The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
LIBERALS LEADING
UNIONISTS IN THE
ENGLISH ELECTIONS
GAIN FOURTEEN MEMBERS o.
PARLIAMENT AND HAVE
AZ MAJORITY.
TIMOTHY HIALY IS DEFEATED
Unionists Have No Hope of eettins
Control, But Predict Early Down
fall Of oovernment-Woman's sui
frage Makes Poor Showing.

LONDON, Dec. 9.-Over two-thirds
or 400 members of the new house OF
commons have now been elected ant
the political parties stand PRACTICAL.
as they were at the dissolution Of raI
lament The Unionists, who Iaat
week expected to gain at least twenty
seats, thus far have secured but
three from their opponents. The
standing Of the parties tonight fol
lows:
Government coalition-Liberals 1863;
nationalists, So; laborites, 20; lnde
pendent national, s; total, Isl.
opposition-Unionists, 200; liberal
gains, IA; labor, 4.
Outside of the defeat of Timothy
Healy, nationalists, in his old constit.
uency, Louth, which i6 attributed to
Cardinal Logue, who prohibited the
priests to participate In the election,
today's results did not produce any
surprises, unless II was In the failure
Of the liberals to recapture DenbJgh
The result in this Welsh borough %
Characteristic of the whole election.
w. Ormsby Gore won the seat last
January by eight votes, and today he
increased his majority by one vote
although the polling on both sides
fell on.
Mr.. Frewen has offered his seat for
Cork to Mr.. Healy, but Healy has de-
clined 1t, for he intends to try to up
set the election at Louth Of Richard
Hazleton, nationalist, alleging Illegal
practices.
The Redmondites brought all their
forces to bear in turning out the man
who may be said, almost, to be more
bitter opponent of the Irish leader
than O'Brien himself Healy IL
known as the Ishmael of nationalist
politics and has followed an inde
pendent course since the downfall Of
Parnell, to which he largely contrib
uted.
The successful candidate, Richard
HazeltOn, who yesterday also was re
turned opposed for the, north divis
ion Of Galway, tried to send Healy
into retirement in January, but failed
by 80 votes. The rejoicings In the
Redmond camp over the defeat Of
O'Brien's chief lieutenant quite over
Swallowed the chagrin at William
failure to GUST O'Brien In
Cork City.
Two members of the cabinet, Prem
Ter Asquith and Reginald McKenna,
tlrst lord Of the admiralty, were in-
volved in today's contest, but the
in Mr.. AsQuith's constitu-
ency will not be known until tomor-
row. Mr.. McKenna obtained q re-
election at Mommouthshire, north,
although he was unable personally
o take part in the campaign because
le recently underwent an operation.
The liberal majorities In Lanca- ,
hire continued to fall today with
ut, however. any charge in the un.
onist vote, which shows that many
LIBERAL Supporters are staying away
rom the polls. The unionists con-
Ider this the first sign Of whole
ale desertion OF the government and
lat the next time the .deserters will !
ote the unionist ticket. I
The most optimistic of the union
ts now have no hope Of making
,rious inroads upon the govern
entis majority. The result practi- /,
lily amounts to lack Of confidence
Id with the nationalists and labor
IS extracting the fullest price for :
cir support, 1t will be impossible U
r the cabinet to remain In power,
ey say.
To this the liberals reply that the
ionists, after the January election,
sisted that the government had re- !.
we'd simply a mandate on the bud
and that the election was not de- .
tie. 1T
rhe cause of woman's suffrage 10
king pitiable showing in the
ctions. Thus far they have had -.
two candidates, and OF these o oa
} polled but % and the other So :"
es.