The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
SOCIALISTS SWEEP LAND OF THE KAISER Relchstag Elections Result in
 Victory for Reds" BREAD, USURY, DEAR MEAT" With ThIs Slogan Hundreds of Women Toll HeroicaIly for the Success of
 the Tlcket--Tarlff Reform
 the Issue.
BREAD, USURY, DEAR MEAT"

Berlin, June 16.-The leading feature In today was the success of the social dem ocrats who have probably increased their representation in the Reichstag by ff- teen seats and their total vote to upwards of 2.5000 00O or 100000 more than in 1898. All the parties concede the success of the so- cialists which has been at the expense of them all.
 Socialists gained one seat in Berlin and e2O00 votes, seats in Dresden, Solignen, Pirna, zitta, Doebeln, Altemnburg. Darst- adt, Limbach, Schwartzberg, Bielefeld. Beyruth and Bremen. They lost seats in Sorau and Bernburg. The socialist gains in Saxony caused Herr Rebel tonight to call Saxony '4rhe Red Kingdom"
 The most pronounced socialist success was Essen Krupp's town, where the so- cialists increased their vote from 4,4O0 to 22, ,7O5. The Centrist party also increased its vote for there from 20,103 to 35,8s4.
 Returns Far From Complete.
 The returns as yet are far from com plete. In the city districts where the socialists are strong they are nearly all in. The rural and the small town dis tricts cannot change general results though their returns may swell the suc- cess of the socialists.
 Bremen is lost to the liberals, Herr Treso being defeated by saloonkeeper named Schmalfeldt. A confusing factor in fixing the relative position Of parties in the new parliament is the number or second elections which must be held on June 25 in all constituencies where no candidate received a majority. The num- Der of these second elections in 1898 was 1es out of 302. The elected are: Socialists 4e centrists 35 conservatives Il, Alsatians 6. national liberals 5, free conservatives 4, independents 8, Poles 9. Danes 1, Agrarian league i.
 In the foregoing districts the socialists have gained twelve seats and lost two.
 Women Electioneer.
 An extraordinary feature of the polling in Berlin was the part taken by socialist women. Hundreds went from house to house, bringing out laggard voters, wait ing at the exits of factories and mills and accompanied the different electors to the polls While the other parties had paid workers the socialists employed 1000 can yassers. who were unpaid. and alone Of all the parties they voted their fuil strength. They had bought up space on the municipal advertising pillars and DlaCardeQ LOOPS anu WHioO"S "'N'i P~ ~' legends. Fifty thousand copies or poem entitled 'Vote. Red" were circu- lated. At the most aristocratic balloting place, opposite the residence of the im- periai chancellor were socialist watchers and ticket distributors smartly dressed in frock coats and silk hats.
 Chancellor von Buelow did not vote, as he is kept abed by gastritic trouble. but nearly all the other members of the cabi- net voted at this place. Baron von Richt- hon came in as the judges were disput- ing the right of Louisiana negro to vote. He averred that he was a German subject but as his papers were incom- plete the judges were In doubt. "He Is my French cook" interrupted Baron Richthoff. "and a naturalized German" The negro's ballot was thereupon &C., cepted.
 Crown Princess Affair Is Felt.
 The affair of the late crown princess appears to have had some influence on the elections in Saxony, where great so- cialist gains were made; for instance. Of 5000 at Chemnitz and 4300 at Leipsic. A more potent cause of the socialist sue cess in Saxony. however. is the increased taxation due to a decrease in the railway receipts and the industrial depression. There as all over the empire. the social ist war cries were Bread" "Usury'' and Dear Meat"
 The Berliner Tageblatt says the food question gave the socialists their gains. and the result of the elections Is accept ed by that organ as a disapproval of the new tariff