Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-30
BIC MAJOR|T|ES
GIVEN COALITION
. IN Great BRITAIN
Result Of Election Personal
Triumph for Lloyd George;
Two Old Parties
Disappear.

London, Dec. 2o.-A remarkable
feature of the elections for the new
parliament is the enormous MAORI
ties received by many of the win
ming candidates.
Under the provisions of the new
franchise act, every candidate who
fails to obtain one-eighth of the
votes polled in his constituency for
feits his deposit OF $50 pounds sterl-
ing More than 1870 candidates arc
victims of this rule.
It is difficult to compare the re.
suits OF this election with that or
1910, owing to the numerous rear-
engagements of constituencies under
the last reform act, but a compari-
son between the country areas as a
whole shows that London has gone
almost solid for the coalition. Only
three independent liberals were re-
turned and the two laborites re-
turned are both coalitionists.
Country Returns Astonishing.
The returns in Yorkshire are no
less astonishing. Of the So mem-
bers from Yorkshire, 70 are coali-
ton unionists; 10 coalition liberals;
two members OF the national demo,
cratic party, which supports the
coalition, are discharged soldiers
and sailors representatives; eight
are labor members and only one is
an independent liberal,
In Lancashire the Go members re-
turned do not include single in
dependent liberal. There are So
coalition unionists, five independent
unionists, eight coalition liberals. l3
laborites, one socialist and one ma
tonalist.
Even in Scotland the number Of
Independents liberals returned can
be numbered on the fingers of one
hand
Women for Lloyd George.
Coalition leaders claim that the
Two principal factors that contribut-
ed to their triumph are the votes
Of the women and soldiers. The
former made the majority secure
and the soldiers vote, according to
one leader, came later as tidal
wave in favor of Lloyd George.
The II divisions of Birmingham
returned coalitionists, the only wo-
man candidate IN the city being al
the bottom of the poll and FORGETTING
her deposits. This forfeiture of
deposit was also the fate of three
other women candidates, including
the only woman candidate i'll Scot
land.
Most of the ballots cast out were
those of soldiers who wrote across
them such remarks as Send us home
and we will vote" or I'VE have no
Information about the candidates"
Personal Triumph.
The net result OF the election is
summed up in the papers as per-
sonal triumph for Premier Lloyd
George in the disappearance Of the
two great parties, the liberals and
the Irish nat:onalists. The news
papers without exception, emphasize
that the election is not merely a
great triumph, but great oppor-
tunity for Lloyd George, as the
country insists on the carrying out
Of vast program of social reform.
They declare that the governing
classes are on trial and if they fail
to satisfy the country painful
reckoning awaits them at the, .next
election. which may come sooner
than is now apparent.
In this connection it is pointed out
that labor largely voted coalition in
the expectation that policy agree
able to labor would be pursued.
Complete returns from the cleo
ton Of the new parliament give
the following results:
Coalition unionists 334, coalition
liberals ~, coalition. iaborites 10,
unionists>46, Asquithian liberals 81,
laborites IS, national party 2, indie
pcndents 5. socialists |, Sim Fem
srs Is, Irish nationalist 7.
All coalitionists with the union
lists and national party may be re-
garded roughly as supporting Lloyd
George. The only opposition will
be formed by the Asquith liberals,
laborites and INDEPENDENTS.