Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-19
UNlONIST CAIN BUT THIRTY
Result of English Elections to Date
Show Ministry Victory.
CHURCHILL ON THE FLOOR TODAY
RadicaI Coalition is Doing Its Fight
Ing ON the Defensive ms
Contests Are On Il Their
Territory.

LONDON, Jan. ls.-Complete returns
from yesterdays elections for members
OF Parliament make the standing of the
parties to date as follows:
Government coalition; Liberals. 20; labor
ties, II; irish nationalists. 16. Opposition:
UDlonist, 9l. Net unionist gain. 81.
The radical coalition fought more on the
defensive today than heretofore, as Of the
1orty-six seats for which polling was in
progress, they held all but ten in the last
Parliament.
The front bench politicians whose fates
we're decided today were Winston Spencer
Churchill for Dundee, sydney C. Buxton
for the Poplar division Of Tower Hamlet,
w alter hunclman for Dewsbury, Sir Will
lam nowden Robson for South Shields,
liberals. and Alfred Lyttleton tor st.
Georges, Hanover Square. the former con-
servative minister. All Of these appeared
certain OF recollection.
The presentation TOR Bermondsey, where
John humphreys scored a sensational
unlonist victory ia the bye-election Of
october last. was N the melting pot and
as GumphI eys this time met an undivided
opposition. the seat quite likely has re-
VOTED TO liberalism.
government Fares Well.
The government Iared better yesterday
than It's mosl ardent supporters expected,
1he uniynists gained nineteen seats, the
liberals four ana the laborites one, making
a net galr FOR the unionists for the day
OF fourteen. one less than they gained
At fewer elections on Saturday. This
practically assures the return OF the liberal
power With a fair majority, for among the
places still to poll are those in Scotland
and Wales, which always are solidly lib
eraL There annot be said TO have beer
many surprises yesterday. Some expected
thai John Burns. president of the local gov.
trnment board. would be defeated IN the
Battersea division OF Battersea and Clap
ham, but pessimism has been present In
every election since Burns has been a can.
d.date and he himself never had and doubt
al TO tho result.
other MiniAtera Elected.
Other state officers who had to figh
for their seats and we're successful wer,
Augustine BurrenL, chief secretary for Ire
land. and O.. u. H~obhouse. financial sec
Rotary to the treasury In Bristol and DR.
4. j. Mcnamara. secretary to the ad
miralty. In camberwell. Their majoritie
we're considerably reduced
In fact, this happened all through tn
country, the huge majorities secured Il
lg5 showing big reductions in almost al
cases. Indeed. many OF the liberals VIII,
became member Of the House Of Com
mons by the grace OF the landslide tina
year have been sent back 90 private life
Among them is Hamar Greenwood.
Canadian. who represented York and wa
considered a prominent candidate for hig
office, Another Canadian, Joseph Martin
former premier OF British Columbia. wa
more successful. winning the seat for s.
iancras East.
John Burns wilma.
John Burns Of nattersea comes back L
parliament with rlying colcrs. Al.hou:
in the great landslide OF 1903 he won ,
100 votes. he normal majority is ab1u
800. and IN today's hard fought battle h