Evening star., 1912-01-13
A ROOSEVELT QUERY RESULT IS IN D0Ub'
Some Republicans Asking Why Many Second Ballots Neces
He Is Partys Hope. sary in German Elections.
NOT CERTAIN OF STRENGTH SOCIALISTS MAKE GAIN
That He Could But Not Sufficient Overcome Coz
Lead to Victory servative-C Clerical Coalition.
ASK FAIR PLAY FOR TAFT RADICALS LOSE ALL MEMBER
Talk of Being Fail Retain Single Constt.
Masses Lacks De6niteness to of
Seats Of Dsafection at
Many Second Ballots Neces-
sary in German Elections.
SOCIALISTS MAKE GAINS
But Not Sufficient to Overcome Con-
servative-C Clerical Coalition.
RADICALS LOSE ALL MEMBERS
Fail to Retain a Single Constitu-
ency of Forty-Nine Held
at Dissolution.

BERLIN, January 13.-Unofhcial returns
Of the result of the polling for the elec
tons to the reichstag have been received
from all of the 397 constituencies, bu
owing to discrepancies in the tabulation!
it is still difficult to make any definit,
prediction of the complexion of the nev
re chstag. There are 1S9 constituencies
in which second ballot will be neces
sary.
The conservative-clerical coalition, which
has had uncontrolled domination Of tn,
imperial parliament since the fall O.
Prince Won Buelow. has been badly shak
en- on this occasion. Its absolute majorit,
probably is thing of the past, but thu
combination Of the two powerful partie.
must still be reckoned with as the strong
est factor in the reichstag.
Socialists Make Gains.
of their elected members already to sixty
four. or, according to some reports, t.
sixty-six, of whom twenty-six wrestel
their seats from members Of other
parties, and the socialists also are con-
cerned in 10 second ballots. They neeG
only to hold their own in the reballot.
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strong. numerically. as they were In 1908
when their representation reached high
water mark. They will probably this yea
pass their old limit of eighty -one deputies
by ten. as they seem to be almost Ger.
tain of securing ninety or ninety-one
seats.
The national liberals and the radicals
have paid the major portion Of the bill fol
the socialist feast at the first ballots, but
the conservatives and centrists will pay
sy1l@ - l.
second ballots. In 1O6 Of these the con-
servatives and clericals face an adverse
majority of radicals, liberals and social.
lists. and many Of the seats will be lost tc
them if the three more democratic parties
combine, as they probably will do in most
cases.
Latest Available Figures.
The latest and most correct non-offl.
cial figures of the results Of the first
ballots are as follows:
OF the conservatives. with theiS anti
Semitic and Agrarian allies. forty-dve
have been elected, against dfty-qtne
elected at the first ballots In 1907. 4nd
as compared with 103. which was their
strength at the dissolution.
OF the center, with their Polish and
Alsatian allies, 102 have been elected.
against 1O8 at the first ballots in 1907,
and compared with 40 at the dissolu-
ton.
OF the national liberals. five have been
elected. against eighteen at the first
ballots in 1907. compared with ffty-one,
their strength at the dissolution.
OF the radicals, none has been elected,
against nine at the first ballots in
1907, and compared with forty-nine.
their strength at the dissolution.
OF the socialists sixty-four nave been
elected as compared with thirty at the
first ballots in 1907 and fifty-three their
strength at the dissolution.
Two Independents Elected.
Two independents also have been
elected. -
The conservatives are contestants at
the second ballots in eighty-two con-
stituencies, the centrists in forty-three
the national-liberals in sixty-four. the
radicals in fifty-six and the socialists in
122.
The gain of the socialists thus far IL
twenty EIGHT seats. Of which eight were
captured from radicals, nine from ma
tiona. liberals. two from centrtsts and
nine from conservatives.
A disturbance occurred at Dortmund
during the election, the socialists and
national-liberals coming to blows on the
streets Otherwise no incidents are re-
ported.