Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
VIII Hold Whip Over
Prelnieriin the Commons.
The Tide Continues 10 Drift
Toward Conservatism.
Relative Strengths Not Much
Changed by Fridays Voting.


elections in progress follows:
: Unionists 1s4, Liberals 1885, Laborites
: az, Nat'onalists SO.
Cams: Unionists 81, Liberals 10, La
borites l.
From the returns announced of to-
i DAYS voting the Unionists gained III
! seats and the Liberals none.
' In today's polling Reginald McKen-
ma, first lord of the admiralty, was re-
1 turned victorious over +. G. McCar-
! michael. Unionist, for Abergavenniv-
! MGnmouthshire and William Abraham
T ahorite WAS reelected for RhOndda
Valley by the enormous majority OF
1865.
~ The political tide continues to drlt
towards Conservatism. Forty-eieht
constituencies delivered their choice
today and the positions of the opposing
parties tonight are practically where
they were last night. with the Iorles
slowly forcing the Radicals backward.
There is hardly a question that the
Irish will hold the whip over Premier
~Asauith in the coming Parliament ana
that it will be a critical and exciting
position.
The Unionists have made steady
gains on the popular vote almost
throughout England and to lesser ex-
tent in Scotland and Wales, put each
--~of the parties and factions of parties
claims the results are a vindication OF
it's policies.
broadly speaking" says the Nation
% tonight, 1.-The force and direction OF the
two great electoral currents IS clear
'" The North stands out against the
South-Scotland and Wales and York
shire, Lancashire and the northeastern
corners of England against the MD
lands home counties and the nearly
solid southern coast.
The Unionsts stoutly claim that the
results is a victory for tariff REFORM
The Liberals deny it stubbornly. They
declare that the feudal status of the
- counties is responsible Tor the Con-
servative gains and charge the trium-
yirate to the landlords. the church ana
the publicans--with over-awing their
dependents and followers. by threaten
ing them with loss of work. From the
opposition point of view the conserVa-
tism of the counties is due to the 10y
atty Of the people to the House or
Lords. their fear of Socialism and
desire for protection.
The Home Rule question with the
Nationalists. a dominant party in the
g., alliance in the new Parliament. will
become invested with an importance
ID, ii has not held during the campaign
when il was kept in the background
Mr. Asuui'h declared during the cam
paign that the Liberals would be free
in the new Parliament as they were
not In the old to support measure for
full self government to Ireland purely
on Irish affairs and subject to the
maintenance unimpaired of the su-
, premacy of the Imperial Parliament
.., The Irish people generally construed
the promises of Mr.. Asquith to mean
more than this. and protests are being
raised among the Home Rulers. 1t is
b., probable that Home Rule bill will
be introduced but not pressed at the
coming session, and that the attention
of che government will he concentrated
on the budget
go" Places for Joseph Albert Peas, the
chief Liberal whip. Sir Henry Nor
man, assistant postmaster general. and
Col. j. e. Seeley, under secretary for
~the colonies, whose constituencies
- showed them under may soon be
n found. one by the promotion of Herbert
4 Of South Africa and the other by
= shelving some of the older ministers
~ by raising them to the peerage.
~ Premier Asquth, Chancellor of the
81 ENoncuuer Lloyd-George, Chief Sec
n rotary for Ireland Birrel and Presi-
& dent OF the Board of Trade Churchill
- and other members of the cabinet made
- speeches tonight in various parts of
ha l;,rl,+
a on the situation although Mr.. AS
q qrith's declarations did not have the
- confident ring they heretofore have
= had.
" J. A. Bryce. brother of the ambassa
n dor to the United States, supported by
q q large majority in Inverness, Rudolph
n c. Lehman. the famous oarsman. and
:, Lewis Vernon Harcourt. are among the |
~ prominent Liberals reelected by the
returns received tonight.
n The elections continue to be enliven- |
n ed by signs of turbulence. Mr.. Pease at |
u Essex, Safteron Walden. today was |
a pursued by hostile mob and prom |
AS inent broker, Mr.. Leon, who was UNI |
" successful as candidate. was greet
~ ed with groans and an angry uproar |
when he appeared on the floor of the |
~ Stock Exchange. Timothy Healy, the |
L famous Nationalist. had an experience
- similar to that of Mr.. Pease when the
!, result of his narrow victory in the
= north division of Louth. Ireland was
n announced today. 1t required a large
a force of police to get him safely to his
= hotel. He suffered no greater damage
!, than the loss of his hat.
y Serious rioting occurred tonight at
y High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. rs
n miles northwest of London. A crowd
d sacked q Dump show where foreign
= imports were being displayed as cleo
= toral object lessons They piled the con-
~ tents of the Dump in the roadway
II and burned them and then smashed all
~ the windows in the Conservative Club
Is amid shouts of dump! Dump
a The police and the fire brigade had
= difficulty in preventing the mob from
81 doing other damage. Many arrests
~ were made.
~ Tn New York City alone there are