The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-16
LANDSLIDE IN BRITISH
 ELECTIONS CONTINUES LIBERAL GAINS SHOW &UR- PRESSING TOTAL FOR
 ONE DAT.

Two Former Cabinet Officers Go Down
 Before storm of New sentiment---
 Even Lord Hugh Cecil, Leader of the
 Conservative Free Traders, Unable to
 Retain His seat--Defeated by II. Gib-
 son Bowles, Unionist Free Trader
 Labor Candidates Showing Remark
 able Strength.
 London, Jan. 15.-The liberal landslide continues. Out of seventy-six contests to-day the liberals and laborites to- sether secured sixty-tWo seats. The liberal gains to-day show the surpris- ing total of forty-two, while the union- ists gained only one seat, that of Has, tings.
 Two former cabinet officers went down before the storm of liberal senti- ment. Gerald Balfour, president of the local government board in the Balfuur cabinet, was defeated at Leeds by a majority of 1,O69, and Walter Hume Long, former chief secretary for Ire- land, lost his seat for South Bristol. while Augustine Birrell, president of the board of education, defeated the unionist candidate at North Bristol
 Lord Hugh Cecil, leader of the con servative free traders, was defeated at Greenwich, and T. Gibson BoWIes. q unionist free trader, lost at Kings LVnn both being opposed by Chamber lainites.
 Aside from the overwhelming gains by the liberals throughout the country the immense majorities secured in the turnover are causes of surprises to both sides.
 The labor candidates are showing re- markable strength, the total gains of the labor party to-day being seven, not including one socialist w. Thorne, who at West Ham defeated the unionist can didate, Sir'J G. Nutting, by majority of 5,000.
 The composition of the new parlia- ment up to the present is as follows: Liberals, 95; unionists, 31 laborttes, l7; nationalists, IS; socialists, l.
 The total liberal gains number sixty four. the gains made by the laborites being classed among the liberals.
 Twenty-one London districts voted to- day. Out of these hitherto unionist | strongholds the unionists only succeed ed in securing five seats.
 Three members of the new ministry were returned to-day by strong ff1aj6riz ties-Herbert John Gladstone, secretary for home affairs; President of the Board of Education Birrell and James Bryce, chief secretary for Ireland. The attorney general, Sir J. Lawson Wal ton, also received large majority.
 Among the few unionists who retain ed their seats were H. o. Arnold- For ster, former secretary of war at Croy- don. and Sir Howard Vincent at Shef- field. Newcastle-on-T Tyne only voted for 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 are likely to be turned over to the liberals.
 The liberals suffered one reverse by the defeat of one of their whips. Free man Thomas, at Hastings.
 Among the most interesting pollings to-day will be those at Liverpool, which was represented by eight unionists in the last parliament. To-day's contests will be for fifty-fve seats, represented previously by forty-two unionists, elev- en liberals and one nationalist.
 Birmingham will poll tomorrow and the unionists, though assuming great confidence in the return of Joseph Chamberlain, admit that they are like- ly to lose two other seats and that Mir. Chamberlain's majority will be greatly l reduced.