New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-06
| IBERA[S SURE OF
RETURN TO POWER
British Unionists Make Net Gain
of Only Five Seats. with Third
of Members Elected.
LEAVES IRISH STRONGER
Contests in Various Parts of
England Show That New Issues
and Sensational Campaign
Changed Few Votes.
rRv Cable 10 The Tribune.


.ez-s in the new Parliament filed the
T-,.orisrs have made z net gain of five
ses+s Il should be twenty in order TO
,odicste a hare majority over the
coalition. At the end Of the polling the
T-riorists can hardly expect 10 do more
-har enbarrass the government and play
for another and larger conference which
vii I'll the pauses of coronation year.
and this can be done only with the con-
sent Of Mr.. Redmond.
Rsdjcalfsn in Yorkshire strongly as
serted itself in the second days contests
The government started with a hand
some victory AT Wakefield and Leeds,
+5uddersfeId. Devsbury and other bor-
sughs rolled up heavy nlajorities.
The Unionists. on the other hand. won
tne Exchange division of Liverpool and
Firlze7head and increased their ajor-
fries in that quarter largely owing to
the dominant personality Of Frederick
Z Smith. who, himself. had q fine ma
iority in the Walton division. T. P.
0Conror's seat in the Scotland division
os Liverpool was as safe for the Ma
-iona lists as ever.
betfer in the west Of England than they
expected. succeeded in gaining Chelten-
ham and as midnight approached. the
remaining provincial boroughs disclosed
2 remarkable steadiness in the voting.
without changes in the relations Of the
tao parties.
The I-nionis-s carried North Islington
end s.. Pancras West. 10y narrow ma
-o-5ries. and in this was maintained the
sight advantage they gained in the two
dsvs' polling These victories were in
three cornered contests, but the results
we're not affected By the divided vote
No prominent candidate was defeated
on either side The Right Hon W.
P.ncinan had an immense majority in
Tevshury as had J. r Macdonald at
leicester. and the Right Hon A En-
mott at Oldham.
Sir Henry Norman was returned TO
Parliament. as Philip Snowden's asso-
cia-e from Blackburn. and his power as
an organizer viii he a fresh resource
for the government
z. A Golding. one Of the most agsres-
s;ve Of the tariff refc~mers, had an easy
victory al Worcester
The most remarkable feature of the
-o+ing is the steadiness with which the
constituencies have repeated the Janu-
~ verdict The number of changes Is
small. and the gains and losses nearly
balance one another The new issues
.rd the ingenious maneuvTes have not
confused the voters Their judgment has
not been affected by political oratory or
14ar-isan Journalism
rRv the Associated Press-I
To-dor. Dec 5.-The position OF the par
rses tonight after the second day 5 poIAhgS
n The general election Is as IolIo"s;
GOVERNMENT COALITION
Liberals .-------------- I.
NauonaIIsts 10
OPPOSITION
The results today merely confirm the
,-irto- formed from the results OF Satur-
6a,-'s contests that the Unionists now have
ID uossiole hope OF replacing the Liberal
Government in power The only question
remaining Is whether the Liberals VIII re-
turn with q larger or smaller majority
To aain . bare majority in the new Par
lament the Cnionists must make net gam
o. So seats Thus far. with 80 polilngs' theV
ONLY have 2 net gain Of five seats Ihey
have gained eleven and the Liberals six
60 The gain for the Unionists on Sat
,,-5aV was seven while the Liberals gained
for-r To-day the Unionists gained tour ana
ne Liberals two seats. 4 continuation al
-,i- rate Of progress woula I'll the Cnionist
prediction that the Asquith Cabinet "ouio
come back with q greatly weakened MAJOR
t-v and would be more than ever dependent
,.rar their Irish and Labor allies.
II should be remembered. however. mat
-. 7 liberals lost ~ the January elections
= large number OF seats through three-
carnered contests. Such contests are large
:. eliminated in the present elections. and
ms NAV give the Liberals sufficient gains
: fsrs,,ce those Of the Unionists- on the
,--els = seems likely that the new House
n r-o-rn,ons viii meet with the position OF
The rar-jes practically unchanged. The
opse.{or viii fnen arise whether the hine
viD feel justified in giving guarantees Tor
me creation of Liberal peers 10 force lhe
Eeto bil through the House OF L>orcs-
Significant Liberal Gains
some Of the Liberal gains. such as WAKE
fed. cathedral city. which has oeen rep
reserted by a Unionist Tor eight years
ana residential city. largely composed OF
retired officers. are significant. II Is also
notable that in the royal borough Of Wind
sor the Liberals succeeded IN reducing Ille
LHionis1 ma jority
These signs Of the conversion OF 1le Ia
difioual, conservative middle classes may
e an Indication of a similar change III the
county agricultural districts. whfcn went
almost entirely l-nionist in January
London tonight is displaying much en-
tH1siasnl. ana the successful candidates are
being borne in professions through ihe
streets with torch lights As 1he re'"i ''A
come II. showing the closeness OF the CON
test interest IL greatly increased, ana Fa9'
crowds gathered in Fleet street trafalgar
Square and other places where tne fesoi'S
were shown. cheering and boolng' accoi
ing TO their political affiliations
There were similar scenes in LiNeFpo"i'
Leeds and other towns where eieciioii7
were neld The weather improved sfea'i'
during the Afternoon and evening 80 mo
F4.e n watch lfls re-