conference yesterday alter
noon, the ministers who had met the chan
cellor to discuss the results of the election,
decided that, i'll view of the recent returns,
it would be supertuous and ineXpedient to
issue an appeal 10 the country before the
second ballot. On Friday several ministers
favored this mode of arOuSing the voters
to support the government candidates, but
Yesterday only two of them were still III
favor of the plan. The great majority of
the ministers are confident that by means
of the conservatives, free conservatives and
national liberal clericalS they can secure Il
large number of seats at the second ballots
from the RichtcriStS and clerlcaS. They
depend upon the general alarm excited by
the social democratic victories, to drive
the clericalS and opposition clCTicalS into
the government camp III constituencies
where the contests are between conScrya-
tives or national liberal candidates and So
ciaistS. If these expectations are realized,
not only will the government open the
reichstag with almost hale the members on
its side. but will also be enabled at the 1nal
poll to keep the social democrats down to Il
total of forty or forty-f:ye seats.
Predicting MAJORITY for the Bin.
London. June 1S.-The Berlin correspond
ent of The Daily News says: There cannot
be the slightest doubt tnat the army bill
will be passed with Il good majority.
The Standards Berlin correspondent eX-
presses the same opinion somewhat less en-
phatically.
K.baItuio VIII Ee Taken III Several Points
Berlin, June 20.-Second ballots will be
taken in Lubbock, LepSic, i'rankfort-0n-the
Main and Elbcrs on June 2:;d. They viii
be taken generally i'll Prussia and SaIony
on June 9th and throughout Batavia and
Wurtemburg on June 18th. Rector Ahl
wardt, the jew batter, announced that he
will not sit in the rechStag for Arnswald
where the voters gave him Il large ma jority
over all on the first ballot. but will contest
Nuestettn with Hclsburg. conservatives
with whom he has the right of reba.lot.
Ahlwardt says he is sure of election i'll this
district which is strongly conservative.
The Catholic clergy regard with 'ilSappro
val the sporadic cartes which clericals are
closing with social democrats. Many OF
them are already admoniShing their parish
toner's that the socialists are enemies of so
ciety. In support of their attitude obey
cite the letter written III Dereuber, IS'A'
by the pope to Ludwig WindthorSt, the;
leader of the clerical party. In tins ietlrl
the pope says that ii WAS the duty OF al
Catholics to fight the socialists who aimed lt
undermine both church and state.
The first duel connected with the election
was fought near l[ocni%sbcrg yesterday by
Judge Heinrichs-Walde and Lawyer Schim
mel Pfcnng In the first exchange iiein
richS-Wade shot his opponent III lii" breast
The quarrel began il II discussion OF th'
results of the election.
In Alsacr Lorraine the social democrats
polcH 46.O11 votes: the c.crlcHIS ana pro
tors. 113.521; the Germans. 1900.