The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-05
YESTERDAYS SECOND EDITION.
THE following items of news appeared in our
Second Edition of Sunday:l
Some Election surprises.

! Some Election Surprises.
| BosToN, July Be A. Perry, of the Herald,
| cables from London this evening as follows:
The election at Bath, yesterday. where two
| Unionists one Liberal and the other Con-
servatlve, were returned, offers striking ex-
ample of the loyalty with which
| the Conservatives are carrying out
their pledges of support to the dissi-
dent Liberals. At the last election, Bath
which, in $780, had sent the Liberals to Parlia-
round and elected Mr. Blaine, Conservative
and Mr. Woodhouse, a Liberal, rejecting their
respective ticket partners, Colonel Lawre and Sir
Arthur Halter. Mr.. Woodhouse took an active
part IN the Harrington rising against home rule,
and the Conservative leaders felt bound TO leave
him a clear course for reelection. Unfortu-
nately, they had promised Colonel Lawrie
that ne should have another chance
try :heir good faith. Two aspirants
of their party, with strong claim 20 the double
candidacy-one as the old member. the other as
promisee-and every likelihood that both could
be elected, for the Irish vote in Bath is incon-
siderable and the Liberal party was badly shat
tered, but the Tory managers put the tempta-
ton aside, and Mr. Blaine retired to make room
for Colonel Lawrie, thus preventing the junior
Tory aspirant from jostling Liberal Unionisf
out OF his seat. So Bath will be represented in
the new Parliament by Mr.. Woodhouse as fol-
lower of Lord Harrington, and by Colonel Lawrie
on the Conservative side.
At Birkenhead Edward Hawley, bitter
critic of Mr.. Gladstones Afghan policy, is elected
in the teeth of transferred Irish vote over one
thousand strong. The Irish vote, indeed, has
sadly disappointed the Prime Minister. not but
what it has been Loyalty given-there are no
complaints that score--but, unfortunately
except in few cases. it has been overborne by
cross wave of Liberal conversions and Austen
ton. Thus, at Bolton, where the Nationalist
claim s, 900 electors, two Conservatives, Colonel
Bridgman and Mr. Sheppard Gross, were elected.
At Bristol, in addition to re-electng Sir
Michael Hicks Beach in the west division, the
Tories won the south division from the Glad
stonites. Colonel Hill who had been defeated
last year by majority of 96, now returning the
compliment with a majority OF l,O24 But the
greatest surprise of this character came in Sal
ford, where in the face of Irish vote running
up to 1000, the Conservatives as l reported yes
terday, made a clean sweep, re-eecting
their old member and busting two
G)adstontes in other divisions. But the
Irish vote made its mark in some constituencies.
In more than one place the sun shone on the
Ministerial side of the hedge through gaps made
by Nationalist accessons. In Southwest Man
chester it was Irish support that elected Jacob
Br.snt, younger hrether of John Bright, and
one of the Liberals who. from the first advo-
Gated home rule for Ireland. Mr.. Bright went
to the front with majority of Ill in the very
constituency which, seven months ago, left him
in minority of 567.
In North Manchester Mr.. Schwann, another
still more striking reversal Last November he
was defeated by a majority of S75, but now he
has won the seat by majority OF 96.
East Leeds is another constituency where the
Gladstoneites have marked Improvement to
boast of. In November, Mr. Lawrence Cane
lost the seat by 300 votes. Now ne carries it for
the Ministry, with rousing majority of LILO,
and it must be remembered that in a good many
constituencies the Irish vote has enabled the
Ministerial candidate to hold his ground, when,
hut for this aid h0 vvouId have lost the seat
A further indication that Scotland is strongly
Gladstonan is furnished in the returns from
yesterdays election at Dundee, where Mr.. Rob
inson and Mr.. Lacatia, Gladstonians, received.
respectively, 1926 and 8,2l6 votes against 3, $40
and 3,346 for Mr.. Nixon and Mr. Baly, Liberal
Unionists. The election in Dundee was the only
one held in Scotland yesterday. In Boston the
Conservatives bad majority Of %. Staffords
gave Conservative majority of 81 In Burn
lev, Mr.. Rylands, Unionst, received 4,259 vores
and Greenwood. Gladstonian A. 166. In Derby,
Mr.. Roe. Gladstonian, polled 657l votes: Sir
William Vernon Harcourt Gladstonian, G. 43l.
and Mr.. Evans, Liberal Unionist, 4,446. In
the Bordsey division of Birmingham Mr.. Jesse
Ceilings, Unionist, poiled 4, 483 votes and Mr.
TAFT, Giadstonian, l,040.
The Minlsteralists are becoming more anxious.
The Conservatives to-day gained seats in the
following districts: Lincoln. Boston, GraEtham,
Stanford East Birmingham, Kidderminster,
Aston Manor Oldham and South Nottingham.
In Scarborough the election went against the
Ministeralists There were many close con-
tests notably that at Ashton under-Lyme. where
the Mayors casting vote decided the election
amidst tremendous uproar. A scrutiny of the
vote has been demanded by the defeated candi-
date.
In West Nottingham, Mr.. Broadhurst, Glad
stonian, received 5,458 votes. and Colonel
Seeley, ir., Liberal Unionist, 4. 600.
At midnight the totals were 145 Conserva-
tives, % Unionists and SO Ministerialists.