The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-26
SCALE MAY EASILY
TURN EITHER WAY
English Elections Too CIose to
Give Either Party Much
Cause for Satisfaction.
GAINS OF UNIONISTS
STILL BEING RECORDED
Air Filled With Suggestions of
Compromise as to Govern
ment Policy.

LONDON, Jan. 25.-F'ive hundred
and sixty members of the new parlia-
meut have been elected. They are
distributed as follows:
Unionists, 23s; Liberals, 2l3; Labor
ties. 81; Nationalists. ~.
The announcement of Unionist
gains continues with uubroken regu-
Iarly. Ont of tbirtythrce results de,
clarcd today the Unionists had nine
gains. of which ono was in Scotland
Liberals were able TO get only two
gains in Scotland
Notable Victories.
Among the prominent members elec t.
ed today were the Right Hon. Austin
isis IN Worcestershire. east, and Sir
\: f. Acland Hood, chief Unlonist
whip. who retained his seat for the
west division of Somersetshire.
Among those defeated were Sir c, d.
Rose, in the eastern division of Cam.
brIdgeshire and F. II. Newpess, news
paper proprietor, who previously held
the seat for the northern or Basset
law division of Nottinghamshire for
the Liberals. The elections viii con
tinue throughout the week but chances
Of the unIonists obtaining majority
or of the Liberals getting enough seats
TO render them independent have dis
appeared, and 1T becomes most inter
esting question as TO how the Liberal
government Is going 10 meet the diff
cult task before it,
The air is full Of suggestions of com.
promise, but nothing is likely TO be de-
clded until the prime minister calls il
meeting of the cabinet next week for
a preliminary discussion of the terms
of the royal speech for the opening Of
the new parliament,
Specializing on Future.
Various measures are expected 10
be promised in the king S speech. in
cluding Welsh dis-establishmcnt. unem-
ploymcnt insurance, Us recently detailed
by Winston Spencer Churchill, and the
veto of tho house of lords. The veto
question will be the first 10 he taken
up, after the address in reply to the
kings speech is disposed Of The king
VIII open parliament with full state
ceremony on February 10. Queen Alex
apdra will accompany him.
According to rumor from z relia-
bic source tonight Premier Asquith S
prescut idea is to propose that the
house of lords he deprived of the pow
cr of yetoing financial bills, but it is
practically certain that such u restrict
eu measure VIII nor SatlS1F the Ma
lionalists, TO say nothing of The Radi-
Gals, and. unless the government pro
poses to limit the lords veto on all
legislation, il is exceedingly likely that
there viii be a split in the Liberal
ranks.
Chancellor Lloyd George. speaking at
Stourbridec tonight. seemed 10 have
some notion of this kind in his mind.
He said that the election had been
Won BY 3 bold. strong policy, and if
Liberal leaders now listened 10 couusels
of timidiry and faintheartedncss The
democracy would be disgustcd and
would abandon them.
Critical Situation.
Sir Edward Grey. foreign secretary
al HcXham, said that the Unionisis eX.
pcctcd the government S majority to
he dependent on the Irish vote. hut the
situation was rather that tho tariff re
form party would be dependent on the
Irish vote for the chance of turning
the government ont. Free trade, he
declared. was safe. The situation might
offer opportunities for political wreck
crs. IT. called for statcsmanship and
the government would continue 10 steer
The ship OF state With 4 steady hand
and on wise course,