The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-18
BRITISH ROLL
UP LABOR VOTES
Another Days Struggle but a
Repetition of Previous
Days Work.
DISCONTINUE OF THE
UNI0NISTS COMPLETE
Friends of John Burns Wildly
Celebrate His Election
at Battersea.

LONDON. Jan. 1.-THE Laborites and
Liberals. as result OF yesterdays sclec-
ton at Newcastle Tyne, each gained
a seat. Both these seats formerly
were held by Unlonlsts, with majori-
ties OF 1000 and 900. and the force
Of the anti-Unionis' blizzard can be
gauged by the fact that the result which
was announced this morning gives the
successful LaborIte and Liberal contest
ants majorities OF 1000.
American Wins Out.
Sir Charles Dixie, In the Forest OF
Dean division of Gloucestershire. and
Col Saunderson, in North Armagh. were
among the members Of Parliament re-
elected today without opposition, ]. II.
Soaverns. the American, formerly Of
Boston. Mass. has been successful In
capturing the Brixton division Of Lam
both, London, for the Liberals.
London Remains Unionist.
The commercial heart of the United
Kingdom remained faithful to the Union
list cause, the city OF London return
Ing A G.. Gibbs and Sir Edward
Clarke with large majorities. approxi-
mating 10000 over their Liberal OPP
ponents. Some OF the other Conservative
London districts like Westminster. and
provincial seats like Oxford where tho
working class population is small. man.
aged to retain Unionist representatives,.
Landslide Continues,
Otherwise today's story of the struggle
is q repetition of yesterdays heavily In
creased pollings OF enormous labor votes
and discontinue of the Cnionlsts. who
did not gain single seat in todays ball
loting, but lost twenty-five to the LIB
erals and Laborltes.
The 2I7 seats already elected for the
new Parliament are distributed as fol-
lows: Liberals, 125. Unlonists "a; Labor
ties, 2S; Nationalists. SS
Solitary Unionist Gain.
The solitary Unlonist gain at Hastings
since the elections began Is met by
combined Liberal and Labor gain Of
don and Liverpool have not gone so
heavily In favor of the Liberals as did
those at Manchester. but several seats
were won In London and two at Liver
pool. In most cases however, the
Unionists retained their seats with great
ly reduced majorities.
T P. O'Connor the Nationalist. was
reelected for the Scotland division of
Liverpool At Berkcnhead the Liberals
gained a seat and one at Edinburgh. The
Laborites gained one at Dundee. This is
TeBhueu as an important lnulCallOH OIL
the drift OF tho feeling in Scotland.
Former Secretaries Lose,
Defeats OF former cabinet secreta rIes
continue to be announced, Alfred Lyttle-
ton. Colonial Secretary in Mr.. Balfours
Cabinet, and William Hayes Fisher, FL
nenciel Secretary to the Treasury In 1902
being among those who lost their seats.
William Ashmead Bartlett Burdett
Coutts. Unionist, managed to maintain
bis scat for Westminster, but Sir Henry
Seton-Karr was defeated In St Helens
by Mr.. Glover, Laborite.
Great Scene at Battersea.
There was a great scene at Battersea
tonight after the poll showing that John
Burns was elected was announced. Mr.
Burns stood on the balcony OF the town
hall on Lavender Hill, where he resides
wildly waving his hat, while fully 1000
of his supporters were along the hill as
wildly cheering. 1t was a long time be
fore Mr.. Burns could get a hearing to
announce the figures Then he exclaimed
Now go and tell my wife " A few
minutes afterward Mr Burns was escort
ed shoulder high through tho Battersca
streets by thousands OF workmcn.
Alter Humc-Long. former Chief Secre-
t2ry for Ireland. who lost his scat for
South Bristol Monday. was today elected
TO the Unionist seat for South Dublin
where the Unonist candidate had with
drawn In his favor.