Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-30
SWEEPING TRIUMPH
Asquithians, Women Candidates and
Pacifists Beaten


London. Dec @s,fRy Che Associated
Press The broad features of the cleo
ton results announced .oday are the
sweeping triumph Of the Lloyd George
coalition. the complete roIt OF the AS
quithians, the paci5sts and the women
candidates, and, perhaps most signiri-
cant Of all, TIE victor! OF the Sim
Teiners all along the line.
That the coalition government would
be victorious had beer foregore con-
clusion, despite the runlor between the
polling and the counting of the votes
that labor would make an unexpected
showing But that David Lloyd George
would command completely an over
whelning majority in the new house
In the proportion OF almost five to one
had never been contemplated. even by
the most sanguine coali.ionists And
since coalition, as, it nov operates, is
distinctly more Conservative than Lib
erai i'll its composition and tendencies,
this result of the first election under
the extended franchise and with the
participation OF millions Of women vot-
ers is most suggestive.
Premier Lloyd George, with only four
results yet to be announced. has sig
seats for his coalition out of 4 member
ship OF 707 The Sim Feiners have
mately 10.
OF II women candida ties only one viii!
be entitled to sit in the tiouso OF Com
mons. namely. q Sim Feine4 Countess
Markievicz, who was elected for st.
Patrick Division Of Dublin City. But
as the Sim Feiners refuse to sit at
Westminster the House OF Commons
WILL as hitherto, be composed entirely
Of males
All the other women candidates, in
Guiding many Of the foremost in the
women's movements, were rejected by
their constituencies. Christabel Pank-
hurst came the nearest to being elected,
being defeated only by "A narrow major
ity ~ a Iaborite.
The Sim Feners as expected, not
only swtpt Ireland, but gained their
seats With enormous majorities, 1eaN-
ing the nationalist representation N
the new Parliament bare seven
members. John Dillon, the national
Valera, Sim Fciner for East Mayo,
Wy q majority Of over four thousand.
Joseph Dcvlin. however. defeated de
Valera fer the West Belfast seat. De
Valera also was a candidate in the
South Down constituency.
4 prominent feature of the polling.
revealed ~ the count. is the COM
parative Smallness of the polls COM
pared with the registered number of
electors. No figures are yet available
as TO what extent the army and navy
nave voted, 1t should also be noted
that The defeat OF tie Asduithians,
especially the former ministers. N
most cases. can hn attributed in part
"a split votes in three-COrEcred con-
StitucBcieS.
Not only has 10 coalition minister
Ooen defeated Int most of those re-
elected Won ly extraordinary rnajori-
lies. For instance Premier Lloyd
Georges lnIiority is about 10000:
Winston Churcliills t5,tco ard An
drew Pnnar Laws $4,000
Matoritie3 Well over ten thousand
we're quite C mnann among the coaif-
tinnistS on the other hand the paci-
fists were alnoS: in every case iS-
unanimously defeated by heavy votes.
Among the surprises Of the cleo
ton was the defeat Of Herbert ~. AS
auth. the former premier He is re-
iccted in company with mOst Of his
ahlest licujenants, including Sir John
Simon. former home secretary; Reg
maid Mckcnna. former chancellor OF
the eNrhe4uer. Walter RuHciman
former president Of the Board OF
Trade: Herbert Samuel former post
master general; Charles +. Master
man. former chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster and others.
Labor Jared hadl" in the ctrctions
though more fortunate than the
Asqnfthians They mad expected to
elect at least one hundred members.
whereas the, have only approximate
lv sevcnty-tive. Of whom ten are coal
;tioris,s. Even this. however, is a
mach larger representation than Ia
lor had in the old parliament.
Swift, Unionist. Defeated