The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-18

section and especially the vicinity OF BIZ
mingham favors tariff reform,
The Victory OF the Unionists at Walsall
points 10 an extension of the influence
or Joseph Chamberlain;
remarkably slight variation in repre-
returning the @aorties Of isos are 0'
With the exception of three consti-
Snencies results Of all toaays polling
gathered in all the main streets OF Lon
don. partlcala rly Fleet street and the
strand. where results were shown in
newspapers, Il Liberal organ, adopted the
novel device OF throwing a searchight
on Gladstone's statue in the Rand when
the returns showed that the Liberals
were assured of victory.
Victory for Burns.
John Burns OF Battersea comes back
10 parliament with flying colors. Al
though In the great landslide of 1906 he
is about 200. and in today's hard-fough,
battle he beat A. Shirley Benn, Union
Defeat has been predicted for Honest"
John perennially in the last decade and
Mr.. Burnss friends were frightened this
year.
Since the most picturesque figure in
Westminster was sent to the house OF
commons by the enthusiastic support OF
workingmen and socialists, of his home
increased responsibility, he has out
grown gradually his old radical ideas
The John Burns Is.Il of today is a vastly dif-
Burns who eNhorted the workingmen In
Trafalgar square TO rise against the po-
lice He has become one OF the most
conservative of Liberals and is said TO
be at heart good Tory.
John Burns has so far outliyed his
famous dictum that nc. man could hon
he holds $4,000 position and is likely
to be promoted to a $4,000 position. al
though his style Of living remains as
modest as ever.
Independent on Stand.
The Gear OF Battersea," as some
workingmen call him. has not hesitated
TO stand against some OF the demands
Of his old-time friends when he. consid
posed the unemployed and has spoken
plainly about workingmen's tendency to-
ward improvidence and drink: While he
parliament and is considered one ne of the
ablest legislators, traitor and rene
gade" are. some OF the mildest terms ap-
piled to him in the labor camp.
A. Sherley Benn made a strong tariff
reform campaign and received much out
side help. but Honest John in his fa-
scorns The N Ministerial @ silk hat and n frock Sri
coat-has been seen everywhere, renew
ing acquaintance with old followers. Hun
dreds of automobiles, bedecked with the
Gnionist colors. purple and yellow. filled
the Battersea streets today. taking voters
to the polls, Long lines of them were
drawn up outside the factories waiting
Poster Campaign.
bered the Burns's 10 to l. The Social
list posters reminded the workingmen that
John Burns had said that each of them
One of them accused him OF taking = soup our;
which some outcaSt should have had
when he visited the, bread line on the
em6ankment; en-, bar .tr, An3ther exhorted the
out" Still another represented him in
court suit. labeled ''The Giided Popin-
Jay"
Bands OF children paraded with Burns
emblems on their banners. which said
that. under protection. the father would
have TO rob the cat OF its meat for his
Like American Contest.
Woolwich was another scene of excite
ment, At this place the Labor leader
WIN Crooks: had a dramatic reception on
his return from Australia on the eve of
the election. Crooks went about the
streets followed by a great crowd He
was cheered everywhere and frequently
from the steps OF some house. One OF
his addresses was delivered In front of
the headquarters OF his antagonist, Major
w A. Adams, Unionist, who looked on
from a window.
Numbers of woolwich voters employed
at the works OF Vickers Sons & Maxim,
to the town in automobiles to vote
Crooks was beaten by 300 votes, where
as, In previous elections. he defeated
Major Adams by 2ll1. The result was
no surprise, for the government had
turned out many laborers by reducing the
work at Woolwich arsenal and they were
sworn 10 get revenge.
Ten thousand Durham miners marched
INTO Gateshe9d TO oppose J. Johnson. the
Labor pr. candidate: Sod for reelection. john
hour act On the way they attacked
Marsley Hill colliery wrecked the offices
and threw the books and other effectS
drafted 10 prevent another riot at night
Sir II. Kimber. the Unionist candidate
for Wandsworth, the result OF which will
be announced tomorrow, had a disagree
able experience. being pelted with mud
and vegetables as he drove through the
district. more serious affray occurred
hostile crowd attacked the speakers. Sc
vereiy inluring J. p. Philips, National
list candidate for South Longford.
Press Comment.
London morning papers on the Union
!st side concern themselves more with
the personal Victories at the polls than
the general results, which arc admitted
to be scarcely up to expectations.
The Daily Graphic sees looming the
Of the working class constituencies.
which it says. ought to serve as a lurid
warning TO the middle classes.
Liberal papers. on the other hand are
jubilant and predict that the government
majority. while it will be smaller than In
1905. Will be larger than Gladstones In
1885
The naval question had a -reat effect
in the dock yard ports. Portsmouth gave
the Gnlonists two gains. Admiral Lord
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