The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-08
UNIONISTS GAIN A LITTLE
Waldorf tSTOR WINS 4 SEAT
FOR THEN ~ PLY MOt TN.
OIsrirn and Heat, Score = signal Victory
Over Richmond ansi Roche I'm Cork
British Federalism Looking Up
blow for Lloyd George In wales.
Special CaoIe D1spdftsS, 70 THs srx


LONDON, Dec. The most interesting
and at the same time the most highly i'm
portant election announcement to-day
was the result Of tn" polling In Cork City
yesterday. Tn. authorities in their dis
erection deemed it unwise To- publish the
result last night. thinking il better to
allow the news To reach the heated parti-
sans in calmer moments Consequently
it was not until this afternoon that the
yQte was announced. .....
II showed that William O'Brien and
Maurice H.aly. independent Nationalists.
were elected by a combined majority If
l.i8i over William Redmond and Angus
tine Roche The successful candidates
had the support nj every serious element
Mr. Healy's seat for Northwest Cork will
be filed by Moreton Frewen without a
contest tomorrow He will be- returned
~ "a Federal to support with O'Brien
the home r'Ile solution advocated by
Earl Grey and responsible lrishmen A.
distinguished from ths last link II Ma
tiou..lsm.- The o Brienitas are rendered
more hopeful than ever by this victory
They know they have powerful support
in England
Tn. Earl of Mimic after five wears
anxious service a. Viceroy 81 India will
arriv. here next week. and he has prom
Is..d Ia support the Federal movement IN
Scotland with al! the influence he pos
se@Ses Lord Miner also advocates u.
A. do Lord kintore. Lord Jersey and many
others who have been educated By the
administration Of the federated demOC-
racies Of IN. empire.
Al Plymouth Waldorf Aston. son II
" lillian Waldorf Aston. and his colleague
Mr. Benn. ousted the two sitting Liberals.
Nles-rs MaIiet and Williams The for
msr is Financial Secretary Of the War
Office MIR Aston was chosen as the
prospective UnIonist candidate in Plym-
outh in 1905, but h. was beaten in his
first attempt to win the seat in January.
1910 To-day he heads the poll with a
larger vote than Mr. Malet received on
that occasion. Mr. Mallet - the first
present election.
The victory in Cardiff Of Lord Y T.
CriChton-Stuart. brother Of the Marquis
OF Butte. who captured the seat from its
holder D. A Thomas. IA particularly
gratifying TO tho Cnionists. who claim
IL IL serious rebuff 10 Lloyd George.
who is rsga rded a. something OF deity
thruu ghout Wa les He recently stumped
Cardiff on behalf of Thomas. but his
efforts did not avail
Admiral Lord Charles Berasford again
heads the poll in Portsmouth. but he
polled IS, fewer votes than in anuary
On the whole tn" polls were again
devoid Of sensation to-day. Diminished
total votes as compared with thos. Of
January were still the order Of IN. day.
Still there j. "A distinct advantage in th..
aggregat. vote Of the Unionists over the
Liberals. but IN. La bor and Nationalist
votes continue to support the coalition
ma jority Of th.. Government. The Union
I-t- were distinctly depressed to-day.
They really feared further losses but
the results gave them a net gain of tn rec
A. COMPARED with a net lO-- Of one last
night
In East London tn. infiuenc. 81 tn.
campaigning Of Lloyd George. the Chan
Cellor 81 tho Excheluer. was well shown
IN the Labor gain in Bow and the Liberal
gain In Stepney. but the Cnionists scored
"A gain In Newton. Lancashire. which -
always regarded a. the most important
county IN England IN "A political sense.
The UnionIsts also scored two wins in
Plymouth and one IN another important
industrial centre. Cardiff
London has now finished voting II
returns ~ UnioniSts u Liberals and !
Laborite-, showing. a gain Of one Liberal
and two I.aborites The total vote pOlled
was Unioni-ts. 2sn. sss: Liberals. 2iI.-
nsi: Iahorit.s 10 37s. Socialists SIS and
SuTrageir.s. ??
The fight for -uffrase- remains ding
dong. inch by inch tus-le Both the two
great parties are trying 80 improve their
position hy even ever 80 little in the next
Hous. Last night the Liberals enter
tanned tn. hop. that they would xai n
twenty seats before the end Of the cleo
tons The Tnioni-tS had small hopes of
improving their position and had begun
to think they must fall something short.
but to-day'- results restored things TO a
NOR. level footing The Unionists still
hope To maintain their position. but they
no longer hope to improve il
CORK. Dec : The result Of the election
for two members Of Parliament from Cork
t1vy was bluDuUCtNl 1p-uAy. "lIlAm
Brien and Maurice Healy. Independents
Nationali~ts. are elected by combined
majority Of l. is4 over William Redmond
and Augustine Roche Healy thus wins
q seat from Roche for the independent
Nationali~ts The Nationalist made a
strong fight against O'f3rien and placed
William Redmond. their strongest candi-
date in the field against him. Each fac
ton had "A member in tho last Parliament
from this city
This Was tho first poll in 1rela nd. and
there was great interest ip the result.
The election was held yesterday. but ~
was considered unsafe Ia declare the
result last night because ~ the tens-
feeling on both sides. There was a great
display Of police around the polling places
and In some cases ~ many A. forty con
stables guarded tho approaches IN tho
booths In order that voters might enter tho
polls without being assaulted.