Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-29
BRITISH VOTERS GIVE COALITION
 THEIR SUPPORT
Lloyd George Rides Into Power, Again Triumphing Over Asquith, Pacifists and Women

LONDON, Dec 2S.-(By the As sociated Press. .)-The board features of the election results announced to- day are the sweeping triumph of the Lloyd George coalition, the complete roat of the Asquithians, the pacifists and the women candidates, and, per haps most significant of all, the vic, tory of the Sim Feiners all along the line
 That the coalition government would be victorious had been foegrone con clusiOn, despite the rumDiings of ru- nor between the polling and the counting of the votes that labor would make an unexpected showing. But that David Lloyd George would com mand completely an overwhelming majority in the new house in the pro- portion of almost to l had never been contemplated, even by the most sanguine coalitionists. And since coalition as it now operates, is dis tinctly more conservative than liberal in its composition and tendencies, this result of the first election under the extended franchise and with the par ticipation of millions of women vot- CTS is most suggestive.
 Premier Lloyd George, with only four results yet to be announced, has 519 seats for his coalition, out of a membership of TOT. The Sim Feiners have elected 70 members and labor approximately 75.
 Of 14 women candidates only one will be entitled to sit in the house of commons, namely, Sim Feiner, Countess Markievicz, who was elected for St Patrick's division of Dublin City. But, as the Sim Feiners refuse to sit at Westminster, the house of commons will, as hitherto. be com posed entirely of males.
 All the other women candidates, in. cluding many of the foremost in the women's movements, were rejected by their constituencies. Christabel Plank hurst came the nearest of these to be- ing elected, being defeated only by a narrow margin by a laborite.
 The Sim Feiners, as expected, not only swept Ireland, but gained their seats with enormous majorities, leay- ing the nationalist representation in the new parliament a bare seven members. John Dillon, the national ist leader, was defeated by E. de Va leTa, Sim Feiner, for East Mayo, by a majority of over 4000. Joseph Dev- lin. however, defeated de Valera for the West Belfast seat. De Valera also was a candidate in the South 1 A s,.r. Goa. ture of the polling revealed by the count is the comparative smallness of the polls compared with the reg istered number of electors. No fig ures are available yet as to what ex- tent the army and navy have voted. It should also be noted that the de- feat of the Asquithians, especially the former ministers, in most cases can be attributed fin part to split votes in three-cornered constituencies.
 Not only has no coalition minister been defeated, but most of them were reelected by extraordinary majOrities. For instance. Premier Lloyd Georges majority is about i2.OOO; Winston Churchilrs l5.O00 and Andrew Bonar Laws 13,000.
 Majorities well over 10000 were quite common among the coalitionists. On the other hand, the pacifists were almost in every case ignominiously defeated by heavy votes. The re- jected candidates in this group in cluded Philip Snowden. James Ram say Macdonald, William C. Anderson