The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-22
CONSERVATIVES GAINED l7
 SEATS Yesterday Was the Banner Day In British Elections
 for Opposition Almost Certain Now that Ireland Will Hold Bal
 ance of Power
SCOTLAND AND WALES CON- TTNUE LOYAL TO LIBERALS, WHO BELIEVE OPPOSITION WILL MAKE FEW FURTHER GAINS-STTLL TALKING OF AN
 OTHER ELECTION IF IRISH MEMBERS HOLD WHIP HAND

1 London, Jan. 22-The latest cOn1-
 pilation of the election returns shows
 a net Conservative gain of S7 seats
 and the following totals:
 Conserva tives 216, Liberals 181, Irish l Nationalists 60 and Laborites 35. The Conservatives gains yesterday were the most imposing since the
 election began amounting to 1T seats. Notwithstanding this showing, how
 ever, the Liberals are far from dis courage The few Welsh and Scotch | constituencies that have voted have not only remained loyal to the Lib l erals but have. in most cases, in | creased their maj ajorities. making It practically assured that nearly all of the 1O2 constituencies in Scotland and | Wales will return Liberal members. The fight from now on will be large ly in the Liberal and Laborite strong holds, where the Liberals hope to re-
 gain much of their lost advantage, though there are but few sanguine enough to predict that the combined Liberal and LabOrite vote, leaving out of account the Nationalists, will give the desired majority over the Conser- vativeS. The Liberal leaders still insist that unless they have a "safe majority"
 
 fuse to accept the ministerial control necessitating an immediate reelection
 Conservatives charge that the threat has been made to affret the remain ing voting and that it will have an adverse effect upon the Liberals.
 Rioting is still prevalent but the authorities have at last got the police in such shape that most of the out breaks are being speedily suppressed. Only the intervention of the police last night at Carnarvon prevented mobs from attacking the visiting suf- fragettes in their lodging house. The mob was still incensed over the suf- meeting at which Lloyd George spoke.
 The chief interest in today's voting centered in Carnarvon in Wales, where Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George, head of the Liberal party, contested his seat with H. c. Vincent, his Conservative opponent.
 Despite the fact that Lloyd-George's reelection was conceded, there was intense interest to see whether he would maintain his large majority or suffer the fate of other leading Lib erals in having their majorities whit tied down. Political leaders of the district expressed the belief that the dented majority owing to the desire of the people to show their apprecia- tion of the brilliant leadership of the former Welsh Coal miner. Details of the police were at all hotels and pub lie places to prevent threa tened clashes between the parties. The Liberals were particularly desirous of prevent ing trouble and a bodyguard of Lib erals personally conducted Vincent to the polls There are but "A elections being held today, the smallest number since the opening of the polls.
 Though the steady gains of the Con- servatives have already brought their total far ahead of their representa- tion in the last parliament, the Lib erals believe that beginning with to- day the rate of the Conservative gain will be materially decreased.
 There is scant hope, however, of the Liberals and Laborites having ma- jority over the Conservatives without which majority the Liberals announce ed yesterday that they would refuse to accept the ministerial control. If this threat of the Liberals was made in the hope that it would have a bene- f1cial effect on the remaining voting, it failed dismally of the desired end for the voting in the rural districts continued to pile up the Conservative gain