Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-09
Parties Running Neck and
Neck 10 Elections,
Returns Coming in Rapidly in
The British BaI|oting.
OF 4I9 Members Elected So Far
Unionists Gain Two Seats.


| Laborites, 2S; Nationalist. As; hide
pendent Nationalist, g." Total, 226.
| observation-disclosures, 1873.
The fifth day of the elections ended
| with the parties still running neck and
neck and With the prospects that they
Twill come under the wire in almost
precisely the same relative position
| they held ut the start. Returns have
| been received up to midnight from the
voting for>ii9 members, and the result
| is tnionistS gain Of two seats in that
number over those held by that party
! in the last Parliament. This; amazing
result is as unprecedented in English
history as it is embarrassing to politi-
clans Of al factions. Both parties went
! into The election predicting great gains.
Both are now convinced that the new
| House of Commons will be practically
| identical with the old. Discussion is
| now concentrated upon the question
OF what the peoples verdict means and
what course shall be followed under
such unexpected circumstances. The
Conservatives argue that Premier
| ASquith bid for a sweeping endorse
ment from the country and has not OBJ
titled in fastening upon the nation such
| radical changes as home rule and the
ldisarming of the House of Lords.
The coalitionists insist that the vot-
ers in returning to power endorse their
policies and direct them to carry out
their program in its entirety.
Forty-four seats were balloted for
| today. Returns were received from q
| of tese and from A, which We're bal
loted for yesterday. In these s., the
Liberals gained Radnorshire and Bed
| ford. while the Unionists, gained Esk-
| dale. The contests We're close nearly
everywhere, The Unionists continue
to cut down the Liberal majority and
! to make numerical gains all along the
| line but insufficient to turn out the
| Liberal members.
| Glasgow which the Liberals counted
upon for an increased vote. went off
some 1000. Winston Spencer Churchill.
| the home secretary, was returned by
| Dundee but about 1900 votes shifted to
| the Unionist column, largely as the re-
| suit Of attacks upon his personality.
The Unionist candidate in South Bel
| fast, where opposition to Home Rule
gain over the Unionist majority in the
last election, while the indications are
| that the O'Brienites are cutting down
the strength of the Redmondites in
most sections of Ireland.
Heavy rains tonight, coupled with
delay in the reports. decreased the gen
eral enthusiasm. Premier Asquith.
speaking at East Fife, was questioned
on Home Rule. He replied that he
could not give details regarding this
measure at this stage. John Redmond,
| speaking at Dublin. said:
The election has already killed the
veto power of the Lords, and the
abolition Of the veto means the estab-
lishmcnt of Home Rule
At Belfast, rioting followed the clos
| ing Of the polls. There was much
stone-throwing Qnd many windows
We're broken. Police achievements
| We're turned out and quelled the
| trouble.
The following results in constituencies
polled yesterday were announced this
morning:
Huntinsdonshirc GIuntingdom-J Ca
! tor, Inionist majority u.s.
berkshire Ctbiugdon)-Alajor H. G.
| Henderson. Jnonist, majority 1349
| Westmorclald kendalD--Lieut. Col. j.
| r. Bagot. Jnionist majority 3oS.
SUSSEX H.ast Grinstcad)-I S. Canley,
| tnionist, majority 2S95
Lancashire CChorey)-Lord Balcarres,
Jnionst, majority 25$6
Kent Observation-Disclosures H. Spencer
Clay, Unionist, majority 2121.
Dorset (North>-Sir Randolf Baker,
Unionst, majority s..
| Staffordshire tWesD-G. A. Lloyd.
Unionst, majority 279.
| Hertfordshire CWalford)-Arnold S.
Ward, Cnionist, majority $50.
Wiltshire (Chippenham)-G Terrell,
Unionist, majority &c.
| Lincolnshire (Gainsborough)-J G..
| Benthan. Liberal, majority 50.
Lincolnshire Giorncastle)-Lord Will
/ loughby De Eresby. Tnionist, major
| ity 81.
Essex Epping)-Colonel NJ Lockwood,
Cnionist, majority 2629.
Somersetshire (Frome)-Sir ]. T. Bar
| low, Liberal. ajority SIS
Cumberland (Eskdale)-Claude Low
| Their. Unionist. majority $40. Unionist
| Northamptonshire Midl-H. Mansfield,
Liberal, majority 80.
Warwickshire (Stratford- -Avon)-
| T. s Foster. Unionist. majority 1855.
Surrey (Guildford)-W. E. Horne,
| Unionist, majority 1881.
Dublin GIarbour Observation-Disclosures
| Nationalist, majority 2613.
| Devon (Tiverton)-Hon. W. L. G.
Walrend, Unionist. majority 1878.
| Radnorshire-Sir +. Edwards. Liber
| al. ma jorty, az, Liberal gain. This was
| a UDionist gain at last election. the
| majority being IA.
Norfolk (North)-Noel Buxton, Lib
| eral, majority. 696.
Cheshire (Northwich)-J. f. L. Brun-
ner. Liberal majority. 3S1.
! The following unopposed ,returns
| were announced today:
| Liberals-Sir J. Herbert Roberts for
| West Denbighshire and John Wilson
| for Mid-Durham.
| Unisnists-A. O'Neil for mid-Antrim;
| Viscount Dalrymple for Wigtownshire;
and B. NJ. Eyres Monsell, for Worces-
| tershire (Evesham).
| Labor. w. Taylor for Chester-Le-
| Street division of Durham and r. Rich
I ,rde