The sun., 1906-01-18
CHAMBERLAIN WINS VICTORY.
UNIONISTS CARRY ALI SEVEN
SEATS IN BIRMINGHAM.
lie Himself Is Returned by a Large Majority
Elsewhere Liberalization Candidates
Continue to sweep Everything Before
Thcm-slr Conan Doyle Defeated.
Special Cable Dcspa,ches TO THE SUN

Thcm-slr Conan Doyle Defeated.
Special Cdbie Dispatches to THE SUN.
LONDON, Jan 1.-THE feature OF to days
elections was the sweeping triumph of
tarh reform in Birmingham, the western
division of which is represented by Joseph
Chamberlain. As If with the preconcerted
intention to prove that a prophet is not
always without honor in his own country
each of the seven divisions of the city elected
a Cnionist pledged to Mr. Chamberlain g
policy, ana in six of the divisions phenome-
nal majorities were piled up.
Mr. Chamberlain himself polled 7,l73
votes, against r. l.. Cultivate, the Liberal
Labor candidate, who received 2,O94. In
the last election Mr. Chamberlain was
returned without opposition, and in the
preceding contest his majority was APIS.
Mr.. Chanberlain's friend and henchman
carried the Bordcsley division by ma
jori'y of 3,7s7, defeating Bruce Clasier,
the Labor candidate. Only in one division
was the contest at all close, the Unionist
majority there being 5s5. The gross ma
jority in the whole city in favor of tariff
reform was % OIL.
With easily ineligible elation the pro-
tagonist in the fight telegraphed to a Lon
don newspaper support ing him, saying
MY own people have justified my con-
fdence. l am deeply grateful to all who
have assisted in winning his great victory
We are Seven"
Elsewhere the Liberal-Labor food still
flowed strongly. Twenty-one more seats
were wrosted from the Unionists, twelve
/ Of them being in London. There is yet one
, metropolitan constituency unpolled
| Apart from these the new representa-
: tion in the capital is thirty-cight Liberals,
four Laborites and fifteen Unonists, COM
/ pared with nine Liberals, one Iaborite and
/ fifty Cnionists in the last Parliament.
! The Cnionists made another solitary gain
to-day Lord Castlercagh son of the Mar
uuis of Londonderry defeating the sitting
Liberal member. Sir 7. Evans, at Maidstone.
/ Among the members of the new Cabinet
who were victorious to-day were William
$. Robson, SOLICITOR General, whose ma
jority in South Shields was G,2s8. Sydney
/ G, Buxton, Postmaster General. who was
reelected in the Poplar division of the
Tower HamletS. and Thomas Shaw. Lord
Advocate for Scotland. who defeated Sir
/ Conan Doyle by "A moderate majority in
/ the Hawick district.
/ Eleven NationalIsts three Liberals and
I one Unionst were returned without oppo-
/ stlon. This does not alter the respective
! representations
! The sudden and unforel cen growth
of strong Laborite party in the House of
! Commons, already numbering more than
thirty members, continues to be commented
upon on all sides a. the most significant
feature Of the elections. The Conservative
press is pouring out multitude of articles
Specializing upon the effect Of this, usually
in a tone of misgiving. which, the writers
assert is shared by many Liberals.
1t is not the numerical strength Of the
Laborltes that worries the commentators.
II is the fact Il they are not only thor
oughly organized body, but that each
individually is accustomed to organiza-
ton ard they are sent to Parliament as
the paid agents of organized labor inter
ests with certain definite objects
The Daily Mail to-day editorially seek
ing comfort in face Of the phenomenal,
untred situation, strikes a note which will
be indor-pd by many unbiased observers.
Under the title of The Revolution OF 1905
it says that when the survivors of the
wreck of Unionism arrive at the House of
Commons they will look upon a scene
never hitherto witnessed in that assembly.
They will find that "the first club in Eu-
rope is gone, and we hope as sequence
the frs business house of Europe will have
taken its place, for, however much we may
regret the loss of the leaders and servants
Of our party, we are not blind to the fact
that the House of Commons for the last
twenty years has not been the strenuous
headquarters of the worlds greatest empire
that il should have been.
The Introduction of forty or fifty work
ingmcn members of Parliament cannot
but materially aiTcct all the transa tons
as well as the atmosphere and prestige Of
the House. Ii we are not much mist AIKEN