Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-21
Strongest Fs-trsssss Of Urisnism Invaded
BY the Popular kOvtm,nt
IRISH PARLIAMENT is PREDICTED
Statement that New Body will Be Sitting
at Dublin Wi hin Two Years
CHAMBERLAIN MAY TAKE LEADERSHIP
Rumor that Birmingham Man WIN
Head Opposition, as HaIfour is
sim Unprovided with
Seat.

LONDON, Jan. 20.-Within the last eight
days the political complexion of the United
Kingdom has been completely changed by
the tide Of liberalism. which even now Is
higher than the most sangune radical dared
TO hope for or predict. The new Parliament
| will be overwhelmingly liberal.
Up to this time the total number Of mem
| bcrs elected is 49, OF whom 2E are liberals,
ia unionlsts, 10 laborites, rs nationalists and
! socialist This leaves 1870 seats still vacant,
The liberals thus far have gained no less
| than la seats counting the labor gains as
liberal or government gains and " the same
! proportion is kept up for the remaining 100
| seats the liberals will have 407 votes in tho
next Parliament. to which may be added
! those of " aborites. / socialist and So ma
tionalists, which would give Prime Minister
/ Campbell -Bannerman S33 votes, against 1877
| for the conservatives.
! While this calculation concerning the re-
suits in the 100 vacant seats is entirely
speculative it is not in any respect impos-
! sibe OF realization, nor could 1t be more eS-
, traordnary or startling than any of the re-
| suits declared during the last few days.
In Ireland and Scotland.
ireland remains practically unchanged
The nationalists have plucked one seat from
the solid northeast corner. The liberals
have broken into the tory stronghold of
Scotland with prospects of other remark
able successes while, as already noted, the
great fortresses of unionism during the last
ten years have been razed before a storm
Of undreamed Of liberal sentiment or OF op-
position to the unionist policy.
With the exception of Birmingham, which
is completely controlled by Joseph Chan-
berlain, all the great centcrs have shown n
tendency to change from the old order Mr..
/ ~. ok.nl, ta1r
until he Is given a chance in a bye-election,
though possibly some safe unionist seat
may be relinquished in his favor before the
end of next week. 1t is understood that
several efforts in this direction have been
made, but without success. Such reports
as these. 1t IS believed, are materially weak
ening the prestige of the accredited leader
81 tifes unfonist party. In the absence of
Mr.. Balfour Joseph Chamberlain probably
will take the lead In the next Parliament
At any rate. he is now acknowledged to be
the strong man, and will have the greatest
support OF any man on the opposition
benches.
The most remarkable feature Of the cleo
= tions thus far is the labor members elected.
The last Parliament could claim but seven
= laborite members, while up to the present
} no less than forty of them have secured
seats, and with the promise of further
gains 1t is not at all improbable that labor
will have a representation of fifty mem
bers in the new Parliament. This undoubt-
edly will have n tremendous effect on
= legislation in England, as the lsborites are
almost certain to get the support Of the
home rulers In any seasonable measure
; introduced by them.
Irish Parliament Predicted.
One of the most prominent politicians in
England said TO the Associated Press to-
, day:
: !. II is useless to minimize the presen,
{ revolution and we might as well begin IA
take new view of the situation. In my
: opinion Parliament sitting at Dublin may
Assuredly John Redmond. leader OF the
: nationalist party and Prime Minister
h Campbell -Bannerman have reached a work
" ing agreement. and II is inconceivable thai
Mr.. Redmond would be content with any.
e thing less than an Irish Parliament.
mean separation and have good reason,
TO believe that plan is now under con
can he eliminated from the delibeTaiio1,
OF such a Parliament, which would ac
: upon the imperial Parliament and at leas
o try the experiment OF administering Irisl
affairs under the conditions which hav,
changed in the last century.
The elections viii be over before the enc
OF next week the last contest being Sc
for January 9e. But so far as the liberia
|
be measured, not predicted prio
TO the elections. by months or a few years
but by the limitations OF the septennia
, act
n Duke of Marlborough Defeated.
e Out of forty-one returns this morn
J. ing the liberals take twenty-one seats
e of which twelve were captured from tn,
q unionists including Woodstock. where th'
o Marlborough influence did not suffice Il
% stem the anti-conserystive fiood, Amonl
e the unionists who lost their seats il ST
4. William Hart Dixie, conservative. forIhe
e member Of the hartford division OF Kent
y who was president of the council from lSs
h TO 1892.
Lieutenant Arthur II. Lee, conservative
former civil lord OF the admiralty, witt
3 was British military attache at Washing
ton and later attache with the AmeTical
z army during the spanish-American wal
has been elected for the South or Farshsn
division of HampShire by q greatly re