Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-04
READY TO celebrate.
England VIII Greet Returning Vol
unteers After Election.

New York, Oct. "A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says: There is a
marked decline of public interest in the
result of the third series of contests for
"a seats in parliament. Captain Lamb
: tons struggle at Newcastle on Tyne, is
. the chief event, owing to his friendship
with Lord Rosebefy and his exploits at
sILadysInith, and the other contests are
: mainly over safe Seats. Only seven in
the entire series ave been regarded as
close contests. The first result announced
was the substitution OF Kier Fardie for
Pritchard Morgan as the member for
Mrthyr-Tydvil. This was not a unionist
gain, for Hardie could be depended upon
to vote with the opposition, but the re-
suit was regretted by the radicals at the
national liberal clubs. Mr.. Morgan has
been a useful member of the house of
He possessed a large fund of
information about china and Australia
and Mr.. Hardie is a socialist agitator and
not a representative labor candidate of
the best type like Mr.. Broadhurst or Mr..
Burns. Two liberal candidates have all
ready lost their seats through the inter-
vention of a third nomination in the in
terest of labor, and Mr.. Morgan was de-
feated in the Welsh stronghold of liber-
alism. At the same time the working
communities have rolled UP some of the
largest unionist majorities. Mr.. Cham
berlain has not damaged the unionist
cause by his sharp structures upon the
labor members of parliament.
The working classes, especially in the
north, have taken the broadest possible
views on imperial questions with which
the government is identified. Sheffield
has followed all the large English towns
by showing unionist gains in polling. One
liberal seat has been captured there by
the government
The Gravesend election has carried Gill
bert Parker into parliament on the OPP
posite side to his friend, Henry Norman.
Mr.. Parker's majority is larger than was
expected, for Mr.. Harmsworth who op-
posed him, had a large printing interest
in his favor.
A liberal gain of two seats in Derby
was most unexpected and served to IL
lustrate the uncertainty of an electoral
contest. 1t also encouraged %sanguine lib
erals t. hope the counties might do bet
ter for them than the boroughs.
The public interest in the war is re-
vived by the prospect of a series of gala
days when the soldiers return. The great
towns will commemorate the arrival of
the soldiers and there will be a series of
minor events elsewhere. The north OF
ireland will also have a social function.
The queen was invited to visit Belfast
when she was in Dublin, but was forced
to decline the invitation. The prince OF
Wales will visit Ulster and there will
be great festivities there.
There is a current report that Gerald
Balfour will be compelled by i'll health t.
resign the Office of chief secretary FOL
ireland. This will create a vacancy which
nno be easily filled.
The reorganization of the cabinet cal
be deferred for many weeks. Lord Sails
bury is reported to be in excellent health
and spirits and markedly animated AM
Fesoulceful. and showing no signs of tn
pressure of public responsibilities.