Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-01-16
NEITHER SIDE GAINS
A DECIDED VICTORY
First Engagement in Fight fer Great
Navy and Supremacy OF Lords
Against Free Trade, Reform OF
House OF Lords and Home Rule
Ends-Liberais Lose Ground.

gaeement in the fight for tariff reform.
a gr, at navy and the supremacy Oh
the lords as against free trade. reform
of the horse of lords and homerule.
ended tonight with neither side in
commanding position. The results oil
the polling today tend 10 confirm the
fore cast thai the Liberals viii retain
control of the government with
greatly reduced majority. The Union
lists have gained an encouraging num-
Ter of seats. although less than the ~
which they expected to take away
from thu Liberals out of the "A bal
loted for.
Liberals Lose Heavily.
The popular vote goes strongly
against the Liberals. The membe rs
of that Farty who hold seats wen
them today by majorities ranging
,, from 80 To GO per cent below their
majoritiss In 1906. except in a few
boroughs where special conditions
{ figured intfie campaign. The popular
votes by the Liberals for the twelve
London seats show stronger hold on
pewer than ia The provinces The ma
jority OF the London boroughs were
labor districts.
OF these the Unionists carried 1--WE.
three being captured from the Liberal
column. tut by small margins.
Manchester and birmingham give
heavy Unionist gains. Birmingham
has been strongly conservative, large
" the result Ct Joseph Chamberlain
crusade for protection and today. the
Unionists carried the city soliily ry
! increased majorit.es, nearly s.0oO
larger than iu 1906.
The Decided Change in London.
! In Mancht STIR the UDionh;ts in-
creased their votes, for wsnile the
Liberals still have five of the six seats,
the Liberal majcrities were decreased
NJ arly 5000.
The most swee.ing change in Lon
don was in Fulham borough, where
the middle class population went en-
Enthusiastically for tariff reform, CIV
ing w. Hayes Fisher, the Unions,
= candidate. a majority of 2.0O0.
davenport. where the big navy IS
see was predominant. wiped out the
Liberal majority of 1880 and returned
two Unionists by 500. Sir J. Jackson
and Sir G. kinloch Cooke.
Sir Henry Norman, the Liberal
journalist, who is well known IN
America. and who recently was ap-
p-inted assistant postmaster general,
was beaten at Wolyerhampton. South,
by a small majority.
Former Ambassador Defeated
waldorf Aston and S.r n. Morlmer
Durand. the former ambassador TO the
United States. who contested the Two
Plymouth seats as Unionists. were
defeated.
Davidson Dalziel. a promoter. and
at one tine conspicuous in wall
street. running on the Unicnist hcket,
turned crt J. n. SeaveTns, a LIBERAL
and former American. from his az
for the Briton division Of Lambeth-
W. Joynson- Hicks. the UEionists
who heat winston Spencer Churchill
in Manchester by the election Of 1888
1 by 4Z9 votes. loses his seat 10 SIR e.
Kent. Liberal. by 7S3.
The RI. Hon. c. Wyndham. who VIII
b. governor general Of Canada II the
unionis;s take on the government
carried his seat BY a slightly increased
majority. The mcous barrister- kuirs
Lsaacs. keeps Reasing Tor the Liber-
ais by a small majority.
Speaker Driven Out
The most exciting scene occurred
a. Gsimsy when a menacing crowd
threatened David Loyd-Georse. chan
celior Of the exschequcr. comp iiing
him TO Zee from 3 hall. where h. had
been speaking under police pro'ec'
ton.
Part % the Dr. vocation for the hos
tfitv shown toward him was caused
by the chancellor unusual course ~
addressing the voters on polling day
which has never obtained before IN
England and which Is considered BY
many to Be unconstitutional
The speech Included a prediction o.