The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-21
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MAKE MORE
ADVANCES
Gain II in Yesterdays Vot-
ing and Leaders Pro
TESS Encouragement

LONDON, Jan. 2O.-The status of
the parties, according to returns re-
ceived up to date in the general cleo
lions, follows:
Unionists, 1853; liberals, 1877; labor
ties, 20; nationalists, So.
Gains-Unionists, IL; liberals, TO-;
laborites, /.
Returns received today from 6S
seats, of which Sc were polled We'd
nesday and II Thursday, show the
following results:
Unionists, "a; liberals, is, labor
ties, Z; nationalists, 8.
Gains-Unionists, Is.
Thirteen of the unionist gains were
in county seats, one in Scotland and
one in Wales. If the unionists gain
% of the 16S remaining seats, the
government will be dependent upon
the votes of the nationalistS to leg
islate.
The old fashioned English country
people, with their rock ribbed con-
servatism, their reverence for the no
bility and their prejudices against
new fashioned socialism, were heard
from today, and they gave a decided
boom to the conservative stock. To-
night the unionists everywhere have
taken cheer.
Liberal Majority to Be Less.
The liberal government will return
to power with a less convincing man
date from the country for its policies
than it counted on, if the present
tendency prevails among the rest of
It's allies, the laborites and nation
alists, virtually will hold the balance
of power and the Irish party partic-
ularly will be in a position to dictate
| legislation.
The proposal to reform the house of
lords counted strongly among the
country people, perhaps more strongly
than did tariff reform. Respect for
the old institutions is more deeply
footed there than in the cities, where
labor unions are following socialistic
innovations, regarded with suspicion
in the rural districts, Scotland and
Wales, where nom confOrmists abound,
stand by the liberal party.
London's Last Borough in.
The results of the pollings Of SO
seats yesterday were announced today
and AZ more seats were contested to-
day, but returns from less than half
Of the latter have been reported to-
night London's last borough gave
its verdict in favor of unionist,
Westminster rejecting w. L. A. b.
Burdeet Coutes, with his majority
nearly doubled.
The metropolis has 81 unionists, 26
liberals and two laborites, whereas in
1906, SO liberals were elected in Lon
don, II unionists, and three laborites.
The popular vote in 1906 was:
Unionist, 26S,267; liberal, 25S,S10; Ia
Dor, 25,472.
The popular vote this year in Lon
don is: Unionist, 33S,773; liberal,
251,261; labor, 3O,O46
J. Hanniker Heaton, Father OF
Penny Postage" retained his Canter-
bury seat by only p votes, having
an independent unionist competing
for the party's support. Sir James
H. Dalzrel, proprietor of the Reynolds
newspaper, keeps his Irish seat for
the liberals. Arthur H. Lee, formerly
military attache of the British en-
bassy at Washington, retains his seat
as a unionist for the South Fairham
division of Hampshire. Captain II.
Spender Clay, unionist, whose wife is
daughter of William Waldorf AS
tor, defeated the late liberal member,
A p Hodges. The Right Hon. Her
bert Louis Samuel, under secretary
for the home office, was returned in
Yorkshire, North Riding, Cleveland di-
vision.