Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-12
ELECTION IN ENGLAND
Contest for Members of the
New Parliament.
OPENED THIS MORNING
Nominations in 1870 Boroughs We're
Made Today.
VOTING TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS
Remarkable Feature Of Campaign is
Extraordinary Number of Seats
Yielded to Liberals. :

LONDON. January 12-The general cleo
ton opened this morning and by 10 O'Clock
the name of the first member Of the new
parliament was announced. Sir Christopher
Furness, liberal, being returned for Hartle-
pool. Sir Christopher, however. was not
opposed. "A little later the score was
evened by the unopposed reelection of Aus
tin Taylor for East Toxteth. In the course
of the day two more liberals were elected
without contest
Nominations were made today in $50 bor-
oughs The elections in these boroughs will
commence tomorrow, and last for several
days. Ipswich is the only borough polling
today. For the last ten years Ipswich has
returned one conservative and one liberal.
Both the late members, Sir Charles Dali
rymple conservative, and Daniel Ford
Goddard liberal, are candidates for re-
election and both political parties are MAX
ing strenuous efforts to capture the seats
The workmen have a large majority of the
votes. SO the campaign centers on the fiscal
fiEht
Features of Campaign.
One of the remarkable features of the
campaign is the extraordinary number of
seats handed over to the liberals without
any attempt of the unionists to contest
them. This is attributed in conservative
circles to the certainty that the liberals will
win the election. 1T being argued that it Is
better to reserve the conservative strength
for a later struggle, which Is anticipated
after the liberals have held Office for a
year or two, when the unionists consider
that the chances of their being returned to
power will be more promising.
There is, however, great uncertainty on
all sides as to the extent of the liberal VIC
tory. The liberal enthusiasts claim that
their party will have a working majority
independent of the Irish nationalists. but
more conservative estimates give Premier
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman a majority
OF only sixty or seventy, leaving the Irish
hduonaAsts the balance of power
Balfour's Seat in Danger.
Arthur j. Bahfours seat, East Manches-
ter appears endangered Winston Church.
Ills amazing vitality and enthusiasm have
spread beyond his own division Oldham.
near Manchester). and have infected the
whole city of Manchester The liberals
claim that they will capture tomorrow sew
erai seats there, which, during the last
parliament We're held by unionists.
There is little betting on the general re-
suit. as the earlier elections, on which the
Fate OF such important candidates as Mr..
Balfour, George Windham conservative
Dover. Sir Gilbert Parker conservative.
Gravesend), and Winston Churchill all of
whose contests take place tomorrow, are
liable to have widespread influence on the
voters in the later elections. AT some. OF
the liberal clubs the odds of 8 to A have
been laid against the reelection of, Mr.
Balfour, ..- -
Much interest attaches to the efforts of
the labor party to secure the return of a
sufficient number OF members to make the
independent labor party an effective force
in the new house of commons. Some eighty
candidates, liberals and socialists, are run
ming