The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
.HOPE|SABANDONED
BY CONSERVATIVES
Realize That They Can
not Win Control Of
Government.
LIBERALS HAVE
GOOD MAJORITY
This Election Will Not En-
Struggle Tariff Reformers
Are Already Looking For
ward to Future Battles.
Lloyd George Express
ses Satisfaction.

London. January 16.-Sunday has
given welcome respite from the
strenuous work at the election stations.
and an opportunity for calm reflection
over the prospects OF both, parties
striving to gain control of the govern
men The greatest animation prevail
ment. The greatest animation prevail
rendezvous of politicians, and Satur-
days results were excitedly discussed
from every possible viewpoint.
Although both sides preserve san
guine air OF confidence, 1t was evident
to-day that the Conservatives have
abandoned hope that their party will
form the next government The utmost
they dare to expect Is that the Liberal
majority will BIO SO reduced in the Aext
Parliament as to place the Liberals at
the mercy Of the Nationalists.
tmust be remembered that Mr. Bal
four, leader OF the opposition in the
House of Commons. In a speech some
days ago. said that the great political
issues now IN question would not be I
settled by one general election. and
perhaps not by two. Clearly the ex-
premier accurately measured the situa-
tion. and the hopes OF the tariff re-
formers must now be centred upon
some future general election.
Good Working Majority.
An estimate made to-day after care-5
ful calculation by well-informedi
UntonIst based on Saturdays pollings,
gives the Liberals and Laborites clear
majority of ninety or 100 over all par
ties. which would provide the Liberal
government with a good working ma
Jority.
Many of the Unionists. however. are
less Respondent They do not believe
that the Laborites will finish the elec-
tlon with SO good record as this.
AT the National Liberal Club great
suits so far. Some further losses are
expected at Glasgow and reduced
vote in the English counties. where
the agricultural interests would be
likely to benefit from tariff reform and
where the landed interests have great
influence.
The poi1ings Tomorrow, which In
clude thirty-one London constituencies
and fifty-seven provincial boroughs.
will provide a better index as to how
the country is going. Should the Lib
erals retain the hold on the metropo-
lis which they gained in 1906, their
prospects will be regarded as much
roster than they appear now.
! At present, to: sum up, nothing can
be predicted with absolute certainty,
but only q very great increase in the
l-Unionist gains over Saturdays results,
when they gained only half the num-
ber of seats they had counted on. will
give them victory. If the Unionists
continue to gain in the same ratio the
lLiberals will still retain majority
somewhere in the neighborhood of
ninety. Chancellor Iloyd-George said
| Tonight:
"We are winning. England is de-
|claring cmphatically against govern.
rnent by the peers and beers. The
North is overwhelmingly with U.s."
Burns Is Satisfied.
John Burns, president of the Loca
lGoyernment Board, said:
"All things considered. in the fgh1
between those who have too much
and those who have too little. yester
tl.London has done much better than
expect ed. In my Judgment 1T has done
supremely WELL To win the seat
4 that have been lost would have re
i Iquired almost superhuman efforts.
Will Crooks. the well-known labor
Header who was in Australia when thu
budget crisis began, and has been rae
ling against time to reach London Sc
4 that he might take part In the elec.
II ttonS. arrived dkto-nlSAl. H. IAe tep' SaS1'. S'i
Il Woolwich In the House OF Commons
4 and was received by his constituency
4 with remarkable demonstrations
il Among the Interesting members
j elected Yesterday were Rev. c. Silves'
i ter Horne, Congregational minister
4 who won on the Liberal ticket at Ips-
4 wich. and Almeric Hugh Paget, the
|JInionist candidate for Cambridge
j whose wife is a daughter Of the late
4 lWllllam G, Whitney.