The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-19

Yesterdays Voting Shows
Unionists 100 and Lib
erals Only SO

LONDON, Jan 1S.-The elections
today resulted in the return of the
| following:
Unionists Il; liberals 10; laborites
8; nationalists /; unionist gains Il;
liberal gains l.
The standing of the parties at the
fellows:
Unonists 1870; liberals 9S; laborites
20; nationalists %.
Total gains: Unionists 51;liBerals
8; laborites l.
The unionists had decidedly the
better of the elections today. OF Al
seats contested, they won 81, of -Jhlch
IL were represented by ministerialists
in the last parliament.
With the exception of North Eng
land, Scotland and the big manufac-
turing towns, the result of the polls
shows a steady trend toward the fiscal
policy of the uniOniSts, but, calculating
returns thus far announced, the poll
teal oracles maintain that this will
rot be sufficient to overcome the big
liberal majorit obtained in 1906.
There are many side issues, such as
the cry of a weakened navy, which
Influenced the voters, particularly at
naval ports and in countries where
landlords WELD a great influence more
Lnionists gains may be expected.
There will have to be a big turn
over, however, before the government
is put out. A conservative estimate
now places the liberal-labor majority
over the unionists at between 80 and
sc. This, with compact party, would
be a working majority, but with the
unreliable labOrites, backing up by
the Irish when it suited them, the
government would have to go warily to
avoid pitfalls.
The laborites, it is true, are not
likely to be so strong in the new par
lament when it suited them, the gov
eminent would have to go Warily to
avoid pitfalls.
The laborites, it is true, are not
likely to be so strong in the new par
lament as in the last. They have al
ready lost several seats, and several
Of their members have won by mar
rev majorities.
Workmen's Party Loses Ground.
| This loss OF ground by, the work
mems party has been one of the sur
prises of the election. After the sue
cesses of 1906, they thought they had
formed the nucleus of what promised
to be a powerful group. Suspicion that
they opposed a larger navy doubtless
had it's effects, for a number of other
| opponents of the governments belated
action in meeting Germany's building
program also suffered defeat.
| The only consolation today for the
/! l1cberals was in their success in the
iBermondsey division of South Thwark.
where the government candidate, HI.
IL. Granville, recaptured the seat.
which went over to the unionists in
the bye election last November. j.
Humphreys, who was elected tonight,
had but one opportunity to pass the
lar of the house, this being on the day
of his introduction.
| SevIal of the liberal losses, as on
preceding days, were caused by three
cornered contests, the intervention OF
a labor or socialist candidate preclud-
ing the success of the government sup
| porters.
/ Fourteen of the London boroughs
re turned eight liberals and six union
lists, as compared with II liberals, and
tire unionists in the last parliament.
The unionist gains include Mile End,
division of Tower Hamlets where H.
L. W. Lawson, manager of the Daily
Telegraph, was elected, and one divis-
ion of Liverpool. Many of the seats
they won were unionist before the