The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-14

St1tuencIeS IN widely SCaIISTeQ DuI I'M
portant centers, and in which the lib
erals gained eighteen seats. The Ia
| borltes, who are counted among the
! liberal gains, secured four new seats
against unionist candidates.
BaIfour Defeated.
In the east division of Manchester
| Arthur ]. Balfour, the former prime
minister, was defeated by T. G.. Hor-
| ridge, liberal, who was conceded even
| by the liberals a weak candidate
| against such person as Mr.. Balfour
/ Mr.. Horridge secured the remarkable
| understanding the liberal predictions
was a decidedly sensational outcome OF
! the days polling and will, 1t is be-
| lieved, enormously affect the elections
which will continue for a fortnight.
Winston Churchill Elected.
! Winston Churchill liberal and free
| trader, won the scat for the northwest
] division of Manchester from W. john
! son-Hicks, conservative, by a major
/ ity of 1,241.
Everywhere the liberal maJorities
were increased and the net result OF
! the first days contest between the
| great political parties was Overwhelm-
| ingly in favor Of the present govern
| ment.
Result So Far.
Although only sixty-six seats are
now filled out of the go required fol
| the new parliament, which will meet
at Westminster Feb. Is, the compost
| ton of the house as shown by the re-
suits declared up to midnight is as fol
| lows: Liberals, 80; unionists, IA; Ia
! borites, 6; nationalists, 7. This in
! cludes tWenty-four candidates who
were unopposed and the two candi-
! dates elected at Ipswich Friday.
The returns for Grimsby, which were
polIed today, will not be declared be-
| fore Monday, and the elections at Cam
| bridge university, which commenced
today, will continue until next Thurs
| day.
Excitement at Manchester.
Little disorder attended the polling
at any place. The excitement at Man
| chester was intense and the candi-
dates and their constituents worked
with feverish activity, especially in
| the district Mr.. Balfour was eontesting
| when reports were circulated late In
| the afternoon that Mr.. Balfour was in
| danger of defeat.
Great Sensation.
The returns coming in late tonight
| from all points created a profound
sensation in political circles. Fleet
street was packed with bowling mobs.
| Political clubs received the returns by
| special wires, and everywhere the de-
! feat of Mr.. Balfour was received as a
most complete surprise. Then as liber-
al gain was added to liberal gain until
the remarkable total of twenty-five
seats, counting the labOrites. out of
| thirty-nine constituencies, was
reached, it was agreed that the liberal
majority in the next parliament would
show the overwhelming decision of the
country
Dispatches received from Manchester
say that theh excitement there tonight
was indescribable. Great crowds
swarmed the streets, cheering and
| demonstrating with the utmost enthus-
iasm.
Speech by Balfour.
Mr.. Balfour tonight addressed a
gathering at the Conservative club. He
| acknowledged the gravity of the dis
aster, but predicted short life for the
liberal government, He urged the
unioniStS to continue TO work for the
party and the future reversal Of to-
days results.
OF course Mr.. Balfour will find an
other safe seat before the elections are
over. by one of the unionist candidates
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ent, however, there is no indication
where the former premier will find this
place where he can secure a majority
which will enable him to take his seat
as a leader on the front opposition
bench.
Some UnIonists Saved.
Among the unionists who saved their
seats in the general landslide were Sir
Gilbert Parker at Gravesend, with a
majority of 800 over J. Macpherson,
the labor and liberal candidate.
George Wyndham, former chief sec
rotary for Ireland. the unionist candi-
date for Dover. also retained his seat
over r. ]. Bryce, liberal and free
trader.
Five of the six divisions of Man
chester were won by the liberals, the
other going to labOrite. Elsewhere in
the manufacturing districts in Ian
cashire and Yorkshire the liberals took
seats from uniOnist candidates.
Liberal Gain In London.
Two London constituencies voted to-
day, Newington and Walworth, the
last named resulting in a liberal gain
There were no elections in Wales or
Ireland and only one in Scotland, at
Perth. where the liberal majority was
only slightly increased.
ais was at Halifax. OF the two seats
there one hitherto had been held by a
unionist, but today one liberal and one
laborite were returned.
Seventy-three constituencies will
vote next Monday, including twenty in
London and all those in Leeds and the
other important centers in which seats
of members and former members of the
cabinet and of a number of prominent
men of both parties are involved.
Riot at Birmingham.
Free traders at Birmingham who at
tempted to engage in an anti-Chamber-
lain demonstration this afternoon were
roughly handled. A mob of tariff re-
formers effeetuallv prevented the de-
livery of speeches. tried to duck the
leaders of the free traders in a foun-
tain and ultimately routed them. A
strong body of police interviewed and
prevented serious fighting, which al
one time threatened to be the outcome
of the political warfare.
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