The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-21
PEERS LOSE OUT
IN ENGLAND
,,,psr ELECTIONS INDICATE
INV GREAT LIBERAL
VICTORY.
.,,.., Their Labor Allies They
WI" ur;u Have Majority of Nearly
Hundred Over All Parties.
p,lfours' Prediction Recalled.
n.,,lt of Mondays Polling.

5on Jan li.-Ouuldy gave
Lou me respite from the strenuous
TeiCon the election stations and an
VOTE s a, for calm reflection over
"rosnects of both parties striving
the p aUtrol of the government. The
tOr .O oDt animation prevailed all yester-
s1Vaso tho clubs and other rendezvous
day a. aI;t;cians. and Saturdays results
Oh axcitedly discussed from every
,ossible viewpoint.
", ,Ithough both sides preserve SAN
Ai' a air of confidence, it was evident
gum gu. tbe Conservatives have abandoned
,Il'' y, that the peers will control the
hOp' sorarnment. The utmost they
I ls 70 expect is that the Liberal ma
ia. will be so reduced in the next
pi .I;ompnt as to place the Liberasl at
l .bs mercy of the Nationalist.
'i'I + mnst be remembered that Mr.. Bal
~ loader of the Conservative oppo-
la :.;on in the house of commons, in a
s such some days ago said the great
po1itical issues now in question would
pO he settled by one general election,
n nUd nerhaps not by two. Clearly the
rnremier accurately measured the
=. and the hopes of the tariff
roformers must now be conferred upon
some future general election.
IUnionist Paper Pessimistic
An estimate by a well Uniformed I'm
ionist based on Saturdays pollings,
rivps the Liberals and Laboriets a
oloar majority of 80 or 100 over all
narties which would provide the Lib
aral government with good working
majority. Many Unionists, however,
are less respondent. They do not be-
lieve the Liberals will finish the cleo
tons with so good record
At the National Liberal Club great
satisfaction is expressed over the re-
suits so far.
The pollings today, which include
thirty -one London constituencies and
fftv-seyen provincial burroughs, will
proyide better index as to how the
country is going. Should the Liberals
maintain the hold which they gained
on the metropolis in 1906 their pros
poets will be regarded as much roster
than they are now.
Peers Gain insufficient
At the present, to sum up, nothing
could be predicted with absolute GER
tainty, but only great increase in the
Unionist gains over Saturday, when
they gained only half the number Of
seats they had counted on, will give
them victory. If Unionists continue to
gain at the same ratio, the Liberals
still will retain majority of about
ninety.
London, Jan. 1S-At the conclusion
Of yesterdays pollings in the general
election the parties stood as follows:
Unionists, 90; Liberals, II; Labor
ties, Is; Nationalist. ID. Net gain
for the Unionists, %.
The government Jared much better
yesterday than the most ardent sup
porters expected. The Unionists gained
10 seats, the Liberals 4 and the Labor
ties 1, making net gain for the I'm
lonists for the day of IA, one less than
they gained i'll fewer elections on Sat-
urday.
This practically assures the return of
The Liberals to power with fair ma
1orlty, for among the places still to
poll are those in Scotland and Wales,
always solidly Liberal.