Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
ABANDON HOPE PARTY WILL
FORM NEXT GOVERNMENT
UNlONlSTS PREDICT VICTORY
FOR LIBERALS
PolIinss Today In 81 London Precincts
and 81 Provincial 5oroughs Will
Provide Excellent Index How
the Country Is Going
tAssociated Pressi


strenuous work at the election sta
tions and an opportunity for calm re-
Election over the prospects of both
parties striving for control of the
government.
The greatest animation prevailed to-
day at clubs and other rendezvouses
of politicians, and Saturdays results
were excitedly discussed from every
possible viewpoint.
Although both sides preserve a
sanguine air of confidence, it was evil
dent today the Conservatives have
abandoned hope that their party will
form the next government The ut
most they dare to expect is that the
Liberal majority will be so reduced in
the next parliament as to place the
Liberals at the mercy of the Nation
alists.
1t must be remembered that Mr.
Balfour, leader of the opposition in the
house of commons, in a speech some
days ago, said the great political is
sues now in question would not be
settled by one general election, and
perhaps not by two. Clearly the former
premier accurately measured the situ-
alton and the hopes of the tariff re-
formers must now be conferred ON some
future general election.
Believe Liberals Will Win
An estimate made today by a well
informed Unionist based on Satur-
days pollings, gives the Liberals and
Laborites a clear majority of 80 or 100
over all parties, which would provide
the Liberal government with a good
working majority.
Many Unionists, however, are less
Respondent They do not believe the
Liberals will finish the election with
so good a record.
ha I ihRT11 plI1h great
Satisfaction is expressed over the re-
suits so far.
The pollings tomorrow, which in
clude thirty-One London constituencies
and ffty-seven provincial boroughs,
will provide a better index as to how
the country is going. Should the
Liberals retain the hold which they
gained on the metropolis in 1906 their
prospects will be regarded as much
roster than they appear now.
At present, to sum up, nothing could
be predicted with absolute certainty,
but only a great increase in the Union
ist gains over Saturday, when they
gained only half the number of seats
they had counted ont will give them
victory. If Unionists continue to gain
at the same ratio, Liberals still will
retain a majority of about ninety.
Lloyd-ee9rse Optimistic
Chancellor Lloyd-George said to-
night: 1--WE are winning. England is
declaring emphatically against govern
ment by the peers and beers. The
north is overwhelmingly with US"
John Burns, president of the local
government board, said: "All things
considered in the fight between those
who have too much and those who
have too little, yesterdays results are
exceedingly good. London has done
much better than L expected. In my
Judgment, it has done surprisingly
we'll. To win the seats that have been
lost would have required almost super
human efforts"
Win Crooks, well known labor lead
er, who was in Australia when the
budget crisis began, and has been rae
ing against time to reach London so
he might take part in the elections,
arrived tonight. He represents Wool
Wich in the commons, and was received
by his constituency with remarkable
demonstrations.
Among the interesting members
elected yesterday were the Rev. c.
Sylvester Horne Congregational min
lister, who won on the Liberal ticket at
Ipswich, and Almeric Hugh Paget,
Unionist candidate for Cambridge,
whose wife is "A daughter of the late
William c. Whitney.
Battle Well Maintained
"The battle is well maintained at
every point" said Winston Spencer
Churchill tonight. Great victories
cannot be won without some slaughter.
Manchester is magnificent, London is
steadfast and the Tories are on a lee
shore, and every tack or change of
weather will bring them nearer the
reef"
AS forecasted, the TREMENDOUS alb
sorption of the country in the election
struggle brought an unprecedented
number of electors TO the polls. An
average of S4 per cent of registered
electors recorded their votes. This in
crease in the voting strength seems
largely to have been cast on the Union
ist side In London the twelve seats
contested gave an aggregated increase
of 12,4S5 in the Unionist vote and a
slight decrease to the Liberals while
the provinces increased the Unionist
vote 45,942 and the Liberal vote only
4513.
This increase is a source of the
greatest satisfaction to the UniOnist
press, as showing the rapid growth in
favor Of tariff reform.
Editorials in the morning papers
take up an attitude Of tempered en-
thusiasm on both sides regarding sat
urday's results as "a good beginning
which should serve to provoke the adj
herents of the respective parties to
renewed energy.
Newspapers Express Opinions
A representative example of the
Tory side is the Daily Telegraph,
which says that results on Saturday
we're good days work, alike in
what was actually accomplished and
in its encouragement and stimulous
to further energy on the part of those
fighting for the cause of liberty, justice
and prosperity against the iniqutous
onslaughts of a grasping and rapacious
junta of revolutionists.
The Telegraph considers the progress
of tariff reform in the last four years
positively astounding, and says the
urgent business of the Unionists Is to
press the advantage and convert the
partial defeat of the enemy into com
pete rout.
The Chronicle, typical of Liberal
opinion, says: "The election of 1906
was a landslide. Nothing short Of a
corresponding landslide could have de-
feated the Liberals, and Saturdays
polling shows there is not going to be
such a landslide nor ranything ap-
preaching it. There is indeed, a GER
tain swing of the pendulum since 1906.
but it has moved within such narrow
limits that, if the counties remain
fairly constant to the peoples cause