Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
LIBERAL TIDE STILL RISING
si1 More Members Of Balfsur Osbinst
Down in Defeat
UNloNIsrs LOSE MANY MORE SEATS
Total Gain of Ministeriaiists ID
TO Last Might IL 132. with
Loss OF Only
TSrCe.

LONDON. Jan. Is.-Rural England Is now
being polled and is returning liberals to
Parliament with the same enthusiasm as
already has been displayed by the towns.
Few additional returns are available. as
generally the county pollings are not known
until the day following the balloting, but
those announced show persistent liberal and
labor gains
Glasgow has gone strongly liberal the
seven contests there being marked by four
liberal and one labor gain, while the only
two unionists left In the representation are
free traders. Among the we'll known MEM
bers of Parliament unseated there are A.
Bonar Law Cunionist) representing the
Blackfriars district, who was Parliamentary
secretary to the Board OF Trade in 1904 and
Sir ]. Stirling Maxwell Conservative, rep
resenting Glasgow university. John Morley.
secretary of state for India, was returned
for Montrose by a good majority.
Cambridge university returned two union
ist tariff reformers, s. II. Butcher and MIR.
Rawlinson.
ancashire appears to be going as strongly
liberal as did Manchester. the three results
already announced there recording two lib
eral and one labor gain. Among those un-
seated In Lancashire are Lord Stanley, for
mer postmaster general, by the laborte,
W. t. Wilson. with a majority OF AIS, and
c. A. Grips by II. Nuttall liberal and free
trader). with majority of 2s2I
BalfOur Ministers Unseated.
Iaken altogether, the returns, although
less sensational than those previously re-
ported, are most disastrous from the union
list standpoint No less than six members
OF the Balfour ministry have been unseate
namely, c. Scott Dickson, solicitor general
for Scotland; William St. John Brodrick,
secretary of state for India: A Bonar Law,
st. George Prettyman secretary to the Ad-
miralty; Lord Stanley, postmaster general
and Alwyne Il. Fellows. president OF the
Board Of Education. Henry Chaplin, who
was president of the local board In the
salisbury ministry, is also among the de-
feated. who now include eleven members Of
the. late cabinet. The defeat of A, Bonar
Law viii be a serious loss to the tariff re-
formers, as he has been looked upon as one
OF the ablest advocates OF Mr.. Chamber
lain's policy.
since the elections opened the unionists
nave gained only three seats, while the
ninisterialists have gained 1882 seats. The
seats up to the present are distributed as
follows: Liberals. 2Oe: unionists. 81; labor
ties 30; nationalists CO.
The continued liberal triumphs make the
results at Birmingham yesterday seem all
the more remarkable and lend color to the
contention OF the liberals that they we're
due exclusively to the force OF Mr.. CHAM
berlain's personality and to local influences
and that they had no connection whatever
with the fiscal problem.
Balfour and Zimmerman sneak
Mr. Balfour and Sir Henry Campbell
Zimmerman arrived on the same train at
inverness Scotland, today to fulfill politi-
cal engagements. The enormous crowd
gathered on the platform prevented a meet
ing between the distinguished visitors, each
OF whom was greeted with z hurricane of
cheers. a.. . -..-.. ,-...
Mr.. Balfour. addressing a meeting on be-
half Of Sir Robert Finlay. predicted for
the new government a very unhappy exist
ence of five years.
Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman. speaking
at liberal meeting, characterized Mr. Bal
tours statement that there was some sort
or compact between the liberal government
and John Redmond, the nationalist leader,
as nothing short of scandal. He said there
was no foundation for such an allegation
and declared that there was no mystery
whatever about the relations of the liberals
and the nationalists.