New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-01

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success OF the Liberal effort to neutrazo IL was
complete. .-no,tad
Mr.. Hughes had close instead OF ms peDt
wa-over ut Frome The Tories ut inc iss' ;ha,aI
sent down Dlr SERGEANT Sleigh. fenes dd in railing
who spent money like water and t Wuabass old
476 votes to 81 for Mr. hughes, III Of the two Lib
eTal candidates held out better .iam n Nj Morgan
candidate with an arstOcratlc naii H. H to 70 one
| Howard, who was beaten oo pS n
J." a. padtorS Mr. w f. Forster, one OF America
stanchest friends all through inc os w Tssected His
victory will be less gratifylngt TO himself on aI tbe
of tbe dcfeat of his colleague, Mr. Edward Mal, uno
editor of The Con9T n T R%a Mr. mr. Mail oT' is not
iv against the Irish Church; no is against an
GbErch establishments, and the religious Dlg1try oi
n ls 70 for his defeat. Mr.. Ripley, who was
Started by the churchmen as an Independent ooias
candidate. for some hours headed the POLL anu Mas
finally returned by about 7oO maloriy o 'no ovar
Mall; Mr. Forster having majority OF ioo over
Ripley There was no Tory candidate Mr. MAI AL
contested Bradford in 1867, on the DEAN o1 T M,
Wickham and was beaten by 1,s01 TO zSlo hc c,o
We're then but $3.50 registered electOrs1all Ely
householders. This year Mr. Forster poiied ''oo'
Prof Fawcetts election for Brighton was thought
to be in some danger there being four Liberal ana
two Tory candidates for only two seats but MI.
Fawcett and his Liberal colleague the two 1orlhor
members, were chosen by majority of nearly three
to one over their highest Liberal competitor. Ino
Liberal divisions allowed Tory. Dir: AshDury; 70
within less than 3OO votes OF Dlf Fa"Cotv' NO
totals are not much greater than in the last election
and not nearly equal to the whole number OF regis
tered electors under the old act before tne las. IVA
form BILL Brighton bad 6.352 electors ana Pollcu
nearly 900 of them. This year the combined VOte
of the two highest opponents White ana AshDiry, 10
but 6253. This is ore instance, out Oh very niaiiS
where the new constituencies turn out TO De either
mnch fewer in number than were expected, or
where the interest of the new voters Is not great
enough to carry them to the polls In many cases
voter has no chance to go to the polls unless ne IL
willing to sacrifice a whole days pay. Inc OMNIBUS
driver by whose side rode homo late lasting hh9
interest enough in poes 20 ten me en ahv ht not
interest enough to vote at q cost OF SIX snillngs
There are about 800 drivers and conductors ~ lne
employ S the ooS gTta' fTom seven in the morning
till 11:l5 at night The polls are open IRON elght 10
four No man can leave his work for hali-an-Iour 10
vote If goes at ALL he must 90 Tor the whole uay
and don't suppose ten of them did that. Some OF
the great manufacturers and other employers Oh
labor mostly Liberal, give part holiday, OF tno
workingmen vote at their dinner hour, Dut IN many
eases Tory masters threw every difficulty in the way
Of men who wanted 10 vote for Liberal candldatrs.
Mr. Stansfeld was returned from Halifax, no Tory
contestng Mr.. L. Il. Potter from Rochdale by l,DV
majority over Conservative opponent who started
up at the eleventh hour. ROchdalo Is BIT; Brghts
home and was the constituency of Mr. Cobuen since
whose DEATH in 1885, Mr. Potter has had the seat Inc
Reform bill has immensely increased the number OF
voters. who were but LAP in all at the Last election
while yesterday there were 14s Votes acIa i NY
poed, Of which the Conservative Candidate got the
rather surprising number OF 1921.
Mr. Kinglake had close contest in his old borough
of Bridgewater, the Tories Leading IN an alarming
way early in the morning. He finally beat his strong
est opponent by just 80 votes In pou OF l4ls MS
Liberal colleague coming in With him Inns Is one
of several constituencies which sent US very
fore night The fact is another evidence OF tho more
perfect discipline which the Tories, even though
fighting desperate battle, everywhere keep up ana
which in more than one instance yesterday brought
about Liberal defeat which little care would have
averted. am heartily glad that Mr. KiDglakes bat
Manchester returns Sir. Jacob Bright brother to
John Bright but puts him at the foot of the poll
! thanks once more to the Minority Clause and Its
endless vexations. There was great danger at ono
time of the day that two Tories would come H. and
this disgrace only put aside by the generous re-
trement of Mr. Ernest Jones' the most radical OF me
four Liberal candidates As II is. Tory comes In at
the head of the poll and the two old Liberal mem
| bers are returned by narrow majoritles over the
| second Tory. Manchester had q constituency for
merly of q 92 registered electors Like most OF the
| great manufacturing towns. she sends her new
electors 10 the poll in strong force and tho two lead
ing opponents have between them @68' votes. pr,
ley iC.l has 15,4s2. Bagey d. 14,2lO, Bright tl)
1s49 and this does not represent tine real strength
more than 10000 votes before he Withdrew to secure
Mr. Brights return. 1t may be estimated that about
34,OO0 electors went to the poll. ,
Leeds. another Of the towns made victims 10 the
Minority Clause, returns two Liberals; our good
friend Edward Baines, proprietor OF me Leeds MOT
curry coming in at the head as he onght 10 be- ana
Tory at the tail he ought to be. About 5000 votes
were polled; the old constituency did not exceed
s,4S registered electors.
Among the elected OF defeated of yesterday, re-
member no other special friend to America. except
Mr.. 7. A. Taylor than whom she has no truer Lei
cester his old constituency, sends hun back TO the
House by nearly 5000 majority over his only oppo-
nent-a Mr.. Baker Greene, Liberal by courtesy
counsel 10 Risk Allah Bey and sent down to beat
Mr. Taylor out OF Leicester, because he is too Radi-
cal. But he is not too Radical for Leicester II APP
pears. and he is one Of the men who, because they
both Radical and sincere, gain yearly IN influence
with the House. -
sons two great friends. Laird ami ROebnck, one ~
taken and the other left. think Capt Sherard Us,
borne who contested Birkenhead against Laird, had
great hope of The influence OF Laird as an
employer of labor is too potent to be overcome Us
borne made good fight, polling 2O56 votes to 2,%1
for Laird. The Alabama had 10 share IN the CON
test. Had Osborne been elected we could scarcely
have counted one friend in the House; but had
Laird been beaten we should have had one pestient
enemy the less. Mr.. ROebucks defeat IN Sheffield Is
thing are fairly entitled to rejoice over, though
i do not suppose his anti-Americansm had much TO
do with il. But he Is well ont of the way; was
man not less mschievOus to his own party If he had
party, than to us some years ago His hostility to
Mr. Gladstone was so strong that II could only be
called malignant, and he openly avowed his lnten-
ton 10 vote TO keep in Disrael. Few true Liberals
can have voted for him. Mr. Hadheld. tie old Lib
eral member against whose return there was no real
opposition, polled Il, T6S votes. Mr. Mundea was Mr.
Roebucks real contestant, and has 1878 votes 20
Roebucks 9.56s. while Roebnck's Tory ally had only
5,2e5. l call Mr. Price the Tory ally Of Roebuck be-
cause they jointly had the support OF the assassin
the other Trades Unions supported Mr.. Mundella
And the vote shows clearly enough that great part
Of Mr.. Roebuck's electors were Tories They might
well be glad TO sustain man who would have done
Mr.. DsraelPs bidding in every actual contest. OF
course Mr.. ROebuck had many personal friends In
town he has so long represented. and many of them
stood by him for the sake of old lang syne against
their better judgment In 1868 Roebuck was ut the
head Of the POLL with 800 majority over his highest
Tory opponent in total vote of 603G. He has been
in the House. with or two short vacations, since
1882 and has been Member for Sheffield since lS40
He will never more be Member for Sheffield. The
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