Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-18
Government Fares Much Better in British
Elections Monday Than Its Most Ar
dent Supporters Expected Free
Trade Advocate Loses Seat.

| London, jan 17.-At the conclusion o
today's polling in the general elections
| the parties stood as follows:
| Unionists 81, Liberals ~ Laborites 16
| Natlonalists 49, Net gain for the Union
lists 30
The government Jared much better
today than it's most ardent supporter.
expected. The Unionists gained 10 seats
| the Liberals four and the LabOrite:
| one. making net gain for the Union
lists Tor the day of IA, one less than the!
gained at fewer elections on Saturday
| This practically assures the return o
the Liberal power with a fair majority
| for among the places still to poll arr
those in Scotland and Wales. which
are always solidly Liberal. There can.
not be said to have been many sur.
prises today. Some expected that Johr
| Burns. president of the local govern
ment board, would be defeated in the
| Battersea division of Battersea ant
| Chapman but pessimism has been pres
ent in every election since Burns has
| been a candidate
Other state officials who had to fight
for their seats and were successful
were Augustin Birrell, chief secretary
for Ireland and c. E. Hobhouse, tinan-
cial secretary to the treasury in Bris-
tCl, and DR.. II. ]. MacNamara, secre-
tary to the admiralty, in Camberwell
Their majoritieS We're considerably re-
duceu.
In fact this happened all through the
country, the huge majorities securec
in 1906, showing big reductions in al
most all cases. Indeed, many or the
Liberals who became members oI Inc
House of Commons by the grace OF the
landslides that year have been sem
back to private life. Among them Is
Hamar Greenwood a Canadian, WhC
represented York and was considered
a prominent candidate for high ONCE
Another Canadian, Joseph Martin, fof
mer premier Of British Columbia, wa
more successful, winning the seat lol
ST. Pancras, East.
Other prominent members defeated
included l.. c. Chiozza Money, the
apostle of free trade. who lost MS sea
for North Paddington, and Will CROOKS
the labor leader for WoolWlcn, Slr II
Pobson the Liberal candidate for Norti
KINGSTON, failed to get majority aS
did also Sir John Gorst, an eX-mlniS-
ter whose leading spirits We're a. )
Ralfour and Lord Randolph Churcnili
n, the other side Lord Ireland ano
G. Stewart Bowles, who ran as Free
Trade Unionists, failed IN their atteHp'
TO GUST Philip-Showden, the labor leau-
or and Sir Thomas Barclay at SLACK
h,rn Doctors had much to 90 VIII
tho defeat of Claude Hay, Unicnlst, IN
tho Hoxton division of Shoreditch. his
o,nonent was DR.. c. Addison, "a
rro.ls consultation surgeon. HAY "
the platform made disparaging REMARKS
about the profession and as reSui'
tho whole fraternity turned out 70 as
sist DR.. Addison.
rbo Liberals also won back the adj
Joining CONSTITUENCIES of Hagaratoh
which was represented by the Hon. x
Guinness. CTnionist, he being defeateo
TODAY by II. G. Chancellor.
The Unionist leaders. who ran 70
dav. including a. j. Balfour A. Boha'
law and Sir William Bull-Sir Wlliish
heine the man who caused diversion
nv engaging in a fist fight recehliS
with a heckter at Hammersmlth-hoio
tba,r seats hy increased majorities. me
nollinr was remarkably close, now
ever. in many constituencies. H. y
Duke the noted barrister. for example
won Exeter from the Liberals by INT
narrow plurality of 26, while in th'
}oecl,ham division of Camberwell, Hen
nv Cubitt Ciooch, who secured ma
nov
i've ele elton, retains his seat by pare
hundred One Liberal retained ms sea
by a majority of only 10.
the general view of today's contests
hears out the forecast The North
solid for the government; fhe mid"ic
lands section, especially in the went!
Of Birmingham, favors tarln REFORM
The victory Of the Unionists at Waisai
noints to an extension of Joseph Cham'
berlain's influence.
The metropolis, which after the bye
elections, which all went IN FAVOR OF
the Unionists. was expected TO make
clean turn over, is displaying re-
n,ar,kahlv slight variation in represen'
tation. although the Liberals are mo-
obtaining the majorities that they die
in 1906.
The hope of the Unionists lay in the
homo counties arad West Coltenham
Exeter Colchester, all returned Union.
lists in the fold. The area, however, is
TOO restricted, lacking big industrial
certers to afford them any great
chance of success. With the exception
of three constituencies. the results o.
all today's polling were announced to-
night. Great crowds gathered in all the
main streets in London, particularly II
Fleet street, and The Strand, where
the results We're shown in front of the
newspaper offices. One of the newspa'
pers. a Liberal organ, adopted the nov
81 and striking device of throwing {
searchlight on Gladstone's statue in thu
Strand when the returns showed tina
{ tho liberals were assured of victory