The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-08
The Counties So Far Reported Give Strong
Tory Majorities. and the Liberal Defeat
Grows More Disastrous Every Hour
Gladstone's Fall Apparently Due to Lib
erals Who Refrained from Voting.
Expectation That Lord Salisbury Will Be
Called On to Form a Ministry, and That
1t Will Be Composed Only Of Tories.
A CRUSHING DEFEAT.
The Counties Vote for the Tories, and Mr..
Gladstona,s Last Hone Fails Him.

A CRUSHING DEFEAT.
The Counties Vote for the Tories, and Mr..
Gladstone's Last Hope Fails Him.
LONDON, July THE last hope of the Glad
stonians the vote in the counties, has failed
The English counties going Unionist. The
counties Of Somserset. Warwick. Hereford,
Derby, Denbig and Shropshire, in which centers
the agricultural vote, have returned Conserva-
tives. Scotland continues Gladstonian. Nu-
merous country polls have not yet been taken,
but it is impossible to reverse the defeat of the
government. The Unionists are confident of an
ultimate strength of $50 against 300 The Con-
servatiyes are confident that, with compact
phalanx of 300 members, Lord Salisbury will
form purely Conservative Ministry.
A Cabinet council will be held on Tuesday to
decide on the course to be pursued in view of the
results of the elections.
E. S. w. De Cobain Conservative has been
reelected to Parliament from the east division
of Belfast by vote of 5068 against 1889, OBJ
tanned by his Parnellite opponent, Mr.. Mccall
mont The district at the last election was con-
tested by two Conservatives and Liberal,
and Mr.. De Cobain then received 1858 votes
The total vote polled this election was 523 less
than that at the last and Mr.. De Cobain polled
493 less than last years total Tory vote, while
Mr.. McCalmont increased the Liberal vote 369
VIM. Johnston, Conservative, is reelected for
the southern division of Belfast, by vote of
4,542 against 657 obtained by Mr. McErlen, Par
nellite. Mr.. Johnston increased the Tory vote
in his district 161 while the Liberal vote fell
away 233
4ban InAn 1aS ID
day were Lawrence Connolly Parnellite, for
South Longford p j. Power, Parnelite for
East Waterford; T. o. Hanlon, Parnolite, for
East Cavan P. A. Chance. Parneite, for South
Kilkenny; Mr.. Mahoney, Parnelite, for North
Meah; j. D. Sheahan, Parnellite, for East Kerry,
and E. Leamy. Parnellite. for Northeast Cork,
and Sir T. Esomde Bart.
Parnell has been reelected for Dublin county
By vote of 5,022, against 3, 254 obtained by Mr.
PIN. his opponenE In his case the home-rule
vote was ninety-two less and the Tory vote 482
less than at last election.
Mr.. Thomas Sexton, Parnellite, who sat in the
last House for South Sligo, went up into Belfast
again this campaign to contest the weGt division
against j. Fl. Haslet, Conservative, who defeated
Mr.. Sexton in the same district last election by
a vote of $3.50 against 3,743. Mr.. Sexton has
won the district, and scored the greatest Parnell
its victory of the campaign, so far. He defeated
Mr.. Haslett by vote of 1892 to 3, 729
The returns from the English counties show
large gains for the Conservatives, who are win
ming some of the county divisions by sweeping
majorites. Such is the case in North Cam
bridgeshire, North Shropshire, West Somerset
SHIRE and Northeast aud Southwest Warwick
shire, in all of which the Tories have won the
seats held by Liberals in the last House. The
Tories have also taken Carnarvon from the Lib
erals. The Gladstoneites have captured Elgin
from the Unionist candidates who represented
the district in the last House. The Tories so far
have gained AZ seats the Unionists 2, the Glad
stonians Is, aud the Parnellites l.
The Tories at g. o'clock mad elected 235 candi-
dates, the Gladstonians 164 and the Unionsts
45 The Liberal candidate, S. Williamson, car
ried Kilmarnock Scotland, where, because of
split in the Liberal party, the Tories elected
Provost Shurrock at the last election.
James Rankin, Conservative, won the Leo
minister division of Herefordshre by majority
of nearly 2OOO He was defeated by Liberal in
the same district last election by
were the first published from the county
elections to-day. and the result caused profound
excitement among the Tories all over England.
Mr.. Swaddy (Gladstonian) carried the Grigc di-
vision of Lincolnshire by a majority of 1000
less than was obtained by the Liberal candidate
at the last election This news, published
alongside of the great Tory victory in Leo
minister, put the Liberals in gloom.
The Pail Mall Gazette, commenting in an edi-
toral on the returns, says: 1.-THE Liberal defeat
is now degenerating into rout. Yesterdays
phe"
A Gladstonian has been reelected at Slack
mannan The Gladstonians have gained Car
martha. The members representing the district
in the late Parliament voted against the home
rule BILL Mr. I. L. Carew, Parnellte, in the
north division of Kildare, and Mr.. Blain, Par
nellite, in the south division of Armagh, have
been elected without opposition.
Mr.. Mccartney, Conservative, has been elected
in Antrim, the Nationaists candidates nomina-
ton having been declared informal
The Tories have gained the north and south
divisions of Westham, and the Accrington and
Southport divisions of Lancashire. Every poll
shows increased Tory votes.
The net Unionist gain at midnight, tonight,
is twenty-nine. Mr. Crawford, who was con-
nected with the Dixie case. has been elected in
Lanarkshire Sir u. j. Reed, Gladstonian, has
been elected by 300 majority, after great fight
with Mr.. Barnd, one of the moving spirits of
the Unionists
The latest totals are: 24O Tories, AZ Unionists,
I19 Liberals, and 55 Parnellites.
Labouchere's Opinion of the Result.