The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
FRESH HOPE TAKEN
ON BY UNI0N|5T5
Gains Made in General Elections
Show Increasing
Strength.
RESULTS NOT ALL IN
Nationalists May Hold Balance
Of Power Between Major
Parties.
RESULTS NOT ALL IN

oA SANso.
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London, January 2o.--The status OF
the parties. according to the returns
received up to date IN the general cleo
tions. is as follows:
Unionists. 1885, Liberals. 1877: Labor.
ties 90; Nationalist. SO.
Gans-Unionists. Il: Liberals, 10;
Laborites. 1.
The returns received during the day
from sixty -eight seats. of which fifty
six were polled Wednesday and twelve
Thursday. show the following results:
UnIonists. "a; Liberals, is; Labor
lies, 4; Nationalist, 9.
Gains-Unionists Is. Thirteen Union
list gains were in country seats, one
In Scotland and one in Wales II the
uniontsts gain twenty-five OF the .6s
remaining seats. the government will
be dependent upon the votes OF the
Nationalists to legislate.
Elections were held to-day for forty
ELK seats, ono in London. three in Eng
lish boroughs. twenty-six in English
counties. eight In Scotland and three
lin Wales and six in Ireland Reports
from only twelve of these were re-
ceived tonight
The old fashioned English country
people. with their rock-ribbed conser-
vatlsnl. their reverence for the nobll-
ity and their prejudfces against the
new-fashioned socialism, were heard
from to-day, and they gave a decided
boom to the Conserva tive stock. TO-
night the Unionists everywhere have
taken cheer.
The Liberal government will return
to power with less convincing mail
date for its policies from the country
than IT counted upon. II the present
tendency prevails among the remainder
of the voters the next few days It's
will practically hold the balance CT
power. and the Irish party particular
sy will be in position to dictate leg
tslation
The proposal to reform the House of
Lords counted strongly, and with the
country people perhaps more strong
ly than did tariff reform. Scotland
and Wales stand by the Liberal party.
but the counties have given general
and even Unionist gains.
Returns Not Tn.
The results OF the pollings for afty-
eight seats yesterday were announced
to-day, and forty-seven more seats
were contested to-day, but returns
from less than half OF the latter have
been reported tonight. London's last
borough gave its verdict in favor OF
a Unionist. Westminster re-electins
". L. A. B. Burdett-Coutts. with his
majority nearly doubled. The metrop-
~ ut 81 1c nd
. I.aborites whereas In 1906 80 Lib
erals were elected in London, 81 Union
lists and three Lahorites.
j. Henniker Heaton. the Father OF
Penny Postage" retained his Canter-
bury seat by only twenty-one votes
having an independent Unionist COM
peting for the party's support. Sir
James II. Dalziel, proprietor OF the
Reynolds Newspaper, keeps his scot
fish seat for the Liberals by a largely
Increased majority Arthur II. Lee
formerly military attache of the Brit
ish embassy at Washington. retains
his seat as Unlonist for the South
Fareham division of Hampshire Cap
tain II. Spender Clay, unionist, whose
wife is a daughter of William Waldorf
Aston. defeated the late Liberal mem
Der, A. P. Hodges. Rt. Rev. Herbert
Louis Samuel, under-secretary for the
Home Office, was returned In York.
shire, North Riding, Cleveland Division.
Rt. Hon. a. IRE, Attorney General.
was Endorsed by his LinlithgoWssIhlr,e.
constituents by strong vote. Lei1
Jones, Liberal leader of the extreme
temperance party. and largely respon-
sible for the recent licensing bill ~as 3
defeated In the Appleby Division OF
Westmorcland, and the trade re- g
joices. f5 49,.
throughout the country" said Chan u
cellor Lloyd George at Bango . TO-
night. Exciting scenes followN the
decision of the poll at Bucklngham'
where the Liberal candidate, y. ". YER
|ney, son of Lord Verney. won by
narrow margin The enraged Unlonists
chased several prominent Liberals, who
took re fuge IN the nearby houses, q
stone broke the glass in 9. motor car
| in which Lady Victor and Miss Verney
we're driving, Y. az
There was riotngi at Belfast. where
dfty-four persons We're arrested on the
charge OF impersonating. X ii
n1cH,roND coLLEGE no
TLAY COvENANTERs
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