The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
GOVERNMENT WILL
REMAIN .LIBER AL
'Unionists Have No Pos.
sible Hope of Win
ming Victory.
HAVE GAINED
BUT FIVE SEA rs
In Order to Displace Govern
ment They Must Win Total
Of Sixty-Two seats-London
Rejoices Over Result of
Pollings-some Sig
nihcant Changes.

London. December 5.-The position
Of the parties tonight, after the sec.
ond days pollings in the general cleo
ton. is as follows:
Government coalition: Liberals. ST
Labor. IA; Nationalists, Is. Total. III
Opposition: Unionists. lis.
The results to-day merely confirm
the opinion formed OF the results OF
Saturdays contests. that the Unionists
now have no possible hope of re-
placing e1e Liberal government In
power. The only question remaining
Is whether the Liberals will return
with larger or a smaller majority.
To gain bare majority in the new
Parliament the Unionists must make a
net gain of sixty-two seats. Thus far,
with 13o pollings, they have a net gain
of only five seats. They have gained
eleven, and the Liberals six seats. Tho
gain by the Unionists on Saturday was
seven. while the Liberals gained four
To-day the Unionists gained four and
the Liberals two seats. continua-
tion at this rate of progress would
fulnl the Uniontsts. prediction that
the Asquith cabinet would come baci:
with a greatly weakened majority, and
would be more than ever dependent
upon their Irish and Labor allies.
May Balance Gains.
IT must be remembered however.
that the Liberals lost at the January
elections large number of seats
through three-cornered contests. Such
contests are largely eliminated in the
present elections. and this may give
the Liberals sufficient gains to balance
those of the Unionists,
1t seems that the new House of Com
mons will meet with the position of
the parties practically unchanged.
The Unionist rally in Lancashire has
been maintained. and the Liberal hope
Of winning two seats at Preston has
been disappointed, but what the Libe-
rails los: In Lancashire was compen-
sated for by their better showing In
Yorkshire.
In Liverpool the strong campaign by
the Unionist orator. F. f. Smith. hah
tho result of greatly improving the
Unionist position. The Unionists
gained the seat for the Exchange divi-
sion of Liverpool. as well as that for
Birkenhead. The two seats the Libe-
rails lost in London to-day. Islington,
north. and ST. Pancras west. We're
held by very small majorities in the
previous Parliament. Apparently.
therefore, the metropolis is much the
same as in January in Its attitude to-
wards the contending parties Perhaps
rather significant are some of the
gains, such as Wakefield. a
city, which has been repre-
sented by a Unionist for eight years.
and Cheltenham, another Tory strong
= 4 st-l IL L. H..
posed of retired officers. 1t is also
the Liberals succeeded In re-
ducing the unionist majority.
These signs of the conversion of the
Conservative middle
classes may be an Indication of sim
liar change in the county agricultural
districts, which went almost entirely
in January.
London Enthusiastic.
London tonight is displaying much
enthusiasm, and the successful can
didates are being borne in professions
through the streets with itorchlights
There were similar scenes In Liver.
pool, Leeds and other towns where cleo
tions were held.
The political clubs We're filled with
at the Carleton and other
Unionist gathering places, and much
was expressed at the
smallness OF the gains. which were ex-
pected to be treble what they turned
out to be. In Liberal quarters the
greatest enthusiasm prevailed for it
was predicted, even from the stauncb.
est supporters of the government. that
the Unionists would make a net gain.
of eight seats in to-day's polling
Among the election results was Liver.
pool (Scotland division): T. p. O'Con.
nor, Nationalist, majority 1869. no
change. o'Connor's majority last elec.
tion was 2,167.