▁death ▁as ▁este emed ▁Deput y ▁President . ▁ ▁E lection ▁campaign s ▁began ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁the ▁Second ▁Volks ra ad ▁was ▁founded . ▁H . J . ▁M ork el , ▁the ▁first ▁candidate ▁in ▁the ▁field , ▁was ▁a ▁flu ently ▁b iling ual ▁veter an ▁of ▁six ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁K ro on stad ▁in ▁the ▁Orange ▁Free ▁State ▁Volks ra ad , ▁but ▁had ▁to ▁withdraw ▁as ▁a ▁non - cit izen ▁of ▁the ▁Z AR . ▁This ▁decision ▁drew ▁criticism ▁from ▁Carl ▁Je ppe ▁and ▁Johannes ▁de ▁Me illon . ▁The ▁inqu iry ▁committee , ▁including ▁special ▁magistr ate ▁Carl ▁von ▁Brand is ▁and ▁min ing ▁commission er ▁Jan ▁E lo ff , ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁vote - c oun ters ▁were ▁not ▁sw orn ▁in ▁properly ▁and ▁that ▁Je ppe ▁had ▁supplied ▁vot ers ▁with ▁liqu or , ▁leading ▁the ▁Government ▁to ▁ann ul ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁election . ▁Thus , ▁the ▁Rand ▁had ▁only ▁Meyer ▁representing ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁First ▁Volks ra ad ▁and ▁nobody ▁in ▁the ▁Second . ▁Four ▁candidates ▁stood ▁for ▁the ▁by - e lection ▁re do ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 8 9 1 . ▁C . ▁L . ▁Ne eth ling ▁had ▁represented ▁Heidel berg ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁in ▁the ▁Volks ra ad , ▁but ▁could ▁not ▁obtain ▁the ▁necessary ▁sign atures ▁to ▁get ▁his ▁name ▁on ▁the ▁ball ot ▁and ▁therefore ▁with d rew , ▁in ▁part ▁due ▁to ▁bad ▁blood ▁between