Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-05
Liberals Pull Through, Gathering in
One Member.
HAD EXPECTED TO LOSE FIVE
Little Change is Noted in the Big
BorOughs of Country.
VOTE is CLOSE IN MANY PLACES
Already the Talk of a Recount is
Being Heard I'm Localities where
the MajOrities Were
Small,


AJNDONt Lee A-AopeNAhi -.hblth dlll'J
The first days polling IN the British par
lamentary elections greatly disappointed
the unionists Returns from sixty-four
constituencies show that they gained only
seven seats, while the liberals gained three.
The unionists had confidently counted on
making a net gain Of twenty seats The
feature of the days results that gave the
liberals most cause for rejoicing is that in
stead of losing five seats in London, as
they feared they would do, they gained
one.
In Pecl1ham liberal is elected for the
first time
There has been no change in the big bor-
oughs
The failure of Bonar Law, the ablsst
platform speaker on the unlonist side, to
win Northwest Manchester. is a sad brow
to the hopes OF his party.
1t will greatly Influence the contests for
the remaining seats in Lancashire, which,
evidently, is determined to have no deal
ing with the unionsts as long as protec-
ton remains on their program.
Almeric Paget who married Pauline
Whitney Of New York, succeeded in hold
ind Cambridge for the conservatives.
Irish Secretary Birrel retained East
Bristol
Two seats. West Bromwich and Glouces-
ter, are held by the unionists by a bare
majority Of five and four votes, respec-
lively. In each case there will doubtless
be a recount
On the whole there is an extraordinary
similarity in the majorities as compared
with the election in January. although
fewer persons voted.
Result of the Vote.
At the close of the polling the standing
standing of 30 artaes Is
Government Coalition Liberals, 81:
labor, q Irish-n -nstinua.ists. 8. Total. 63.
Observation-Disclosures, 60
The unionists gained sevon seats, six
from the liberals Stafford ,soutn, Ash
ton~Undsr,Tyne. Warringthh, Darlington,
Kings Lynn and Grimnby, and one from
the laborites (Wigan).
The liberals won four seats from the
unlonists, Manchester Csouthwest), Roch-
ester and the Peokham division OF Cam
berweI and Exeter, so tina; the net sain
of the unlonists is three seats.
OF the parties is as follows:
The unionlsts reported the return OF a
majority of unionlst free traders, OF which
there are many in Manchester, to the
unionist party, but from the result Of MIR.
Laws attempt to capture the northwest
district OF the city the free traders seem
to be keeping shy OF the party whose chief
plank they so greatly opposed.
In London the liberals held their own
and little more. Peckham. which left
the party in great bye-election in the
controversy over the licensing law, has
been regathered into the fold.
Helped to Win PeckhRm.
Captain Norton, DR.. T. ]. MacNamara
and c. F. c. Masterman, junior mem
bers of the government all hold their
seats and helped to win Peckham. In
addition, the liberals held Haggerston.
which many believed Rupert Guinness
would succeed in winning over to union
ism.
Augustin Birrell, chief secretary for
ireland, and C. e. Hobhouse, financial
secretary to the treasury, maintained
their own position I'm Bristol but were
unable to improve conditions for liberal
ism.
Two Canadians-Sir Gilbert Parker, an
old member of the British Parliament,
the Dominlon-take seats in Westmin-
ster to represent Gravensend and Ash
ton Under-Tyne, respectively.
Both are unionists, and Aitken, for a
nevice accomplished the unusual Dur
ing the election he had to contend against
the cry that he made his fortune in cor
nering cotton, having spent the greater part
Of his life in the southern United States,
Cuba and Porto Rico.
Another unionist gain must be credited
to Sir G. Doughty who won back Grimsby.
lost last January Some OF the stiffest
fighting in the campaign took place In
this constituency. Mr.. Balfour personally
took part In the speaking in behalf Of the
unionists candidate while home secretary
Churchill went down to help the liberal
candidate
Talk Of "a Recount.
Two seats, West BromwIch and Glou-
cester, are held by the unionists, by
bare majority OF five and four votes re-
spectively, In each case there will doubt
| less be a recount.
Many voters had moved to new districts
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