New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-03
LONDON COUNTY corSCH ELECTION
FIFTY NlNE PRoGkESsIvEs AID FORTY NINE
MopERArEs cHosEH-A mo GAIN
FOR TIE MODERATEs

FOR TIE MpbLRAIfS
London. March THE London County Council
elections to-day resulted IN the choice ~ hfty-
nine Pr. gressivcs ana forty-nine MoGerates. The
N0deratcs gained tWcnty-onc seats and IN"
Progrcssiycs gained one seat formerly held by
the Modcratcs. In four districts the results Will
not Doe determined until Monday
Tho campaign which eliminated In the ballot
Ing to-day has been liyclier and more bitter than
any previous municipal contest in London for a
great many years. As the Conservatives have
all along been urging their supporters to vote FOR
the candidates ON the Moderate ticket. 1t was ok
pcctcI that the result would greatly lower the
majority Of the progressyes In the Council,
which "a the result ~ the last election. was
forty-six the Council standing c!ghty-two Pro-
grcssiycs T. thrty-slx Moderates. Among the
Moderate candidates were Lords Cadogan'
Churchill Durham Ampthill. Donoughm"re.
Dudley Norfolk, Dunravcn and Monimo'rrs' ana
Sir j. Bundcll Maple. The Progressive rdndi,
dates included Lords Russell MonkSw"ll ana
Ribblesdalc Sir John Hutton and Messrs. John
Burns and y dney Webb.
The Chronicle" tine leading Progressive or
gan has printed In italics Il list OF IN" reasons
why electors should not give their support to
the Moderatcs the first Of hese reasons being
that the Moderates are party 81 "Iammahy.
The term "'Tamma' Y" has been Il gudsend 10
both 81 les during the campaign When their
speakers have exhausted themselves and their
va, abularitS I'm IN" ordinary methods or attack
unon their opponents they have Invariably mad
recourse TO- stigmatling the opposite policy "a
that Of TammduY. Joseph Chamberlain. in = re-
cent speech I'm behalf Of the Moderatcs. mad" an
attack uuou the Progrc.sivcs for having IN
creased the salaries Of the attaches OF IN" unity
Council which action he declared. wa thor
ough "Tammany" method He then proceeded
70 advocate "A system of scparai" municipalities
for the different districts of London. and argued
against the proposal that Central Council In
cludc within It's jurisdiction the city corpora
ton.
Some Of the Progressive members hav" made
thcmselves vastly unpopular through their per
,gstcnt meddlinE I'm small matters. An instanc"
90 this was furnished recently In some of those
members hiding themselves in the bushes in the
mark whence they watched the park keepers
As a result u their spying they reported To- the
Council that they had seen keepers In the act OF
eating their luncheon at other times than the
lIsual luncheon hour. This matter was taken up
and "A circular was issued. with the sanction OF "A
| ma i0rIty Of the Council, requiring all wOrkmcn
under the jurisdiction Of the Council to report TO
that body what they did and how they passed
the time during the hours they were not working
Then too. the activity OF the Progressive cl"-
men: in the matter OF refusing licenses to music
! tho partv Nevertheless. the Progressivcs had
! the advantage I'm the election. inasmuch the
Moderatcs have had no really defined policy.
They allowed themselves to be run by the gas.
water. tramway and livery companies. all ot
which foreseeing that they will be absorbed by
the municipal Government. have been seeking
To secure majority In the Council which Will
give them eXtraVagant compensation for their
| plants out Of the rates.