Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-29
SINN FEIMERS TRIUMPHANT
Carry All Ireland Except
Unionist Section; Dill
lon Is Defeated.
LABOR PARTY FARES POORLY
Makes Gain but Falls Be-
low,Expectations Hen
derson Loses Seat.

ny Ths Assscisssd Prssa
LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE broad
features Of the slsctisn results a..
nouncsd today are the swsspine
triumph Of the Lloyd George coal.
ton, the complsts route Of the A.
auithians. the pacifists and the
women candidates, and, nerhs ~
most significant of al, the victory
% the Sim Fsinsrs all along the
That the coalition sevsrnms.t
would be vtctorious had been 4 fope.
gons ronclusion, despite the rumb,
llnss Of rumor bstwsen the polllns
and the counting of the vetes thai
.SS,,v .SSsr would n., mss: :ss: sn :zpssts4
useres would command oemplsteip
an oSsrwhslminG majority In the
new hOusD In the proportion oe a.
NEST i've 70 one haf never bsen
eestsmplstsd, even by the mspl
saapuins eoalitlohtses Anl sln6e
coalition. - Il nov operates. q (ls-
tpctly Nnee eensesvssivs thsn IT.
m q Oo 6eoaDoelttoa aa1 tsadsn-
- ~ feesh e ths isr.s slsstss9
~ ~ o4e4ooe9 sranon4o go
~ - oAsudpaeiou Of millions q
Wchsg yltesy U nsst sAgseesivs.
DpeIatM Lloyd george, with only
fehr rse1ote yet 70 b. announced,
has SIC spoes FOR m coalition, out
Of . mswbSsship Of 1ei The Sine
Fsinsrs hats elected 10 members.
ana ifssf approximately fs.e
Herbert ~. Asquith. former pre-.
raisr. an1 leader Of the liberal party.
has bees defeated for HE seat In the
house of commons from the east de
vision of tife. scotland.
This former premier was defeated
by colsaei sir Ais.andsr sprot. Q
years With the British army n
France. eir AIsxsndsr had twles
been defeated BY Mr.. Asquith. Ths
auth. liberal s,Ss<.
Mr., Asauith had represented East
David Lloy4 George, prime minis.
ter, and leader Of the coalition gov
ernment. hss been re-elected 10 his
seat In parliament from Csrnarvon.
Wslss.
The premier. who stood ~ . eea-
iition liberal. received foSes votes
10 i,osb for Austin Harrison, inds-
pendent son OF Frederic Harrison.
lhs wsitss.
OF IL women candidatAs, only one
viii ~ entitled 20 sit IN the house
OF commons, namely . Sim Fsinss.
Countess Markisviecs. who vas
/ elected for 1t Patrick division %
Dublin city. hut. az the Sim Feir-
ers refuse TO sit at Westminster, the
house OF commons will a. hitherto,
b. composed entirely Of males.
All the other women candidates, In
cludlns many of the foremost In the
womsns movement, were rejected by
their constituencies. Cbrlstabel
pankhurst came the nearest 10 these
10 bsin collected, being defeated only
by q narrow majority by a laboflte.
The Sim Feiners. ss expected, not
only swept ireland, but gained their
seats with enormous major ties, lcaN-
ing the nationalist representation m
the nov parliament bare seven
members John Dillon, the nation
allst lender. was defeated by y. de-
Valera Slim Felner. for East Mayo.
by "A majority of over 1000. Joseph
peyiln. however, defeated de Nalera
for the west Belfast seat DE Valera
also was candidate In the South
Down constituency.
A prominent feature OF the polling
teyraied by the count, n the com
pstative smallncss ~ the polls com.
pared with the registered number or
electors No figures are avallahie
vet. as 10 what exteut the army ana
navy have voted. IL should also he
noted that defeat of the AsquithianH.
especially the former ministers, IN
IN ost cases can be attributed In part,
10 split votes in thrce-cornercd con-
Httuenrler
MOI only has no coalition minister
,,een defeated but most OF them were
reported elected ny eStraQbdl~ary
ma jorities For Instance. Tretnier
Iloyd Georges majority IN about
z. goo. wint@on Churchlll's $4,000.
ana Andrew Bonar laws 5000
MaJoritiea well over 10000 were
oulte romnn among the coalltionisis.
ON the other hand. the paclfisis we're
almost In every ease ANONYMOUSLY
defeated w heavy votes. The re-
iected candidates In this group IN
cluded Philip enowden. James Ram
say Macdonald, William G, Anderson
lshor mernher for Attercliffe di-
vision of sheffield) Arthur Hender-
son. the labor leader; Robert Ia
Duthwnlte (lberal for Hanie,p1
Frederick " Iowe,t (labor member
fnr west Bradfordl ueoree lans-
h,rry Cformer socialist member Tor
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