New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-16
GREAT LIBERAL. GAINS.
MORE SEATS.
Labor's Remarkable Sho7cing ng-Lord
Hugh Cecil Defeated.

tinues. Out Of seventy-six contests to-day the
Liberals and Laboriias together obtained sixty
two seats. The Liberal gains to-day show the
surprising total of farty-two, while the Unionists
gained only one seat. that Of hastings
Two former Cabinet officers went down BEFORE
the storm of Liberal sentinIen.. Gerald BaIfour
who President OF Local Government Board
in the Balfou- Cabinet. was defeated at Leeds
10y majority Of 1869 and Walter Hinle Long
former Chief Secretary for Ireland lost his seat
for South Bristol. Augustine Birren President
of the Board Of Education. defeated the Union
;st candidate North Bristol.
Lord Hugh Cecil leader of the Conservative
Free Traders was defeated at Greenwich. and T.
Gibson Bowles. a Unionist Free Trader. lost at
Kings Lynn. both being opposed by Chamber
lainites
Aside from the overwhelming gains by tbs
Liberals throughout the country the majoritics
obtained are causes of surprise to both sides.
The Labor candidates are showing remarkable
strength, the total gains Of this party being seven.
not including one Socialist. W. Thorne. who at
West Ham defeated the UnioEist candidate. Sir
J. G. Nutting, by majority OF 5000.
The composition of the new Parliament up
to the present is follows
Ti3sFais Tnleniss. 81 81 ssesi1sti Saai9Ra'ts -
LaDOFiteS Il
The total Liberal gains number sizty-fou-,
the gains made by the Laborites being olassad
among the Liberals
Twenty y-one London districts voted to-day. Out
of these hitherto Unionist strongholds the
Unionists succeeded in getting only five seats
Three members of the Ministry were
returned to-day by strong majorities-FIerbert
John Gladstone, Secretary for Home Affairs:
Augustine Birreu. president of of the Board Of
Education and James Bryce. Chief Secretary for
Ireland. The Attorney General Sir J. Lawson
Walton, also received a large majority
Among the few Unionists who retained thair
seats were H. o. Arnold Forster former Secre-
tary of War, at Croydon, and Sir Howard Vim
cent at Sheffield. Newcastle-on-Tyne voted for
only two seats to-day but the returns were
not declared tonight. These seats hitherto have
given Unionist majorities. but it is predicted
that the vote will be close. and that both
likely to be turned over to the Liberals.
The declarations os the results OF the polling
are received everywhere with enthusiasm
There are cheers and counter cheers. but no
serious disorder. Heavy polls are recorded in
almost every case and 1t is evident that the
people as a whole. especially the working
classes are taking a deeper interest than ever
before.
The tide is running swiftly against the
ITnionists that an unexpected difficulty is being
experienced in finding safe ss2t for the formsE
/ Premier MI. Balfour. Some of those whom fs
/ was expected would resign their seats TO NtF.
( BaIfour refuse point blank to do so, while IN
other cases it is seen that the issue is so doubt'
full that there will be the risk of subjecting ths
/ former Premier to second defeat Nothing.
! therefore, has yet been decided.
Mr. Balfour himself seems TO be giving way
| to irritation. In a speech at Nottingham to-
! night. in which he criticised the new governs
/ ment in biting manner. he said:
! The language used by one member Of the
/ abinet would do credit 20 a bargee- II ra1her
/ haIonged 10 '-slanging" match between row.
Giae GnarrelIing over their cups than to a Min
! lister with great responsibilities. and in the case
/ of the one of whom I am thinking. of great anu
! tiles.
This obviously referred to John Burns ard
was great departure from Mr.. Balfour's Gus
| tonery urbanity.
| Ny. Burns. on the other hand. takes no pains
to conceal his thoughts. In a speech at Bat
| tersea he referred to Joseph Chamberlain as
the Llama in the political Tibet of Btrming-
ham" and said that Toryism would receive its
greatest stebs when the full story of the recent
Governments connection with the jameson raid
and the Rand scandals became known
The announcernens>this afternoon of the re-
election of Sir George Doughty Unionist t0T
Great C;rtmsby with majority of $500 an in
crease of $50 over the result Of the last contest
in 1898. was one of the few welcome bits>o news
to the Unionists-
A number Of unopposed returns were haoe
M morning. the most notable being Sir Henry
campbell -Bannsrman. in Stirling District; Tim
o+bv NJ Healv. Irish Nationalist. North Louth.
md Joseph Devlin. Irish Nationalist. North Kill
lennv Six more Nationalists- including Will
ian, II Redmond. East Glare. and Sir Thomas
Ee,,ora North wexford We're returned unop-
posed this afternoon.
Tho Labor party. can be depended upon 10 taAs
~, entirely independent course under the lead
arsbtn of lanes Keir Hardie. chairman OF tEe
1ndenendent Labor party and Socialist ana
7 Tahorita member for Merthyr Tydhl- 30 ali tls
older factions will have to reckon with the La
borites hereafter
Among the most interesting po4ilhSs to-oAS
will he those at Liverpool which was repre-
sartad bv eight Unionists in the last Parllament'
The contests will be for ffty-five seats repre~.
ssntad previously by forty-two Unionis5s. eieven
liberals and one Nationalist
birmingham will poll on "Wednesday. ana 'Lle
1rnionists though assuming great confidence IN
the return of Joseph Chamberlain admit 'aA'
tba, are likely to lose two other seats. and that
NJ c,bamberlatn's majority VIII be greatly re-
duced.
DUELs NECESSARY IN GERMAN ARMY.