Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-28
LIBERALS HAVE
STRONG MAJORITY
ELECTIONS IN BRITAIN ARE
ENDED
campbellsBannerma Has Greatest
Lead Ever Given an English Pre-
mler--ereat Changes In the
Country viii Result
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 27.--Except that the
returns from nine constituencies have
tiors in the United Kingdom are end
ed The government coalition will
have approximately $40 votes in the
next parliament, this estimate includ-
ing, on the side of Premier Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman, the Nationalist
and labor votes, with concrete Union
list minority Of 100 on the opposition
SIDE.
Inc issues in the campaign brought
forth by the Liberals include an ex-
Densive war for which the people are
still laying, a threatened rising OF
food prices, an unpopular educational
system, an unprecedented number oil
unemployed and many other matters
Gem raj dissatisfaction with the Unto l.
lists ten years Of power was mani
tested.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman will
enter the new parliament on February
IL with the greatest majority ever
given to an English pre- mier.
AS a result of the elections the po-
litical map Of England shows a tro-
mend, us change and 1t may safely be
said that the incoming Of a new party
of The old order of things, for even
the most partisan of the Conservatives
admit that the Liberal government Is
in power for at least it's full turn un-
der the septennal act and that with
in the next six years new names will
be made and new statesmen Will ap-
pear. while the premier, whether he
stays in the house of commons or
goes to the house of lords, has won a
name which will be handed down to
posterity.
With such evidence as the country
has given of opposition to the Union
lists, who were pledged to carry out
the foundation policy inaugurated by
Lord Salisbury and Lord Lansdowne,
the Liberal government feels confident
that it will receive whole-hearted sup
port for some time to come. or until
the minority is able to draw off suf-
ficient support to become an opposition
strong enough to be considered
The composition of the new parlia-
ment as near as it is now possible to
tell, follows:
Liberals, &c., Unionistss 100; Nation
alists. S4 Laborites. so. Thus it will
be seen that the Liberals have a ma
tority over all of eightytwo votes, but
such a thing as a combination OF the
entire force of Laborites and NATIONAL
lists against the government is hardly
con ,eivable.
1t should also be pointed out that
the election probably marks the end
of the old two-party system, there
now being four groups, of which the
Iaborites are the most interesting.
The Labor party's development in
national politics marks a surprising
change in sentiment in the country.
Liberals are supporting Laborites and
Isaborltes are supporting Liberals In
.,s.Aa Tn
is predicted that the Labor party will
Become the great democratic party OF
England The fact that labor felt its
strength in this election is bound to
give impetus to the movement in the
future. and especially as John Burns,
the Labor party leader, has been per-
1nanently seated in the cabinet Mr..
Burns, it is generally conceded, is GER
tain to reflect credit upon his position
and supporters, Notwithstanding the
violent attacks made upon him by the
adherents of the aristocratic regime
and the jealously of a certain element
among the Laborites.
Some twenty-five members of the
Labor party belong to what is known
as the Labor Representatives. They
are pledged to disregard the party
whips of either side and to vote in ac-
cordance with the wishes of their con-
stituents. So long as these follow in
structions they are paid $1,000 each per
year by the Labor Representative COM
n1ittee. The other labor members, who
are unpledged, will probably stand by
the Liberal side through thick and thin,
and on labor questions will have the
support of some twenty or thirty of
the more radical Liberals.
The new parliament opens wide
field for speculation on the possibility
of combinations. The minority is hon.
ogeneous and the majority heterogen-
eous, and the concrete minority is GER
tain to endeavor to secure the support
of sections Of the majority.
1t is a fact that Joseph Chamberlain
has already outlined a plan for the
Unionist support OF Labor on all trades
union propositions. Mr.. Chamberlain