The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
By, Publishers Press,

London, Jan. l3.-The outcome OF,
yesterdays election was the most
astonishing ever known In England.
The defeat Of the tories has been over
whelming and the liberal victory CORE.
|spondingly extraordinary. As the great
liberal successSis bound to have a
| mighty influence on the other elections
| to be held in The next few days, the
indications are that the liberals will
sweep the entire country and probably
have a good working majority In the
house Of commons Il.
| The most noteworthy feature Of yes
terday's polling was the defeat Of for
mer Premier Balfour, who went down
with the wreck of his party in Man
chester, where all the tory candidates
were beaten. The polling in Mr.. Bal
four's division Indicated q change Of
nearly 1900 votes from the last cleo
TONS -"
Second only to Mr. Balfour's defeat
in Importance is the notable victory Of
| young Winston Churchill Running in
! Manchester in a conservative constitu-
ency, he was elected by the handsome
majority 81 ] ,241,. overcoming previ-
GUS conservative majority of 1,471.
80 u Scope of Victory.
The scope of the liberal victory is
well illustrated in the returns re-
ceived last night. In the thirty-fve
constituencies, representing forty
seats in parliament, the liberals have
captured thirty-four seats and the
tories six. Formerly the conservatives
held twenty-six of these seats and the
| a1n ~
twenty votes in the house for the lib
4 erals ~. y =
Six of the thirty-four candidates
elected yesterday by the liberals are
labor candidates. Their success indi.
Gates that the labor candidates in vari
GUS constituencies must be given con
sideration i'm the future elections and
they will probably be a force to be
reckoned with in the house.
It has been the aim of the labor
leaders to hold the balance of power ir
the next house, and while it is still
too early to predict The ultimate com
J position Of that body, the success OF
the party has encouraged the leaders
to believe they will achieve their ambi
tion.,
b Blow to Chamberlain.
Yesterdays elections have given
heavy blow to Mr.. Chamberlain g fsca
policy program. The voters hav'
spoken in no. uncertain tone on sth'
subject of protection shown,z-in thu
enormous majorities for free trade
y eand a, s s-xET
has gop5 5o Il FOR Free e ' trade, an n
) Yorkshire IS foT1Ewiinias It's lead. In tn,
: two elections held in london, likewise
the &voterss spoke theft preference TO
1 Free trade. The liberals carried bot
: elections.
: The Manchester elections give tn
: ever. The workingmen, for a genera
ton past, have invariably voted tory
l Manchester is the home Of the fire
|. trade idea, however, and in support Q
! the doctrine the voters turned to tn
y liberal party. The liberals have electe
! all six of their candidates there, a nots
. conservatives formerly held five Of tn
; seats and that Mr.. Balfour is one of tn
defeated conservative candidates. Tn
. total free trade vote in Manchester wa
:, 35,466, while the protectionist torie
Il polled only 22,185 votes.
One of the greatest changes came i
Q Mr.. Balfour's own district, making tn
q rebuke administered to him for his SUI
$ port Of Mr.. Chamberlain g policy all tn
g more marked. In the last election tn
J tory majority was 2,453, while the lii
d eral majority yesterday was 800, M
Balfour's opponent, Mr.. Horridge, is
e lawyer of scant- distinction, SO that hi
If popularity did not count against til
= former premier.