The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-01-22
IN
OLD ENGLAND

ULD ENdLAISD
Probability That Legislation in
the Next Parliament viii De-
pend Upon the Votes OF the
Irish NationaIiStS,
London, Jan. 20.-The status OF the
parties, according to returns received
up to date in the general elections,
follows:
Unionists, 1853.
Liberals, 1877.
Laborites, 20.
Nationalists, So.
Gains
Unionists, II; Liberals, 10; Labor
ties, l.
Returns received today from IS seats;
of which 56 We're polled Wednesday ana
u Thursday, show the following ieS''i'''
Unionists "a.
Liberals, lS
I.dbOriteS, 1.
NationaliSts 9.
Gains: Unionists, 10. - =,
Thirteen of the Unionist gains were III III
county seats, one in Scotland ana nS one +ba 1ta
Wales II the Unionists gain Y OF me tng
16S remaining seats, the government Mli4
be dependent upon the votes OF the Nd
tionalists to legislate.
Country People Fear Socialism,
The old-fashioned English country peo-
ple with their rock-ribbed conservatism,
their reverence for the noolIty, hio,,ad anu cre
prejudices against the neW-laslli me-
Socialism were heard from today anu
they gave decided boom to the ConseF-
vative stocks. Tonight the UhoIisls
everywhere have taken cheer
The Liberal government Will return 20 "
mower with a less convincing manqate IoI
it's policies from the country tLah 40 ~
counted upon, if the present tendency pre- ptt5o
walls among the rest of the voters the
next few days. Its allies. the Laporltes
and Nationalists, practically Will hold tne
balance of power and the lrlsh party
particularly will be in position TO ulc-
tate legislation.
The proposal to reform the house OF
lords counted strongly among the c9uIi, I
try people, perhaps more strongly tndli
did the tariff reform. Respect Tor tne olu
institutions is more deeply rooted there
than in the cities. with their labor unions
following socialistic Innovations, WLliGi, Wai
are regarded with suspicion IN the i rural
districts. Scotland and Wales. where
Nonconformists abound, stand by the
Liberal party.
Great Number of Contests.
The results of the pollings for 5S seats
Yesterday Were announced To-Day, ana IL
more seats were contested today. bQt re
turns from less than half OF the latter
last borough gave its verdict in favor OF
a Unionist Westminster re-electlng W.
L. A B. Burdett-Coutts, with his ma
iority nearly doubled.
The metropolis has GA Unlonlsts, ~ Lid
erals and Laborites, whereas In lgO6, %
Liberals were elected in London. Il Union
lists and 8 Laborites.
The popular vote in i9O6 was: Union
st, 26S, 167; Liberal, 25S,SlO; Laborites' 20
The popular vote this year in London
is: Unionst, 33S,713; Liberal! 251,26l; La
bortes. S0,0l6.
postage" retained his Canterbury seat by
only 81 votes. having an Independent
unionist competing for the partys sup
port Sir James II. Dalzrel, proprietor
of the Reynolds newspaper. keeps his
seat for the liberals. Arthur II. Lee, for
merly military attache of the British en-
bassy at Washington, retains his seat as
unionist for the South Fareham division
of Hampshire. Captain II. Spencer Clay
ton, whose wife is daughter of William
Waldorf Astor. defeated the late liberal
member A P. Hodges. The Rt. Hon.
Herbert Louis Samuel. under-secretary
for the home office. was returned in
Yorkshire, North Riding, Cleveland diyi-
sion.
The Rt. Hon. a. IRE, attorney general,
was endorsed by his Linlithgowshire con-
stituents Lief Jones. liberal leader of
the extreme temperance party, and large
ly responsible for the recent licensing
BILL was defeated in the Appleby division
of Westmoreland, and the trade re-
joices.
II am quite confident of the result,
said Chancellor Lloyd-George at Bangor
tonight.
Premier Asquith. at Fifeshire, declared
that one thing was certain, the great in
dustrial centers would not give to the new
parliament any candidate to interfere
with the system of free trade.
league issued a proclamation tonight say
'"Today's unionfst victories conclu-
sively prove that free trade is losing its
hold on the country
Exciting scenes followed the declaration
of the poll at Buckingham, where the
liberal candidate, f. w. Verney, son of
Lord Verney, won by a narrow margin.
The enraged unionists chased several
prominent liberals, who took refuge in
nearby houses.
An enormous placard was displayed at
Hampton, with the inscription:
IF the radical-socalistic government is
retained in fifteen years England will
be under the power of Germany. Many
of you will be forced into the German
army"
Elections were held today for forty
seven constituencies, one in London,
three in English provincial bOroughs. 26
in English counties. in Scotland. in
Wales and in Ireland.
Reports from only twelve of these were
received tonight