Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18
Government and Opposition
Vote Unchanged in Britain.
RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS
Coalitionists Secure 393 Seats in Par.
Lament, the Unionists 271.
LABORITES SHOW GAIN OF TWO
Liberal Policy Now Confined to Self
Government for Ireland-Con-
servatism Rules.

LONDON, December 17.-With the ex-
ception of a few personal changes the
new house Of commons will be the same
as the old. If the results in six dis
tricts yet to be declared repeat the elec-
ton of January the old predominant
parties. the liberals and unionists,. will
have four members and one member less
respectively than they did in the late par
lament, making them exactly equal if
the speaker, who is elected as a unionist
is excluded.
These seats have gone to the govern
ment allies, labor having added three to
their numerical strength, while Redmond
comes back with two followers more than
he did earlier in the year. Both of the
nationalists' gains were from the union
lists.
Standing Shown by Returns.
The standing Of the parties tonight is
as follows: Government coalition: Lib
erals. 26s; laborites, 43; nationalists, -;
independent nationalists, 10. Total, 395.
Opposition: Unionists, 271.
Three former liberal seats, one union
ist, one nationalist and one Independent
nationalist are yet to be heard from. Two
independent natiOnalistS. James Mexican
and l.. Ginnell. are included among the
adherents of O'Brien, but they are not
so detached from Redmond as are the
regular OBrienites and are likely to re-
join the nationaiists. In some tables also
J. Ward, member for Stoke-on-Trent, is
included among the liberals (Ward being
would make the liberals and unionists,
including the speaker, exactly equal at
the conclusion of the election, 272 each.
Ei1,a No~Cki%ua,,oia. ~ a. uo<.
There were five ballotings today, but
the results of only two were declared to-
night. The unionists secured gain in
ST. Andrews burghs, which the liberals
held by the narrow majority of 3S.
Lieut.. Col. ]. E. B. Seeley, the former
parliamentary secretary of the colonial
Office, who was elected for the Ilkeston
division of Derbyshire in a bye-election
last March, today increased his majority.
With the elections over saner counsels
are prevailing. and there is no longer
talk of Parnellite home rule. The lib
eral policy is now confined to self-gov-
eminent for Ireland, subject to the con-
troll of the imperial parliament.
On the other side. the responsible union
list organs admit that the government has
received a mandate for parliament bill
which would abolish the veto power OF
the house of lords.
The general opinion is that the union
list leaders will in the end accept the
bill, sooner than drag the king into the
party arena. This naturally would fol-
low the lords rejection of the measure,
for then the government would be COM
PEELED to ask the king for guarantees in
the nature of the appointment Of 500
peers to outvote the unionists In the
upper house.
Would Demand Home Rule.
The veto disposed OF, Redmond nat
urally would dSnand home rule. 1t is
also possible that before the wishes of
Ireland are granted the government will
endeavOr to pass the electoral reform
BILL which would abolish plural voting
and provide that all elections should be
held in one day. The master of Elibank,
who, as chief liberal whip. organized the
campaign, has strongly advised such a
course. his experience having shown him
that the large majority of plural voters
are unionists and in some constituencies
are actually outvoting the residents.