The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
SOCIALISTS VICTORY
AT ALLIES EXPENSE.
Two Radical Parties Fail TO Obtain
Single Seat in Reichstag at
First Election.
CENTER PARTY IN THE LEAD.
Members of the Agrarian League
Drop Out-Prince Herbert
Bismarck Obliged TO
Submit 10 Reballot.
CENTER PARTY IN THE LEAD.

Berlin. June f..-The Socialists victory at
the Reichstag elections yesterday was large
~ at the expense of the two Radical par
ties, who voted as the Socialists did in the
last Reichstag on tariff. military and naval
affairs.
Hence. on these questions. the new house
is not distinctly different from the old one.
The official returns from $50 constituencies
are: Socialists, 50; Center party, 60; Con-
servatives, n: Free Conservatives. 4; Ma
tional Liberals, 6; Poles. ); other factions,
L Total of members elected ISL.
Second elections are required in l69 con-
stituencies.
The failure of either of the Radical parties
to get single seat does not mean that they
will not get a number of members at the
second election, as then their candidates
will be supported by all the anti-Scciaiist
parties.
The Socialists gains are twenty-five seats.
compared with the first ballotings of 1898.
From nfnety-eight second ballonnss then
they elected twenty-four members.
the Socialists say they expect TO reach
eighty members through the reballots.
AGRARIANS oUSTED.
The most striking results of the elections
aside from the Socialist gains are the losses
of the two Radical factions and the disap-
pearance of the members of the Agrarian
League The latter with four members in
the present House. failed to re-elect any OF
them. Doctor Oertel. editor of the Agrarian
Tases Zeitung. secures reballot at Frey
borg, Saxony. with every prospect that the
Socialists will defeat HIM. Herr Han. the
president of the league. and Doctor Roe
sickle. its vice president. are retired.
The Barth Radicals get twenty-five re-
ballots and twelve seats, which they held
Doctor Barth gets reballot in the Koeslin
district. with the apparently certain pros
pcct of beating the Conservative candidate
through Socialist assistance.
Herr Richter must submit TO a reballot in
the Hagen district. where the Socialist can
didate leads by 1856 votes, but Herr Richter
will win through National Liberal and Cen
ter party votes.
The National Liberals elect five, against
seven. members in 1898 and get fifty-siX re-
ballots against forty-eight seats, which they
held. The Center party apparently holds its
own. 1t has elected sixty-eight members SO
far as reported, but forty-four districts
which have not Vet been heard from will in
crease the number considerably. The Center
party elected eighty-two members on the
first ballots in 1898.
No strong member of the Center party
was beaten yesterday. The party viii prob
ably retain its present strength although
the Socialists made inroads on many of the
Center party constituencies
Prince Herbert Bismarck failed to be
elected. and must undergo a rerote against
a Socialist.
The most remarkable Socialist gains We're
in the Kingdom of Saxony. where they
elected eighteen out Of total of twenty
three members. and get reballots in five
districts. with excellent chances Of Win
ming in most OF them.
The Dresiener Nachrichten admits that
the Socialists polled 10000 majority over
all other parties in the kingdom, and the
Vorwaerts (organ of the Socialists), boasts
to-day that SaXony is Socialist State.
The official frankly admitted that the men
of the Sixth servian Infantry who were en-
terly ignorant of what they were doing.
After the assassinations. an officer of the
regiment on returning 10 his men. called
for shouts of Long live Peter Kara-GeorSe-
WITCH" but the men remained silent. and
only repeated commands, accompanied by
threats induced them TO cheer.
The official concluded with cheerfully re-
marking:
"Bygones are bygones. Now thu. the
Car has recognized King Peter, all the