The sun., 1900-10-02

Liberals Show the Greatest Incresse-winston
Churchill's Elect on in Doubt.
Special Gable Ds,paichsi TO THE SUN

Special Gable DsspdichSJ 10 THE SUN.
LONDON. Oct ELECTIONS we're held to-day
In seventeen constituencies, including Galway
City. where the result will not be announced
until tomorrow. The result in the other six-
teen Is a Government gain OF one scat An
examination OF the vote cast in these dis tricts
shows that both parties are polling heavier
than in 1895 and that the increase in the Liberal
vote IL greater than in the Conservative. The
aggregate Of the days vote was as follows:
Conservatives. lo3.99o: Liberals. 81. .ss4. The
same districts in 1895 gave the Conservatives
90 $50 and the Liberals s.. sos
The Right Hon Sir Matthew White Ridley.
Secretary Of State for the Home Department.
narrowly escaped defeat at Stalybrdge. where
there was a considerable increase in the lib
era vote. He received 1921 votes against
1900 cast for his Liberal opponent. In 1895 the
figures were: Conservatives, $3.50, Liberals.
2.7j5
Plymouth. which recently censured Sir Ed
ward Clarke. its Conservative member in the
last House, for his anti-war attitude. emphat-
cally indorses its own Judgment by returning
two Conservatives instead of one member
Of each party. Hartlepool shows q striking
gain for the Liberals. who turned a minority
of 81 in 1895 into a majority of 1.s79 to-day.
Up to the present there have been returned
ITO Conservatives and Liberal Unionists and
81 Liberals and Irish Nationalists.
These members were returned without oppo-
sition:
Sir John Bundell Maple, Conservative. for
Dulwich division OF Cambcrwel the Right
Hon. Lord George Francis Hamilton. Conserva-
tive, for the Ealing division Of Middlesex; Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach. Conservative for the
Wogt Jiylsion of Rriatnl. Edward Gray
Liberal, for Berwick-on-Tweed; Hon. Lionel
Walter Rothschlld. Unionist, for the Aylesbury
division Of Bucks; the Right Hon. William
Edward Iecky. Unionist, for Dublin University;
and the Hon. John Edward Redmond. Parnell-
ite for Waterford
LONDON. Oct 2,-There appears 10 be some
doubt as TO whether Winston Churchill has
been returned from Oldham. The figures
first given showed an apparent plurality Of
222 for Churchill over his Liberal opponent,
MIR. Runcman. II Is evident. however. that
there has been a recount which has changed
the figures. The morning papers all disagree
as to the actual count. Some OF them give
Churchill 1881 votes and others i243I If
the latter figures arc correct Churchill Is at
the bottom Of the poll and the representation
from Oldham will be unchanged. "a Mr.. Al
fred Emmett and Mr.. Walter Runciman both
Liberals, represented this district at the dsso-
luton Of Parliament.
At Conservative meeting In Westminster
tonight where Lord George Hamilton, Secre-
tary Of State for India. and Lord Mayor New
ton made addresses, there was considerable
disorder. The chairman OF the meeting made
a suggestion. which was approved by these
two speakers. that the persons who were Gre
ating the disturbance be thrown out. The
Lord Mayors son. Harry Newton. elected one
Of the disturbers. When he was returning TO
the hall the companions OF the man whom he
had put out attacked young Newton and pushed
his head through a glass panel His face was
cut severely.
The Right Hon Sir Michael Hicxs-Beach Is the
Chancellor Of the ENchequer in the Salisbury
Ministry. Lord George Hamilton Is Secretary
Of state for India and Captain Of the Cindue
Ports, and Sir Edward Grey was Parliamentary
Secretary OF State for Foreign Affairs under the
last Liberal Government. John Redmond Ia
The chairman of the United Irish Parliamentary
marty.