Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-01-13
BIG GAINS By
SOCIALISTS
Conservative Clerical Coali-
ton Loses Control of the
Reichstag
KAISER IS BADLY DEFEATED
The Catholic Party Records
Smallest Losses to the
Proletariat.

(By Special Leased WIRE to ,yew Mexycan)
/ Berlin. Jan 13.-Unofficial returns
/ OF the result of the polling of the cleo
tions to the Reichstag have been re-
ceiVed from all Of 397 constituencies,
! but owing to discrepancies in the tab
ulations, it is still difficult to make
any definite prediction of the com-
pleXion of the new Reichstag. There
are 1S9 constituencies in which a sec
Ond ballot will be necessary. The
Clerical Coalition, which
| las had uncontrolled domination of
| the imperial parliament since the fall
of Prince Won BuelOw, has been badly
shaken on this occasion. It's absolute
majority probably is thing of the
past, but the combination of two pow
erful parties must still be reckoned
with as the strongest factor in the
Reichstag
Big Gains BY Socialists.
The Socialists have run up the num-
Der of their elected members to Ga, or,
according to some reports to &C, of
whom 26 wrested their seats from
members of other parties: and the So
clalists also are concerned in 1872 sec
ond ballots. They need only to hold
their own in the re-ballots in order to
return to the Reichstag as strong nu-
merically as they were in 1903, when
their representation reached high wa
ter mark. This year probably they
will pass their old limit Of 81 depu-
ties by 10, as they seem to be almost
certain OF securing 80 or 81 seats.
The National Liberals and the radi-
Gals have paid the major portion of
the bill for the Socialist feast at the
first ballot, but the Conservatives and
Centrists will pay the remainder of
the reckoning at the second ballots.
IT. 106 of these, the Conservatives and
Clericals face an adverse majority of
Radicals, Liberals and Socialists, and
many of the seats will be Lost to them
| if the three more Democratic parties
combine, as probably they will do in
most cases
| The latest and most correct non-offi-
cial figures of the results of the first
ballots follows: OF the Conservatives.
with their anti-Semite and agrarian al
| lies, 50 have been elected again 50
! elected at the first ballots in 1907, ana
as compared with 1903, which was
their strength at the dissolution
! Of the Center, with their Polish and
Alsatian allies. 102 elected against 10S
at the first ballots in 1907, and 140 at
the dissolution.
Of the National-Liberals, five elect
ed against IS at the first ballots in
1907 and with 81 at the dissolution.
OF the Radicals, none elected
against 9 at the first ballots in 1907
and with 40 at the dissolution.
OF the Socialists GA elected as COM
pared with 80 at the first ballot in
| 1907 and 50 at the dissolution.
Two Independents also have been
elected.
| The Conservatives are contestants
a. the second ballots in SO constituent
cies, the Centrists in 43, the National
Liberals in GA, the Radicals in Sc and
the Socialists in 122.
The gain of the Socialists thus far
/ is % seats of which were captured
from Radicals, nine from National
Liberals, two from Centrists, and 9
from Liberalists.
A disturbance occurred at Dort-
mund during the elections, the Social
lists and National-Liberals coming to
blows on the streets.