Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-14
Conservatives and Clericals Prob
ably Will Lose Control.
ONE DISTURBANCE Is REPORTED
Liberals and Socialists Come to
Blows in Dortmund Streets.
HOW THE GAINS ARE DIVIDED
Socialists SO Far Have Captured
Eight Seats From Radicals. Nine
From National Liberals and
Nine From Conservatives.

= BERLIN. Jan. ls.-Unotficisl returns Of
the result of tho polling OF the elections
to the ReIchsta9 have been received from
all OF 81 constituencies. but owing to
discrepancies In the tabuletions 1t is sun
difficult to make any definite prediction
OF the complexion OF the new Reichstag.
There are lss constituencies in which a
second ballot will be necessary.
NThs conservative clerical coalition,
which has had uncontrolled domination
Of tho imperial Parliament since the fall
OF Prince Won Buslow. has bean badly
shaken on this occasion. Its absolute
majority probably IL q thing OF the past,
hut thsl combination of two powerful
parties must stili 10 reelssned with as
the strongest factor IN the Reachstas.
Socialists Make Gains.
The socialists have run up the number
OF thdr elected Eo1sbers already to
sixty-four or, according TO soune reports.
TO sixty-slx. Of whom twenty-slx wrested
their seats from nsmbsrs OF other parties
and the socialists alEo are concerned In
j., second ballats. They need only 20
hold their own IN the reballots In order
10 return 10 the Tlaiohstag as strong
numsricaliy as they were IN 1905, whsn
their REPRESENTATION, reached high water
snark. They will probably this year pass
their old limit Of elsaty-one deputies by
ten, 90 they seem 90 hs almost GER
tain OF securing ninety or ninety-one
seats.
The national liberals aud the radicals
have paid the major portion OF the Dill
for the socialist feast at the fret ballots,
but the conservatives and centrists VIII
pay the remainder Of the reckoning at
the second ballots. In i0s OF these the
conservatives and olerieais fHce an ad-
verse majority OF radicals, liberals and
socialists and many OF these viii be lost
TO them 10 thres more Democratic parties
combine. as they probably will DO In most
cases
Latest Figures Available.
The most correct non-offlciai figures Of
.he results Of the first ballots are as
follows:
(of the conservatives, with their anti
'ser,ite and agrarian allies. IS have been
elected, against So elected ct tho first
ballots in 1907, and as compared with
ks. which was their strength at tile dis
solution.
OF the center. with their Polish and
AIsatian allies, 100 elected, against ios
at the first ballots In 1907 and 40 at the
dissolution. 4
OF the national liberals. elected
AGAINST Is at the first ballots in 1907. and
with 81 at the dissolution.
OF the radicals, none elected. against
Rt the first ballots in 1907. and with -
at the dissolution.
OF the socialists, q elected. as COM
pared with % at the first ballots in 1907
and . at the dissolution.
Two independents also have been
elected.
The conservatives are contestants al
the second ballots in eighty-two constit-
uencies. the centris;s n forty-three. the
national liberals in sixty-four. the rad
fcals in fifty-six, and the socialists in 122.
The gain OF tho socialists thus far is
twenty-eight seats, Of which eight were
captured from tho radicals. nine from
nAtional-liberals. two from centrists, and
nine from conservatives.
A disturbance Occurred at Dortmund
during the elections tho socialists and
rational liberals coming TO blows on the
streets. Otherwise. no incidents are re-
ported.