The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-03
RALLYTO THE GOVERNMENT
BI0 INCREASE ~ CONsERVATIVE
VOTE IN NORTH OF ENGLAND.
shows an Endorsement Of the south African
Policy. Though In Two DAJs' victims 'he
Liberals Have shade q Net 0s'n OF
Ono seat-wInstos Churohin II Elected.

shows an Indorsefnent OF the Fouth N'r'os"
Policy. Though In Two Days victims the
Liberals Have hade q Net 0s'n OF
One seat-wInstos Churchill II Elected
Special Cab. Dsipdieh 10 The Sun.
LONDON, oct. The Official figures OF the
Parliamentary election In the Oldham district
give Winston Spencer Churchill. Conservative,
i2,osl votes. ~lnsurina his election over his Liberal
opponent. Walter Runcman. who, With Alfred
Emmett. Liberal. represented the district IN
Parliament before the recent dissolution.
The Conservatives gained A member In Galway
City. returning Martin II. p. Morris by a vote
OF ss2 against 74 polled for the Nationalist
Edmund Leamy. The district has been repre-
scented by John Pinkerton, anti-Parnelllte
Fifty constituencies. which return fifty
four members Of the House OF Commons
held elections to-day. In ono Of these--
MISUNDERSTANDING results will not be de-
clared till tomorrow.
A feature Of Tuesdays elections was the
strong rally 10 the Government In tho North OF
England and a general increase In The Con-
sentative vote. The forty-nlne results do
clared to-day show an aggregate Conservative
vote Of 200. 2o2 and n Liberal poll OF isi.lU.
In 1895 the same constituencies cast 1885, AS
votes for the Conservatives and 1902. 9io for the
Liberals, which. roughly speaking, Is equiva-
AtlN " u lhlANl fl'o VI h't'N' ~
10 the Government "a an Endorsement OF ib
South African policy. Notwithstanding this,
the Liberals have made in tho two days polling
a not gain Of one seat.
The Right Hon. A. j. Balfour. First Lord OF
tho Treasury and Conser vatiye leader In tho
House Of Commons. Is reelected from East
Manchester. Tho Right Hon. James Bryce,
Liberal, has been reelected from South Aber-
deem. At Northampton Henry Labouchere, the
editor OF Truth, Is thought to have been re-
elected, but will take second place 10 his Liberal
colleague, Mr.. Shipman, who has ousted the
Conservative representative. In Mlddlcsbor-
ough Joseph IL. Wilson, Radical. the Secretary
OF tho Seamon's Union, loses his seat 70 "A Con-
soryative. At Swansea Sir George Newnes
has captured the scat for the Liberals. A
strong effort was mado at Battersea to dislodge
John Burns. the labor loader and Socialist, who
was opposed by Mr.. II. Carton, Conservative.
Mr.. Burns was reelected. however.
The result up to date, including the return
Of unopposed candidates, Is that 100 Conserva-
tivcs and Unionists. 81 Liberals and IS Irish
Nationalist have been elected.
The election Of Mr.. Churchill, who Is the
son of Lady Randolph Churchill now Mrs,
CORVALLIS Vest. was placed In doubt by the
earlier reports. The official figures give him
the highest number of votes that his partisans
had claimed. In his canvass he relied mainly
upon his South African war record. and his
election may be regarded as n distinct victory
for the Conservatives. In the bye-election In
the Oldham district, on July Q. 1909. Mr.. Runci-
MAJ polled I2,77O votes to Mr.. Churchill's
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