The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-10-12
THE BRITISH
ELECTIONS
Conservatives Win Out
Easily.
CHAMBERLAIN is UPHELD
Popularity Of War Administration
Established by Result at
Polls.

CANOH vi tht Vi oplHtoh. ="
Churchill is among the candidates who
were successful
Another long list of unopposed returns
brings the total number of those already
elee ted today as follows:
Conservatives. Is; Unionists, ls; Liber-
ais. s; Nationalists. 6.
Among the candidates returned today
unopposed were:
Ministerialists-Lord George Hamilton.
Secretary Of State for India Qalling OF
Middleeex); Baron Ferdinand de Roths
child (Ayleebury division of Buckingham
shire); Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Chancel-
lor OF the Exchequer (West BRISTOL; Mr..
Akers- douglas, First Commissioner OF
Works (East KenD; William Lecky, the
historian dublin University; Sir Ed
ward Carson, the Solicitor General Dub |
lin University.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. f. Redmond, chair |
man OF the United Irish Parliamentary |
party Waterford City,.
liberals-Sir Edward Grey, formerly |
Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign AZ
fais (Berwick- -on-Tweed division OF
Horthumberland).
H. the following boroughs, polled today.
all the sitting members were reelected:
Davenport, Durham, Exeter, Kings
Lynn. Peterborough, Preston. Reading.
Rochdale, Wigan and the north and south |
divisions Of Westham.
CHAMBERLAIN TALKS.
LONDON. Oct 2-1.ate last evening Jo- |
seph Chamberlain, Secretary OF State for |
the Colonies, sent to the editor of the
Birmingham Daily Mail the following
message to the nation, which was con-
spicuously displayed on the screen where
the paper was announcing the results OF
the polling:
Patriotism before politics May the
union between the colonies and the moth
erland. now cemented by their blood. be
forever maintained"
Considerable interest attached to the
speech at Derby of George Wyndham last
evening because II had been semi Off cial-
fy announced that the ParliarneatarynUn
der Secretary of State for War would
outline the Governments proposal as to
army reform. The chief points in the
speech were that the home army should
have a higher training instead of being
regarded as merely a training ground for
the supply OF the foreign army and that
greater opportunities should be given for
hcme maneuvers on an adequate war
scale.
Rumors are current this morning that
the Marquis OF Lansdowne. Secretary of
State for War. will succeed Earl Cado-
gan as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
FURTHER DETAILS.
NEW YORK, Oct. "A dispatch to the |
Tribune from London says:
About one-sixth of the new House OF
Commons was elected before the result
of single poll was known. Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, Lord George Hamilton, Sir
Edward Grey and Mr. Lecky were re-
turned without resistance and the Union
list majority rose above eighty on the
urcontested seats, with no change In rel
ative strength OF the parties.
The political clubs were crowded after
10 o'clock, when the returns came in slow
ly from twenty contested seats. Two
were metropolitan boroughs, several were
In Lancashire. two reflected the opinion
or the Plymouth dockyards and others
were scattered about the kingdom. Fif-
teen boroughs of England and one In :
Ireland hardly offered an adequate test of
the state OF public opinion and the results |
cid not justify the positive conclusion
that there would be either shrinkage
Dr. an expansion OF the Unionist majority
N the next House. The first borough
from which returns were received was ;
Durham. 1t had been considered one OF d
The most doubtful seats. The Hon Mr.. n
Elliott. who is Lord Minto's son, lost the =
seat in 1885 by single vote. regalned II
oy sixty-ive majority In a bye-election y
Ind now has n majority OF 269. This was )
decisive success. which delighted the r,
oungers in the Conservative clubs and C
vas hailed as good omen of the general a.
esult- Gibson Bowles, the eccentric | |,
OF the Unionlst benches fol-
owed this lead by increasing his major l;
y In Kings Lynn by ninety-eight votes, n
'hile Wigan remained Unlonist by almost I,
he identical majority of 1895, and the ri
in Peterborough, Preston and
exeter were virtually unchanged.
The Liberals were disconsolate until Sir n
Furness' remarkable victory G
"a h,,1l 1.k,t l.
he frst gain on either side and 1t was n
by great majority. Sir
Furness was Lord Charles
3eresford's opponent at York. He Is a II
OF pronounced views o
Ind q shipbuilder who Is on excellent %
erms with the trades unions. Other re- s
ults were less decisive and the trend of q
pinion In the country Is only imperfectly q
tH tEg 10 EHs.I 3
LONDON. Oct. 2--The election In Gal a
way city yesterday resulted In another n
Conservative gain. The Hon. Martin
dorris polled SS2 votes against 763 votes
oiled by E. Lemmy, Nationalist. l.
The Unionist gains thus far, therefore,
re three seats and the Liberals gain one N
eat u
The total returns OF the opposed and y
nopposed candidates up to o'clock this q p
ervatives. lis; Unionists. %: Liberals, 1s; " "
Sationallsts. H. 7'i "
The members elected Include Sir Mat ~ y
new white Ridley. the Secretary OF State 8, :,
or Home Affairs tslack Pool division or e,
-ancasterl; Victor william cavendlsh, q
OF the Duke OF Devon u
hire sWeet division OF Derbyshire); Lab m
ai-Unionist CHARLES k. d. Tanner. W
ghip OF the Irish party lrniddie dIyision OF
4 corl). and Patrick o'fsrien. also a In
rhip Of the Irish party tKiikennyi city,. &C
Inc lntsfesl today .centers in the Bat a
Eat r Carton. Conservative. Is trying TO or
ust John Buris. labor leader ana ss- re
ialist. TIE rght IN this district IL the ex
tinest IN Lo1don end 4 great dsAi OF M De
selling has been " evidence between tho wi
aisn- There has been excitement N ths n,
onsttoeney sanes daybreak today and WI