New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-13
LTBERALS START WE'LL.
rWO SEATS At IPSWICH.
Contest on Fiscal Reform-Mr. Bal
four's Seat in Danger.

Ian 12-The Liberals made an en-
- -, start In the election struggle to-day
-s-r,nz another seat at Ipswich. which re-
" +bs two Liberal candidates by large ma
80 Daniel Ford Goddard was reelected
-. E7e,ix cobbold defeated Sir Charles Da1-
----,nle. who for several years has represented
,r.wich IN the Conservative interest.
rbus Ipswich. which In 1886 gave the first
.,.,+o-sI decision against Gladstono's Home Rule
srr has given the first blow to Joseph Chamber
-, ascsl programme and In favor OF free
trade.
c,- charles Dalrynple. the unseated member
4. hsrrister and landowner. and was consio-
- good enough candidate in 1885 to be put
:, AGAINST Gladstone in the famous Midlothian
..r,na,en. He was defeated then. but was elect
a so- Tnsvich IN 1885, and has held the seat
tnoc
IN. Mailing was unusually heavy. showing
,ov deeply the country is stirred by the fiscal
,,-ugsIa Motor cars played an important part
!, taking voters 10 and from the polls, and many
,s,sons are attributing the great success Of he
IsbsraJs to tho fact that they had better SUP
,lv of these vehicles than the Conservatives.
The general election opened this morning, and
hv 10 o'clock the name OF the first member OF
she new Parliament was announced. Sir Chris
,onber F,urness. Liberal being returned for
Harrepool sir Christopher. however. was not
opposed A little later the score was evened
hy ths unopposed reelection Of Austin Taylor
for Eas.. Toxteth. IN the course Of the day two
roore I serals we're elected without contest.
Nominations we're made to-day in $50 bor-
ourhs. The elections in these boroughs VIII be-
gin to-moriow and will last for several days.
Ipswich was The only borough polling to-day.
For ten years Ipswich has returned one Con-
servatiye and one Liberal.
One Of the remarkable features OF the CAM
pslpn is the extraordinary number Of seats
handed over to the Liberals without any at
;empt of the Unionists TO contest them. This
ls attributed ii Conservative circles 70 the GER
,anty that the Liberals viii win the election. It
being argued that It IS better to reserve the
Conservative strength for q later struggle, which
Is anticipated after the Liberals have held office
for a year or two, when the Unionists consider
that the chances Of their being returned to
power viii be more promising. There is how
ever great uncertainty on ali sides as to the
extent of the Liberal victory. The Liberal en-
thusiasts say that their party viii have work
ing majority Independent OF the Irish National
lists but more conservative estimates give
Premier Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman q ma
ioritv OF only sixty or seventy. leaving to the
Irish NationaIists the balance Of power.
Arthur J. Balfour's seat. East Manchester, ap-
pears to be endangered Winston ChurchilTs
amazing vitality ard enthusiasm have spread
tsyond his own division oldham. near Man
chester) and have infected the whole city OF
Manchester, causing the Liberals to say that
they will capture tomorrow several seats there
which in the last Parliament were held by
Unionists
There is littls betting on the general result.
as the earlier elections. on which the fate ot
such important candidates as Mr.. Balfour.
George WyHdham Conservative, Dover, Sir
Gilbert Parker Conservative, Gravesend) and
Winston Churchill. all OF whose contests occur
tomorrow. are likely 10 have widespread inhu-
enoe on the voters IN the later elections. At
some Of the Liberal clubs the odds OF 6 TO
have been laid against tie reelection OF Mr..
Balfour
Much Interest attaches TO the efforts of ths
-soor party 10 get the return OF suficient
number Of members to make the Independent
Labor party al effective force in tie new Houss
Commons. Some eighty candidates. Labor
nsh and Socialists. are running.