New-York tribune., 1910-01-22
IL .-sbls 70 The Tribune.l

Ian 1.-THE Unionists are
-a5ucine the coalition majority
So. s-rer-o,s and successful fight
IN the counties
- re- gair at midnight was al.
orlv small fraction of to-day's
- 5e,lsreG. About two-thirds Of the
p.,a,s and districts have voted. and
:. T-,ionists field operations are re-
-.-s,ts5 mainly 70 about 115 seats held
.,s T5heTa! and Labor members in
lex, Parliament The results of the
elections have shown that out
- .,s Scottish. Welsh. Yorkshire and
.a--bs-n industrial sections Liberal
vi.b majority in the last election
.ivb * 20pa are vulnerable.
-,s rsnge Of successful campaigning
..s baen xidened. and larger gains are
,-ob.bls IN the counties than in the bor-
,,,vbs The latest returns still point to
government majority Of more than 100
and possibly Ia
Among tie defeats over which both
rs-,iss rejoice is the downfall Of A. Y.
C;rsvson. whose Yorkshire seat has been
,s,-ursi bv q Liberal in 3 three-cor-
nsre5 fight. Grayson has been an un-
manageable Socialist, whom the trade
unionists have dlstrusted-
The most serious Liberal reverse has
been the rejection Of Joseph Albert
Psase, TIE chief government whip, mem
bsr FOR Saffron Walden. and one OF the
shrewdest political organizers in the
kingdom
Evidences Of political reaction are
strong in East Anglia. Lincolnshire.
Somerset and the Midland agricultural
counties. where the Unionists have
either gained seats or largely increased
the- polls. Apparently the farming
dasses have been convinced that they
viz beneft hy tariff reform and the in
rezsed prices Of wheat and meat. This
& the natural explanation of the Lib
ssl defeats in Sleaford. Louth. Leornin-
ssr, Bridgewster and other divisions
The capture Of West Perthshire by
ne Unionists vas due 10 the personal
POPULARITY Of the Marquis of Tullibar-
dne. the heir Of the Duke Of AthoIl.
The only Liberal member from Ireland.
! W. Russell. was defeated by z Union
81, A [. Homer, in South Tyrone, after
strenuous fight. 7. H. Sloan, the inde-
PENDENT Unionis1. was beaten by a more
o-hodox member of his party in Belfast.
Tin" Healy held his seat in a fight
9Th the official Nationalist candidate by
narrow majority.
The attack Cr the party machine in
Ireland has so far only resulted in the
return Of TWO independent Nationalists,
1sssrs. Hesly and O'Brien. Joseph Dew
II, organizer Of the United Irish League.
@as expected TO lose West Belfast, but
ns effectively resisted the attack from
ne CnionIsts and the maIcontents in his
oyn party.
Ihe Marquis Of Hamilton, who was
lhepposed in 1906 for Londonderry. was
Asfo pressed by Nationalist for re-
eectlon- and narrowly escaped defeat.
ne Liberals have been sorely disap-
pointed by the losses in the English
county divisions. which diminish the
coalition majority. They still count on
-a'lng majority without Irish votes.
ZONE Rule viii necessarily have second
pace IN the government programme
s'1e the veto question has been
1ken I'd.
4 Is conceded by members of Parlia-
-'7ll o. both parties that another gen
eiectlon may be expected next wear.
-aFi1 reform is sweeping all the coun-
= around London. Late tonight the
He~s came that at the Enfield Division
= Niodiesex the Unionists had won an
-iet great victory. Not a single seat
Il "let IS known as the home counties
~ now De considered safe for the Lib
ID party, but north OF a line drawn
eSloSs England from Liverpool to
a'llsoy the voting is strongly in favor
q Free Trade
-e"ls Vernon Harco-rt, about the
most popular minister in the Cabinet.
csghire. --'--'
:. lar 40 members have been elected.
:. Liberals. Labor men and National
x. numbering 246 and the Unionists
l. y. r