Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-07
GREAT DlSAPP0iN, WENT
IS FELT BY UNl0NlSIS
Still More Gains Are Made by the Gov
ernment Coalition and invasions Are
Made into Strongholds OF the En-
emy-Newspspers Fall TO Make
Expected inroads.


LONDON. Dec 6.--At the close or
today's polling the complexion OF the
house OF commons stood as follows:
Government coalition: Liberals. 100;
| aborites. 20: Naiionalists. &c. Total.
1852.
Opposition: Unioists. 141.
A situation has been developed al
most phenomenal In the cioseness OF
the race between the government CO.
aiitlon parties and the Unionists. The
pendulum swung slightly toward the
government today, and the result CT
three days voting, in wi'sh 299 seats
have been .illed. gives tn coaliotion
one more member than that had In
the last parliament from tue ne con-
stiuencies. Up TO last night thu Union
lists had a clear gain of five.
The returns tonight showed that the
Unicnists had regained 81. Helens
from the iaborites. This bororg !.
VITA the exception of last election. had
been Unionst since 1906. a
Two unionists Replaced.
The Liberals gained Southwark
(Wes1. Burnleigh and Coventry. and
the Liberals gained woolwich and
Whisehaven all from the Unionists.
deriasd showed that the Liberal can
afdate. sGreenwcod. and the I-aborite.
doldston. had replaced the two Union
lists there.
The turning Of the tide toward Lib
eralsm is a surprise and great dis
appointment for the Unionists. who
counted upon capturing half dozen
seats from the enemy.
In CnV-
entry. because that is the seat of the
motor manufacturing and the protec-
lionists had PIT great stress on their
plea that tariff reform would prevent
the gre wing competition from Ameri-
can machines. In this district D. NJ.
Mason, Liberal. was elected.
Win BY close Margin
The Liberals hardly expected to win
BurnIeigh, because the Socialist. Hind
man. was in the field and hoped to
take part of the Labor vote. The
Southwark contes. was one of the
most interesting, A. Strauss, Liberal.
winaing by only twelve votes The
battle in WooIwich was one of the
hardest. In this constituency VIII
Crooks. well known working man.
who was turned OFT Ia the last cleo
tftI. Hts of1 scat ~ NV
jority CT 236.
The Uniouists concentrated their
heavy fire on Bsttersea. but John
Burns, president OF the local govern
menf board. again surprised them.
bringing up his majority from 555 IN
the last election. to 1899. The Social
list Shaw. when Mr.. Burns enemies
among the workingmen, put up in the
I - frt.I Ia
votes. polled a mere handful. Almost
everywhere fewer ballots were cast
than in the last election More Lib
erals than Unionists stayed away nom
the polls. Excluding the districts
which changed their compilations, he
Unionists made relative gains in eign-
teen, the Liberals in twelve The So
cialist candidates in London did poor
~. only commanding 500 votes.
Hold Fast to Party
An impressive lesson OF the cam
paign Is how strongly British voters
are welded to their parties how slow
they are TO break away. though the
Dasfiss change their platforms rad
ieaiiy. The newspapers appear exer-
cised over their Surprisingly small iu-
fuence- Almost all the most impcr-
tant among them. and those With he
largest circulation. championed the
Unionist cause. yet they we're unable
TO make material inroads IN the Liberal
and Labor lines.
The betting on the stock exchange
before eiecdon vas that the coalition
majority would drop 10 sixty-hve- A.
the elections progressed the betting
favored eighty. then ninety II nov
comedies that the governments vii