Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-16
LIBERALS WIN
BY REDUCED
MAJORITY
FIRST BALLOTS CAST
IN ENGLISH ELECTION
Predicted Present Government
viii Retain Power With Di-
miniShed Strength Lively
Scenes at Polling Booths.

TBy Morning journal SDeeiai Leased Wire
London, Jan. l5.-The first engage
ment in the fight for tariff reform.
greater navy and the supremacy of tn,
lords. as against free trade, reform o
the house Of lords and home rule, enc
tonight with neither party in a com
manding position
The standing of the various partie.
including uncontcsted seats thus fan
follows:
Unionists AZ; liberals, 81; laboritcs
g. nalionalists, 8.
Unionista gains. is. liberal gains, 3;
lahorite gains over liberals, u nc
change, 60
The results OF the polling tend to
confirm the forecast chat the liberals
will retain control OF the government
with a greatly reduced majority The
unionsts have gained an encouraging
number of seats although less than
the 20 which they expected to take
away from the liberals out OF Z 4 bal
lotted for. The popular vote for these
went strongly against the liberals. The
mem bers Of that party who hold seats
won them today by majoritios ranging
from 300 TO 200, except in a few
boroughs whore special conditions fig
ured in the campaign The majority
of London boroughs were labor dis
tricts. or these the unionists carried
five. three being captured from the
liberal column, but by small margins
Manchester and Birmingham give
heavy unionist gains.
Birmingham has been strongly con-
servative, largely the result of Joseph
Chan berlain's asade for protection
!. fafc tla
city solidly BY increased maiorities
nearly 5000 larger than in 1906
The most sweeping change in LOn-
don was in Fulham borough, where
the middle class population went en-
thusiastically for tariff reform, giving
w HAYES tisters unlonist, majority
OF 5000
Davenport, where the big navy issue
was predominate. wiped out the lib
eral majority and returned two union
lists by 500, Sir ]. jackson and Sir G
Kinloch Cooke. Sir Henry Norman
the liberal journalist, who Is well
known in America, and who recently
was appointed assistant postmaster
general was beaten at Wolverhamp
ton, South, by a small majority In
order TO retain his place in the cab
met, he viii be nominated for another
borough.
Waldorf Astor and Sir H. Mortimer
Durand the former ambassador to the
United States who contested the two
Plymouth seats as unionists, were de-
feated but cut down that city's liberia
majority from 2,367 to 946.
Davidson Daziel q promoter and at
one time q figure in Wall street, turn
ed out j. Earnest Stern, "A liberal and
former American, from his seat for
the Brxton division of Lambeth.
Right Rev. G Wyndham. who will |
he governor general of Canada if the /
unionists take on the government, car
ried his seat by a slightly increased 1
majority. The liberals took away a 4
thousand votes from Sir Gilbert Par
ker in the Gravesend district, but he /
retains his seat as a unionist
The most exciting scenes occurred /
at Grlmsby where "A menacing crowd (
threatened David Lloyd George cham
celOr Of the eXchequer. compelling
him to flee from a han where he had
been speaking, under police protection
much as he was driven from pro-
Boer meeting at Birmingham during
the South African war, when he es-
capped disguished as a policeman.
Part of the provocation Of the hos
tllity shown toward him was caused
bv the chancellor's unusual course in
addressing the voters on polling day
which has never obtained before in
England. and which is considered by
included prediction Of destruction to
the German fleet il it fought the Brit
ish.
IF the German fleet in a moment
of madness ever attacked Great Brit
ain it would he at the bottom of the
ocean in a few hours
a big crowd waited outside the hall
ana when the chancellor of the eN-
chequer appeared raised shouts of
traitor "robher"
The chancellor within the building
and Gordon Of police was drawn up
to keep back the crowd The chief
constable, with an escort of police,
conducted Mr.. Lloyd George out of
the back door and the party retreated
a quarter of n mile along the road,
where a small station was used as a
refuge An automobile was tele-
phoned for and in the meantime the
chancellor busted himself writing let
ters. When the motor arrived he
ar0re into town by a circuitous route
Grimsbv furnished great surprise
for it shifted $500 votes and its seats
from the unionsts to the liberal col
umn Tewing defeating Sir @. Dough-
~. a foremost unionist orator.
The streets We're almost impassable
after the dinner from cheerful throngs
swarming in to greet the election re-
turns.
Reports were read ut the thea'ters
and music halls TO big audiences. hut
with election night in {
American cities, - occasion was
tame and suhducd.
The polling was noteworthy from J
the thousands OF automobiles employ
ed i'm the London districts 10 carry q
voters 10 the polls Unionists being J
the party of the rich had by far the I
greater number OF motors AT their
several cabinet members spoke be- |
fore their constituents tonight Pre-
nier Asqnith, foreign SeCrett rV. Sir G
Edward Grey and Chancellor Llovd @
George devoted their speeches mainly g.
la upholding the governments mau- b
cement of the navy. Winston \
'hurchiil president Of the board Of D
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