New-York tribune., 1910-01-20
rrx cable 10 The Tribune. ]

-so, Ian. 1a-The borough cleo
...rs we're virtually completed to-day.
ret gain At midnight Of forty-fve
- 4o- The Unionists in four days
~ ms scored mainly in the Midlands,
T,nsor ana the South Of England.
-. we're scattering Liberal losses in
7.,casb;-e and Yorkshire and the
-o-.he-, counties. where the progress
60 ,c-s was divided between the Radi-
"a and Labor candidates. but the in
s-,s.-ssi workers. under pressure from
=. ,-sses uuions have given the gov
e-nrent strong support in the battle
With the Lords
The rouufrv divisions began voting to-
dsr but the results for a large ma
.oritv Of them VIII not be known until
Tomorrow.
4 careful calculator. who has critically
examined the lists, assures me that the
Unionists viii gain fifty or sixty seats
in the county div ions. All Liberal
rnaiorities Of 1896 under seven hundred
are unsafe for districts south OF a line
drawn from Liverpool 20 Hull, and three
cornered contests north Of that line are
highly hazardous. The estimates Of the
governments majority are purely con-
lecture until the trend Of the voting in
the counties is clearly disclosed. The
figures generally quoted are 10 for total
Tnionist gains and over a hundred for
The government majority, Nationalists
being Included
conspicuous feature OF the voting
to-day has been The steadiness of the
Liberal support from Scotland Five
Glasgow divisions were carried by the
Liberal-Labor coalition with increased
usiorities. and Greenock. Indifferent TO
ihe fate Of her sugar refining interests,
vent more heavily for free trade than in
1896. As an Offset for the result in
Tradeston, CamIachie was claimed as
Uni0nist gain. The other Scottish bor-
oughs. except central Glasgow. were en-
phauc in oondemning tariff reform.
Nottingham swung around to the
rHionisr side with the loss Of two Lib
ERA seats. the most notable Conservative
triumph recorded before midnight.
The first county return was from Ac-
oington, Lancashire, and disclosed a
slightly increased Liberal majority. A
less satisfactory one Tor the Liberals
followed from Yorkshire. where Ire
relyan's majority was heavily reduced
in the Eliand district
Only one London seat was gained by
ihe UnionisIs. that Of North Hackney,
Vaere the majority was small at the
previous election.
Much ado about nothing Is made by
The chief government whips explanation
q tne Prime Minister'S home rule
pledge t-au IT does not interfere with
me return OF the Nationalist candidates
majority where unopposed with regularly
EeL oiled machinery. The Prime Min
lster was explicit in his declaration that
nome rule Rill be supported by the Lib
erals IN the next Parliament. National
lsts Will ne able 10 command attention
ior rheir cause and upset the govern
ihent II II reglects 70 take up the su-
Irenle Irish question.
When Nr. cham berlain induced thf
Lords 70 throw out the budget ht
brought Home Rule 70 the front aftel
oefeating i in AR Gladstone's time. Th'
Friine Minister. confronted with the risE
% declining majority, was forced u
oSncede Home Rule in advance rathe
Asn wait and surrender TO Mr.. Red
mond.
Al late hour tonight there cam'
Aees Of Z result which has spread jol
u ne Caionist camp, for it announced
Aol only q tariff reform gain but III
s.scllon of the first Welsh Unionls
-lttnoeT q Parliament since 1906. whel
? 44es gave 2 solid vote for Liberalism
ms notable victory occurred at Den
o'gh- which is in Chancellor Lloyd
Georges country
D1' me contest MS desperately close
ne government man Was beaten p,
oh'y eight votes. Altogether. elections
V'k place to-day in eighty constitu
e''saes' but results Ia most cases vii
'' Dc made known unrn tomorrow.
Al tne moment OF cabling 314 mem
lF'S nave been returned to Parliament
almost nalf the total number. tn.
e-i'nlsts numbering 129 and the gov
''''iient supporters ISj. The Unionisti
made forty-hve net gains
l. n. f.