The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-04
At the Close of Saturdays
Polling the Unionists Had
Gained Seven Seats While
the Liberals Gain But Four
OPPOSITION SEEMS
TO HAVE THE BEST OF 1T
Results, However Were Not
Up to Expectations, and the
Present Government May
Succeed in Holding Places,
WEATHER COLD AND WET

7 ONDON, Dec. 3.-TucIudiuE those
l. unoPPoscd, 10 members had been
elected 90 Che parliament at
the close of today's polling.
The standing of the parties;
Government coRiitiol-Tfhcrai~, 5fs
Labor. - Irish Mathematics. >; total. GS.
Opposision-I nionf~tS. g..
The Unionists gained seven seats. six
from the Liberals. Stafford (south).
Ashton-Under-Tyne. Warrington. Oar
iington. Kings. Lynn and Grimsby. and
one from the Laborites CWigam). The
Liberals won four seats from the
Jnionists. Manchester Southwest.
Rochester and the peckham division OF
tamberWell and Exeter So that the
gain Of the UniOniSts is three seats net
This result is not quite UP TO the ex-
pectauons OF the Unionists. but at that
IT the current continues TO run in their
favor the government would be placed
m q very awkward position. and in all
PROBABILITY would resign. Neither party
received the lead from London and
Manchester that f. desired. although on
the whole the government came off
best. since 10 succeeded I'm holding the
northwest division Of Manchester
against A. Bonar Law, one Of the chief
opponents of the tariff reform. who was
greatly assisted ina his campaf gn by
ar. kalfOurs pledge to submit the
question of protection to referendum.
Free Trade InioniSts.
Toe Inionists reported the return OF
. majority ~ Unionist free traders. Of
which there are many ia Manchester.
70 tic -inionist party. IN London the
Lioerals held their own end a little
tnr NE lion. tN1fsfi, Girre.b rtt 4
sffl tr' eor Irei~sa. tud Nh-- tight
4tpnt ~. bDhitut-c, fsuanrirs EGcre-
tt+tf TO liif lfcAHul fs MA trtfHiunn fneff
~ q pCrftif'r in Bristol but were un-
shte 70 Improve conditions for Liberal
Two s'snadians. Sir cdberi Parker
ana W. -. Aitkcn. q younu man from
the dominion. take seals ip WrStmfn-
ster 81 represent Gravcscnd and Ash
ton-t nder-i gne. respectively.
Wen Against Odds.
fioth are i1uionists, and Aitkcn. for a
movies. accomplished the unusuaI Dur
ing TIE election he had to contend
healnsf t1o cry that be made his for
tuf-e IN cfraerinE cotton. having spent
tfc Erea y Dsrt Of his life I'm the south
Elm United States. cuba AMI Porto Rico
Another luiOnist gain must be cred
l.ea % Sir y. Doughdy. who won back
Z 4flmshy lost last January. Mr. Bal
( -FOUR pcrspnafy took part in the speak
VIZ in hehdlf or this Tnfonisf caudi-
late. while Home Secretary Churchill
actpec the Literal candidates.
i Ewo seats. West Brofnwfch and GIou-
cester. are held Dy the Tuioufste BY
hare 1.a iority of five and four votes
4 respecti ety.. Ia each case there Will be
a recount. on the Whole there is sr
Strs oreinarF similarity in the ma iori-
2 ties as compared with the election in
! Jamuaft. although Fewer persons voted
Inc weather was very cold and wet
| which initiated against n large vote
; = Few n7rdy enthusiasts gathered IN
7 Fleet street, but the dovvnpour OF rair
iaiis. where the returns were shown OF