Arizona republican., 1910-01-18

 JuB|LANT Over the Result of Yesler- days Elections N UNI0MsT STRONGHOLD
That Government Will Be Sustained By Good Work ing Majority is Certain. Some Personal Triumphs of the Day


 of today's polling in the general elec-
 tions the parties stood as follows:
 Unionists- 92; Liberals, 77; Laborites.
 16; Nationalists. 1s; a net gain for the Unionists of 2s.
 The government fared better today than it's most ardent supporters ex- pected. The Unionists gained l9
 seats. the Liberals and the Labor ties 1. making -a net gain for the Unionists for the day of A. This practically assures the return of the Liberals to power ..with a fair ma
 jority for among .the places still to poll are those in Scotland and Wales, which are always solidly Liberal. There were fex surprises today. Some expected >that John Burns. president of the local board would be
 defeated but Burns himself never had any doubt.
 Unionist leaders who ran today. in
 cluding A. J. Balfour. A. Bonar Law, Walter Hume Long and Sir William
 Bull. hold their -seats by increased 1 majorities.
 John Burns of B ttersea comes back
 te parliament wit1sflying colors. AL 1 though in the great landslide of 1906 | he won by 1900 votes his normal ma- jority is about 200 and in today's hard | fought battle he beat A. Shirley Benn. unionist, by 555 The vote was: Burns, | s540; Benn. 1885.
 | Defeat has been predicted perennially I for Honest John in the last decade and Burns friends were frightened this year. Since the most picturesque fight Westminster has seen and since he has held positions of increased responsi- bility he has outgrown gradually his ' old radical ideas. The John Burns of today is a vastly different politician from the old John Burns who exhorted the werkingmen in Trafalgar Square to rise against the police. He has be- come one of the most conservative of | liberals and is said to be at heart a good tory.
 | John Burns has so far outlived his famous dictum that no man could hon. | estly earn more than s2500 yearly. that
 he holds a s10.000 position and is likely ! to be promoted to a s25.000 position. although his style of living remains as modest as ever.
 "The czar of Battersea,'' as some of | tie workingmen call him. has not hes itated to stand against some of the de- mands of his old time friends when he considered them unreasonable. He has opposed the unemployed and has spok- en plainly about the workingmen's tendency toward improvidence and drink While he has gained the re- spect of all parties in parliament, and l is considered one of the abest legisla- tors, traitor and renegade" are some of the mildest terms applied to him in the labor camp.
 A Shirley Benn made a strong tariff reform campaign and received much outside help, but Honest" John. in his familiar jacket and bowler-for he still scores the ministerial silk hat and frock coat-has been seen everywhere. renewing acquaintance with his old followers.
 Woolwick was another scene of ex- citement. At this place the labor lead CT Will Crooks. had dramatic recep- tion on his return from Asutralia on the eve of election. Crooks went about the streets followed by a great crowd. He was cheered everywhere and fre- quently stopped and made an inn promptu speech from the steps of some house. One of his addresses was
 delivered h front of the headquarters of his antagonist. Major W. A. Adams. unionist. who looked on from a win dow
 Numbers of Woolwich voters em- ployed at the works of Vickers' Sons and Maxim. at Firth, few miles out.
 were brought to town in automobiles to vote Crooks was beaten by 300
 votes. whereas in the previous election
 he defeated Adams by PHI. The result
 was no surprise. for the, government
 had turned out many laborers by re-
 ducing work at the woolwich, arsenal
 and they were sworn to get revenge. Ten thousand Durham miners
 marched into Gateshead to oppose J. J. Johnson. laborite for reelection. Johnson had been against them on the eight hour act. On the way they at tackled Marsley Hill colliery and wrecked it's offices and threw the
 books and other effects down a shaft. Special police were drafted to prevent another riot at night.
 Sir H. Kimber. unionist, for Wands- worth, had a disagreeable experience. being pelted with mud and vegetables
 as he drove through the district. A more serious affray occurred in North
 west Meath. Ireland. where a hostile
 crowd attacked the speakers. severely
 injuring J P. Phillips. nationalist can
 didate for South Longford.