The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-03
English Government Sustained in
General Parliamentary
Election.
LIBERALS ADMIT DEFEAT.
Grain of Comfort Is Found by
Them i'm Reelection If Burns
and Labouchere. Bitter OPP
pOncnis of the Beer War.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.


London. Oct. s.-(Copvrirht. 1870 by w r.
Hearst D-iIcnry Iabouch"re and John
Burns. the two most radical opponents Of
Chambcrlln's var policy. who fought tho
Bocr war bitterly. were reelected yesterday
by handsome majorit;cs.
Burns's majority over r.. Carton. Con-
seryativc. In Rattcrsea. poor district IN the
south of London. was ~. one greater than
that he obtained at the last election.
Labouct eres return by Northampton was
no surprise. though against both him ana
Burns the CONSERVATIVES, had made ter
rifle fight.
The most remarkable feature Of yester-
days returns however, is the election IN
Galway city of the Honorahl" Martin Mo-
ris. Conservative. by vod" "f M against
7S3 pollei for r. I4eamy. Nationalist Cal
way has been Nationalist stronSh"id'
and the Government victory is not only a
gain Of seat. hut a remarkable Feat
Yesterdays polngs in the parliamentary
general election leave the strte of parties
at present as follows: Minist"rials' l'"'
Liberals 35: Nationalists. IL.
Conservatives Gain SIX seats.
OF the 23a seats thus disposed "f. the
Ministcrialsts. or rather the conservatives
have &; ined sx-inCludinG stockton. Mid
dlcsbnro ard Leicester-and the Liberals
ven-includnG Gloucester. Gran;hGh
Northampton. Swansea Town. Hastings
and South Wolverhampton. Increased Con-
scrvative majorities are especially ho'lSe-
able in London and Lancashire.
Almost all the London divisions were
pollcd yesterday. Islington, Chaplain ani
Lambeth show heavy tnionist increases
and the same may be said OF MailcheSter'
S.iford and Blackburn. The repr' sentatlon
of Manchester is not changed in any of the
Ill - G.r
dates receiving big majori;ies on the oth"r
hand. the Liberal majority for Mr. Chii'i.s ;
Erne.; Schwan, in the North DIVISION of
Manchester. was reduced from 400. tn ilS-
ures OF 1879, To 70.
So far from Mr.. Henry LahouChcre losing
his seat IN consequence OF MS correspond
ence with Mr.. Kruger, Northampton Is now
represented by two Liberals Mr. La
bouchere. however did not head the poll.
although he secuyed a heavy vote Doctor
Shipman. who received the greatest num-
Der of votes cast is a Liberal imper! ilis'.
The total Liberal vote in Northampton was
slightly decreased and the total tniohist
vote increased.
Liberals Strong I'm Scotland.
few Scottish con'tituencies have been
polled. All show that the Liberals are hold
ing their own in Scotland.
Among the interesting new Liberal mem
hers Is MIR. Henry Norman of the London
Daily Chronicle who WAS elected member
for Wolverhampton, receiving S,I0l votes.
! as against 3,532 cast for Mr.. Hutton. Liberal
Cnionist.
The announcement Of Mr.. Rurns's return
was received with the widest enthusiasm
| in Battersea. The leading thoroughfar@
fo- a mile was filled with mob shoutin;
! themselves hoarse for Burns. who appeared
and acknowledged the ovation from the
balcony of the town hall. \ large force of
mounted police attended. but there was no
disorder.
| Churchill Disappointed n Crowd.
Tproarious scenes occurred In the Ber-
| mondseye division of South N"rwalk. Lon
| don. last evening. partly owing TO the Dis
| appointment felt at the inability of Mr..
| Winston Churchill. the newly elected mem
| her for Oldham. to make a speech he had
/ promised. Mr.. Churchill wired that Mr..
! Ralfour had comman anded him to speak at
Mr.. Henry ]. c. Gust. formerly editor of
| in Mr.. Churchil's place. but met with a
| very hostile reception. WAS Obliged ia
| abandon the attempt and was assaiied ana
| maltreatcd the election breaking UP III
| Scene. of intense excitement were to b.
| witnessed along Fleet street. the Strand
| and The Emba nkment. as well rs at o:her
! points whore the returns We're eNhibltei,
| the even nature of the results serving 10
maintain the intercs; and to entertain thou-
| sands until very late hour.
Yesterdays pollings prove that the coun-
try is taking strong interest in ,ne ,Iec lies
ti"n me aEgrss 81 iso E"'TS TIL IN cnnesrv1tive 1esI
| p,,rrs are sati-. ii that the Government
| would be returned to power with 4 naiori-
ty qui.e as large as il had In the Ias' fdr-
| Lament. IL not even greater.
| Comments Oc the Press.
| The Liberal organs are still hopeful that
the pollirCs vet to come may have som,
surprise is store, although they recognize
that their chances are slender.
| The Daily News says:
| "a great improvement in the pace mus
| he made II any sweeping reduction OF I'M
Govcrnment's bloated majority is to 1T
| Effected
| The Daily Chronicle says:
-l.. mt eR IrD.
| their calculation so far as the khaki r'l
| Iv is concerned; hut they VIII have to max
! the host Of the fact that there = /''rh'
! liberal raliy at the same time.
! The Standard and the Daily Mail acre'
/ that "Iittl. ErClandi>n. as a parlia1n"n
tarv force. is dead; all the Liberals thus IA
| being ir' c:ia!ists.
| The T,IaoS considers that the rOllinEs III
| to date prove the existence Of a big uu
| ionist revival in all industrial and work:n,
! class Centcrs"