The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-08
UNIONISTS OBTAIN
net GAIN OF THREE
O'Brien Wins in Cork City
Over William Redmond.
FIGHT ABOUT A STANDoFF
London Finishes Its Voting and
shows Unionist Loss of Three.
Diminishing Totals Continue TO De
Reported Throughout England.
GA.lcrf AstOr Heads List.

London, Dec The most interesting
and at the same time the most highly
important election announcement to-day
was the result of the polling in Cork City
yesterday. The authorities in their dis
cretion deemed il unwise TO publish the
result last night. thinking it wiser to
allow the news to reach the partisans in
calmer moments.
Consequently il was not until this af-
| ternoOn that the vote was announced.
This showed that William o'Brien and
Maurice Healy. Independent National
lists We're elected by combined majority
of /. l64 over William Redmond and Au-
gustine Roche.
Voting Lacks Sensations.
In England to-day's polls were without
| sensation Diminished total polls. as
compared with those of January, were
still the order of the day. Still there is
a distinct advantage in the aggregate
vote of the Unionists over the Liberals,
but the labor and Nationalist votes con
tinue to support the coalition majority of
the government. The Unionists to-day
were distinctly depressed. They really
! feared further losses. but the results gave
them net gain OF three, as compared
with a net loss of one last night.
/ In East London the influence of the
campaigning OF Mr.. Lloyd-George, chan
| cellor of the exchequer, was well shown
/ in the labor gain in Bow and the Liberal
| gain in Stepney. but the Unionists scored
/ a gain in Newton Lancashire, which is
always regarded as the most important
county in England in a political sense
/ The Unionists also scored two wins in
Plymouth and one in another important
Industrial center. Cardiff.
London Voting Is Finished.
London has nov finished voting. 1t
/ returns thirty-one Unionists. twenty
seven Liberals. and four Laborites,
showing a gain OF one Liberal and two
I.aborites.
| The tight remains a ding-dong, inch-by-
inch tussle Both the two great parties
| are trying to improve their position by
/ even ever so little in the next house.
/ Last night the Liberals entertained the
| hope that they gain twenty seats
| before the end of the elections. The
| UniOnists had small hopes of improving
! their position and had begun 10 think
they must fall something short. but to-
days results restored things to more
level footing The Unionists still hope
to maintain their position. They no
longer hope to improve it.
The total vote polled was Unionists,
269. .6SS: Liberals, 214,OS4; Laborites, 3O,S7S:
Socialists. SS5. and Suffragettes, %
At Plymouth, Waldorf Astor, son of
William Waldorf Astor. and his col
league. Mr.. Benn, Ousted the two sitting
Liberals. Messrs. Mallet and Williams.
The former is financial secretary of the
war Office. Mr.. Astor was chosen as
the prospective Unionist candidate in
Plymouth in 1905. but he was beaten in
his first attempt TO win the seat in Jan
| cary, 1910. To-day he heads the poll
with a larger vote than Mr.. Mallet re-
ceiyed on that occasion. Mr.. Mallet is
the first member of the government to
fan in the present election.