The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-07-09
VOTERS.
The Expectations Of the Liberals
Not Being Realized in the
English Elections.
GLADSTONIAN VICTORY,
Thus Far the Home Rulers Have
Gained, But the Tories are
Still Strong.

LONDON, July 5.-Yesterday's pollings
in the English and Scotch boroughs re-
suited in net gain OF nine seats, count
ing eighteen on division, for the Glad
stonians. They gained ten seats from
the Tories and two from the Liberal
Unionists, but they lost one seat at Not
tingham to Unionist through the stu
pid obstinacy of Broadhurst, the ex-
labor leader; one at York, to Tory, be-
cause of the opposition of the local work
ingmen to the Liberal candidate, A. 3.
Pease, son of the great Quaker iron
manufacturer. They also lost a seat at
Rochester, in Kent This was expected.
The Liberals also feared a loss in another
chance-won seat at Coventry, but their
candidate added hundred to his by
election 16.
The seats won from the Tories are
Boston, Lincoln, Reading, Durham, Here
ford, South West Ham, North West Ham,
(both named London suburbs), Stock
port and East Bradford. Those won
from the Liberal Unionists are Greenock,
in Scotland, and Great Grimsby, in Lin
colnshire.
The Liberals are greatly elated over
their victory in the two last named Dor
oughs. The fact of their success in
Grimby by over 600 majority was made
known to-day and there was great re-
joicing, because it means Home Rule
success IN nearly all, If not all, of the
eleven divisions of Lincolnshire. It was
all the more satisfactory to the Liberal
leaders because the defeated Unionist,
Heneage, is next to Chamberlain, the
most pompous and Objectionable Of his
faction. The defeat of Sutherland, the
Scotch Unionist, in Greenoek, was taken
as sure Indication that defeat will over
take the Unionist candidates in the thir-
teen other seats held by that faction in
the last Parliament. Mr.. Gladstone has
publicly expressed his qualification at
the Greenock victory.
The Bradford success is also highly
satisfactory. That sturdy Radical York
shire town will now have three Radical
MEMBERS including Mr.. Cain, who used
to be the whip of the Chamberlain party,
but who is now convert to Home Rule.
Mr.. Ben Tillet, who said that Gladstone's
open mind was like and open sewer, has
been promptly squelched. His effort to
give Liberal seat to the Tories failed.
There is much satisfaction, too, at the
defeat of the Marquis Of Lorne by that
fine old Liberal, Shaw Lefever. The
success in Bradford yesterday is regarded
as good omen for the success of the
Gladstonians throughout Yorkshire.
Mr.. Louis J. Jennings, the fair trade
Tory journalist, barely escaped defeat in
Stockport, where one of the seats was
won from the Tories by a Liberal who
headed the poll. The second Liberal,
Maj. Hume, was only ITO votes behind
Jennings in poll of nearly 10000. II
the other Cheshire constituencies do as
we'll as Stockport the Liberals will be
satisfied What is nearly as satisfactory,
to the Gladstonians as their gains of the
boroughs named is the fact that as a rule
they have reduced the Tory majorities
of 1886 in all the important centers
where po]lings have taken place, as at
Chatham, Tynemouth, Preston, Birken-
head, Blackburn, Bolton, Cambridge,
and Exeter. West Bromwich, Maid
stone, and Worcester seem to be the OK
ceptlons to the rule. The Tory candi-
date in the first named is the largest
local employer, and in the other Allsopp,
the brewer, obtained his increased ma
iority through the exertions of the liquor
dealers. ....
The announcement of the result in
Sunderland this afternoon also encour-
ages the Liberals. The two Radical can
didates, Gourley and Samuel Storey,
win by majorities of 1,400 each. The
Liberal majority in 1885 was about 1000
and in 1886 only 800. Every North OF
England constituency polled thus far,
except York, shows increased Liberal
majorities This is as satisfactory as
the two victories in Scotland.
Mr.. Gladstone is not yet out OF the
woods. The Home Rulers made no pro-
eress in to-day's pollings. The losses
Offset the gains. London has failed to
come up to the Gladstonians expecta-
tions. They won two seats in the me-
tropolis to-day in twenty-three pollings,