The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-15
Conservatives Had Not Looked
for Sueh a Victory.
The DEFEAT OF HARCouRT.
UnionistS Gain Eight Seats. Radicals
One. Parnellites One.
Today Fifty Seats. Many I'm London.
VIII Re Decided The Elections
Causing Little Excitement In Losa-
don.

London. July N-Sir William Hsrs
ceurt's defeat IN Derby was the senSss--
ton in political cirrles tonight. II is adj
mittsd on All sides that thu Liberals
are beginning very hadly OF lI0 members
thus far elected ninsty-six are UnsoniSss
ten Liberals and four ParnelliteS. Eight
Liberal seats have heen captured by the
Jnionasts, and the Radicals have cap
tured one Unh0nisi seat. thai at Perth. AZ
far as outward appearances go the elec-
tions are causing little excitement in LON
don. There are a few idlers in tho strand
where the Graphic displays a represclf-
tation OF Lord Salisbury and Lord Rose
berry climbing ladders TO Indicate tho
course of the election returns.
The moral effect of Sir William Har-
courts defeat win he great. even ths
most sanguine Conservative did not ex-
pcCt the Liberal majority of go TO he
converted into a Unionist majority oe
l.ln. While VI. Hsrcourt Jared 81 badly,
Hon. A. ]. Balfour the new first lord
of the treasury. VINO Is to succeed Mr..
Harcourt as leader of the house Of conf
mons. nearly doubled his majority in
Manchester After the result had been
announced IN Derby at midnight Mr..
Harcourt. w1th his wife. drove so ths
Liberal headquarters and made a speech.
saving he had been defeated too often
TO he either elated if successful or de-
pressed by d reverse. But he did not wish
10 conceal the magnitude OF the defeat
which had fallen upon his colleagues and
himself. Sir William Harcourt's defeat
is generally attributed to the prominencs
which ne gave to the local veto or local
option measure.
The Sunday Observer Onionis) points
out that yesterdays returns of unop-
posed candidates are as significant as thN
results OF the contested elections. Seven-
ty-six seats were handed over to the I'm
ionists without a fight. while the Liberals
tested seats.
The ParnelEte total OF unopposed re-
turns has been increased to four by the
uncontested election of John DAILY from
Limerick Thus the Mccarthyites have
yielded without a contest a seat whicll
they were i'm actual possession OF.
Judged both by the result of the cou-
test and the numbers which the Radicals
allowed TO go by default. there can be-
but little doubt OF the final result.
T. L. O'Conner's Sun says that yeSser-
days results we're n keen disappodnt-
ment. but that It does not follow by any
means that the whole country is going
against them. THE substitution OF a pop
Inlay like the Marquis OF Lorne." says
the Sun. 'for a politician esteemed and
a man OF science so honorod as Sir Henry
Roscoe s discreditabie to Manchester"
Tomorrow fifty moro seats VIII be de-
cided. including many in London.
The Times this morning, in FITS cswn-
nent upon the election says that the first
batch OF contests reduces the Radical
majority to half at single bIow. Tho
most str1kingly importaast incade1t OF SAT-
urday Is tho crushing defeat OF Sir Wsl-
Ham Hanoourt. The urionists threw
themselves with; rcioublei aIsior into cha
struggle. which fsAs already been srpwsl-
ed with encouraging SUCCESS. Tho opr~p-
sitson Will be scarcely able to shake off
the depression caused by the wholly .un-
sy-,f 4fri s.f fH.xtF 1~oH Her
The Times proceeds with the statement
that Sir WILLIAMS Han-oourt viii cont ess
another seat aS the TniunisfS VIII hs
sorry To miss his pI'v1stnce from the housa
of corTrnronS of whkoh ne is an ornam mersf.
The article dHssils upon the fact thai
the Lsberal-U Uniont~ss have gained thTes
seats. and says these gains sliffic&ent1y
vindfcane the vitality of the Liberal.
Uriorists. ard the value of the close AL
lsance they have erxerszi into with tha
Ccflservr9tives. Ii concludes that tharo
is the strongest motive and encouyage-
n.eIlt TO make the most of the preSend oT-
portunity. which. IL rightly usod. May
enable for all to sweep the lhomS
rule irnpostl-e out of English politics.
The Daily News, the Liberal organ. says
OF the elections: "a closer examination
OF Saturdays figures makes them less dis
couraging than they would SEEM Tha
result in Derby surprised even tho local
Torres. Sir WdIgIam Harcourr and his soi-
leagues were fioatei out on beer. In other
orrs.ittfencaes the efforts of publfcans aai
brewers. with the alliance OF the miii.ans
section OF tho clergy. contributed largely
to the same result. There IS plenty oe
cause OF tine Tories triumph. but there 10
little cause for LiheTtal dlscourag
and none whatever for despair. We aro
used 10 a tad beginning. There Is not 3
step OF liberal progress walica ls not takeu
over the steyTsfryg stones OF defeat
The Chronicle ascrfbes ths Liberal de-
feat in ISancashsre no the scandaious mis-
repre- seFstafrson of the sovernnAsrffs . policy
on -he Indian cotton dti'ies. which We're
made I'm leaflets gent broadcast through
the country TBe Chronirls says: I'VE
seoux-raH7state nte In3on1sfe Tyron havinn
dTsgwn first bfoosd nj the empires co@s-
They have mayed anti impartial and anti
rwas torsl g1srnes for votes of liberals ara
have rTianagesi % win two scafs, owing -
Sscsr4a rrYgzasTtEfs 10 the asstton OF the lrdsS
r,sr41nt labor PARTY ard she socialist fed
e-arao, who gained no result for them.
~sssv'evs Their ro.s were small and con.
teY1rs tble.''
TIE STANDARD else Conservative oo,gan.
se~~s 3n the results renslraxahls tesiis
n1ony to the growth OF Co1fSHva'tfve sens
tlrrent kn tlle large towns.
Archbishop Walsh ~Tsots letter w1tJA
was r~zssf IN all the Dublin churches yes
,s-rsiay asking for prayers that the ssyirfe
~ A ss-sfyskuyf nsay De asansshfsf. aTsf adts
rrv IS IA iAonai ruin and dIsgrac6 ff al
ara n not spcsdffy put TO Tha feuds ana
6.s~.rxsoess which are going far 20 make
Ir.aara a Dy-s0rd throughout the wnrh.
,rs1e Tfuplzs says: The uHoppoSsi e1eo-
ssrsn OF Daily form Iimegfck - signsA.
eats. reminder Of the sentiment whiuA
ansfrases all sections OF tfse Irish nation-
alass,ss ard anff-ParneSl8css. In their owa
constituency they shrzrsk from oppostne
=, gsoTaf1str n criminal.
The Tinles then proceeds 20 rcz-ite the
charges upon which Daily was convicted.
s.The election. os cosirsc," ~ says. vas
not meant seriously. but was only in
tended as a demonstration OF sympathy
with a dynamite patriot and hostility -
British law. Both parties know that
convict under sentence IS not Capable ~
besux elected a member OF parliament,
The debate however. when the nons9
takes notice Of Dxiys disabilities. siH
a~ora the subdivisions OF trish naffsn-
slfSts and their British allies an interest-
ing opportunity of exposing their views
on F4friotsc felony
| Artrr slxeIlsuac with wire pulling ana
sle~s..sf {rfrence the Times concludes
az roIi0vsgx. American journalists. mean
x-hgie sras.ar to be bFEstnfting 60 leara
| gsshat he force of popular electiou In Irss
gand IL aud are bent on conveying thiG
gI@eft3l information 10 their fellow cftis