Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-26
AFTER R0THSCHILD'S SEAT
Novelist Trying to Break Into Parliament
Over Scion Of Banking House.
SIR EDWARD GREY HAS LARGE MAJORITY
Liberals Vow Control More Than
Half the seats, with sixty
Elections Yet 60 he
Held.
SIR EDWARD GREY HAS LARGE MAIoRl1

! LONDON, Jan. @.-Sir Edward Grey the
new foreign secretary. has been returned
| ffom Berwick -on-Twced division of
northumberland by the largest majority
ne ever had. This is typical of the general
result OF yesterdays elections, which prac-
| ideally were an unbroken series of liberal
| successes Out of twenty-one returns this
morning the liberals take seventeen seats,
twelve of which were captured from the
unionists. The others were divided, union
lists three and laboritcs one.
The new House of Commons already con-
tains thirteen Jews, with several con-
| stituencies to be heard from. This is a
larger number than previously recorded.
There is an interesting contest today in
| the Aylesbury or Middle division of Buck
inghamshire. where Rev Silas Kitto Hook
/ ing. the novelist is having a stlft fight
| in the liberal interest. against Lionel Wal
ter Rothschild, unionist and free trader.
supported by the popularity and wealth of
the Rothschilds, who have held the seat
without break since 1865.
| The campaigning in the Orkneys and
shetlands is proving dangerous in conse-
quence of the prevailing storms. Candi-
dates are frequently obliged to abandon
meetings because the fishermen declined
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the islands. The polling begins there Feb
ruary and February will close the cleo
| lions.
Alban II. Gibbs. unionist has resigned his
seat for the city of London in favor OF
former Premier Balfour, who has accepted
the committees invitation to be a candidate
| to represent the constituency.
| writ for new election cannot be issued
until Parliament meets, so Mr.. Balfour will
not be present at the opening of the house
Unionists Gain q Seat.
| Vote splitting between the liberals and
| laborites in the three-cornered contest for
| the Govan division of Lanarkshre have
| given the unionists another solitary gain.
| This, however. is Offset by several liberal
gains, including the defeat OF Colngsby
| Disraeli in the Altrincham division OF
| Cheshire, and the unseating of the Hon.
j. Parker Smith for the Patrick division
of Lanarkshire. Mr.. Smith held the seat
| for sixteen years. He Is a member of the
| executive committee of the Tariff Reform
league and was private secretary to Joseph
| Chamberlain when the latter was secretary
| for the colonies.
| r. c. Lehman, the journalist and oars
man, who Is well known in the United
States. was defeated in the South or Mar
ketborough division of Licestshire. He ran
in the liberal interest against c. Harvey
Dixon, the unionist candidate.
Liberals Have Majority.
The returns to date show that the seats
| are distributed as follows:
Liberals, SSs; unionists, 14S; nationalists,
81; laborites, IS.
The total vote is $40 The liberals now
control more than half the seats with sixty
| elections yet to be held.
or the fifty candidates nominated by the
liberal representation committee twenty
nine have been elected. With them will
act ]. Williams, the miners candidate in
! the Cover or western division of Glamor-
ganshire, in Wales, making a group OF
thirty laborites pledged to absolute indie
pendence.
II is understood that the liberals will al.
low Mr.. Balfour to be elected unopposed
for the city of London, though a formal
decision has been postponed until Monday.