The San Francisco call., 1910-01-21
LIBERALS MAY
HAVE TO RELY
ON IRISH PARTY
British Elections Show Net Gain
OF Seventy-One Seats by the
UniOnists
Old Fashioned English Country
People Retain Their Rever=
ence for Nobility

LONDON, Jan. 2O.-The status of the
parties. according to returns received
up to date in the general elections,
follows:
nionisfs t63. LaboriteS %
Liberals I35. NntfonaIisfs 53.
tniOniStS' gain. II; liberals gain, 10:
iabOrites' gain, L.
Returns received today from SIS seats.
~ which 56 We're poIIed Wednesday
and l2 Thursday. show the following
results.
Unionists 81. Laborites :.
Liberals -. NationaIfstS o.
tniOnists' gain, -.
NATIONALISTS MAY CONTROL
Thirteen Of the unionist gains were
ID county seats. one in Scotland and
one in Wales. If the unionists gain p
"f the 6S remaining seats the gov
ernment VIII he dependent upon the
votes Of the nstiOna lists TO legislate
The OLD fashioned English country
people, with their rock ribbed cOnserv-
atism. their reverence for the nobility
and their prejudices against socialism
were heard from today. and they gave
decided boom 10 the conservative
stock Tonight the unionists every
where have taken cheer
The liberal government viii return to
power with less convincing mandate
for It's policies from the country than
ii counted on. If the present tendency
prevails among the rest Of the voters
the next few do vs. It's allies. the Il
horites and the natiOna lists. practically
viii hold the balance Of power. and the
irish party particularly viii be in
position to dictate legislation.
OPPOSITION TO REFORM
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 rooted
there than in the cities with their Ia
oor unions following socialistic limo
Nations. which are regarded with sus-
picion In the rural districts. Scotland
and Wales. where nonconformists
abound. stand by the liberal party.
The results OF the pollings for IS
seats yesterday were announced TODAY.
and - more seats were contested to-
day, but returns from less than half of
the latter have been reported tonight.
London's last borough gave its verdict
ln favor OF a unionist. Westminster re-
cicctinE ". L. A B. Burdett-Coutts
with his majority nearly doubled.
The metropolis has 81 unionists. rs
iberals and 2 labOrites, whereas in 1906
- liberals were elected in London. q
Uuionists and 3 laborites.
COMPARISON OF VOTES
London's popular vote in 1906 was:
. t'niorist 35S,267. liberal 25s,S10, labor
25.472
The popular vote this year in Lon
don is: Unionist 3s6.773, liberal ISL
16i. labor 30.0se-
J. Hanniker Heaton. father of penny
postage" retained his Canterbury seat
RS only = votes. having an independ-
enJ-unlonist competing for the partys
support
sir James II. Dalzrel proprietor of
tho Reynolds Newspaper. keeps his
Irish seat for the liberals.
Arthur H. Lee. formerly military at
taole 0f the British embassy at Wash
ingron. retains his seat as a unionist
fol the South Fairham division Of
Hampshire.
Captain r. Spender Clay. unionist.
whose wife Is "a daughter of William
Waldorf Astor, defeated the late lib
eral member. A. 2. Hodges.
Herbert Louis Samuel, under secre-
tary for the home office. was returned
.n Yorkshire, North Riding. Cleveland
division.
MINISTER'S ARE CONFIDENT
Attorney General IRE was indorSao