Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-28
LADY AST0R Wins
PARLIAMENT SEAT.
American-Born Wife of Wis.,
count Victor in English
Elections.
By the Associated Press.

PLYMOUTH. November 2S.-Lady
| Aston, American-born wife of Wis.,
count Aston. was elected to parlia-
mouth in the balloting of November
Is. The result was announced after
a count of the ballots here this aft
ernoon:
Lady Aston, unionist, 14.495; w. T.
Cay labor, 9,2s2; Isaac Foot, liberal.
Lady Astor's philanthropic endeav-
ors here during the last ten years
well as her espousal of antf-liquor
legislation. which won her large
vote among the women. She drove
about the constituency on speech
making tour this afternoon and even
ing.
The campaign attracted wide at
tention, due in large measure to Lady
Astor's nationality, her unconvention-
al electioneering methods and her
barbed and witty replies to question
ers. Mrs. Lloyd George and other
prominent political personages spoke
in her behalf.
Lady Aston became a candidate aft
er the death Of Viscount Astor of
Hever Hall had left her husband heir
to the title and necessitated his re-
tirement from the lower house of par
Lament.
Lady Astor. who was formerly Miss
Mamie Langhorne of Virginia is the
mother of six children, a fact of which
she boosted on one occasion during
her canvass.
The announcement of Lady Astor's
election was greeted with cheers by
thousands of people in front of the
Guild Hall.
Lady Aston. CARRIED in the black
mourning which she wore throughout
the campaign. went to the Guild Hall
while the counting was in progress.
accompanied by Viscoant Astor and
Lady Cynthia Curzon. a daughter Of
Earl Curzon. She said she was deep
ly grateful to the electors for her re-
turn.
Lady Aston will take her seat Mon
day next. Scores of prominent MEM
bers OF parliament. anticipating the
result, had requested that she allow
them to be her sponsors. A new
member is always escorted into the
house OF commons by two sponsors.
Lady Astor's Statement.
Lady Aston later issued the follow
ing statement:
although I cannot say the best
| man won,' can say the best policy
won.
1here are certain people VINO
seem to forget what the fight for the
last five years has been about. 1t
was for right, not might, and for fair
play in the widest sense.
There is new spirit. both in pub
lie and in private. life. which is
I mean the spirit of citizenship and
service. which was brought out by
the war.
Il don't mean that we have got all
that is best in government, but / do
believe that government which says,
Let US all unite tobgether for the ma
tional good has better spirit than
the old liberal party that says, Let US
get back to party lines,' or the
socialists, who are trying to divide
the world into classes.
I'VE must not divide. but unite. The
labor party of England is more divid-
ed in thought than any other party.
The right in all parties should and
will unite. We have been asked to
give up many of our cherished rights,
but surely we who have seen 100000
men give up their all should be will
ing to give up whatever is keeping Us
and the nation from reconstruction in
the new spirit. D.;
81 believe that the great bulk of the
people is willing and want to do what
is right. but 1 also believe that the
spirit of the war profiteer and boil
shevism, If they have their way, would
make the country not the home of
heroes, but den of thieves The
profiteer took advantage of the pa
triot during the war and the bolshe-
visit revolution is trying to take adj
vantage of the broken and unsettled
parrot now that the war is over.
Neither is right and neither repre-
sents the great heart desire of the
British nation. Both must be fought
and defeated"
Lady Astor will be the first woman
to take a. seat in the house of COM
mons. Countess Markievicz was elect
ed a member from st. Patrick's divi-
sion of Dublin in the general election
last year, but, with the other Sim Fein
members elected in Ireland, has never
taken her seat.
The vote showing Lady Astor to have
a majority over all of 1,064 and a plu-
rality of 5000. compares with the ma
jority of $3.50 and the plurality Of
l1,757 obtained by her husband. then
Maj. Waldorf Astor. at the last gen.
| eral election.
Gay, then also the labor candidate,
received 1894 votes nj that election to
1901 for Maj. Astor, while Capt. S.
Ransom. the liberal candidate. re-
ceived 3.4SS votes