New-York tribune., 1921-05-27
Unionaists Get
Big Majority irl
Ulster Election
Expected to Win "a of So
Seats i'm parIiam emit,
hut Prob "a hly Will
Have Closer to- Forty
Four Sinn Feiners Named
NationaIisss May Have 8
Places; De Valera Is
Chosen i'm County Down

BELFAST, May IS tBy The Asso-
ciated Press],-The Unionists have
done better in the elections than they
anticipated, the Sim Feiners worse
than their prophets predicted and .ho
Nationahsts no moro than they looked
fer. The UniouiSts are, therefore, the
only party in Ulster to-day not disap-
pointed
All. however, are celebrating
Unionists because they Have won, The
Natiorahsts and Sim Fsiners because
they have made their protest against
the partition OF Ireland and believe
the protest will have it's effect on the
minds of the people OF the world.
The Unionists expected to win
Guiding those for the University, which
will be decided Saturday. They prob
ably will get nearer forty seats.
Daniel McCann, chief lieutenant in
Belfast Of Joseph Devlin, the National
ist leader. had hoped for fourteen seats,
but did not really believe that more
than twelve Nationalists and Sim Fein-
ers could be returned, and he proved a
good prophet.
Unionists Sweep Belfast
The counting of the ballots will not
be completed probably until The end
of the week, but so far as the returns
go they show that the Unionists made
their greatest gains in Belfast, where
it is expected they will have fifteen of
sixteen seats. Joseph Devlin is the
only Nationalist or Sim Feiner who
viii have q seat for Belfast in tho new
Parliament. if he decides to sit there,
and even he was beaten in his own
stronghold for first place on the poll
by his Unionist opponent, T. II. Burn.
His colleague, Alderman Bryne, was at
the bottom of the list, with only 31l
votes. or 10000 fewer than his leader.
Fl. NJ. Pollock, the prospective Ulster
Chancellor of the Excheauer. was
elected on the second count in South
Belfast, as was Sir Crawford McCul-
iagh, former Lord Mayor, in East Bel
fast. Sir Dawson Bates, who is likely
to be Home Secretary in the new Par
lament. and Captain Dixon, friend
Of Sir James Craig, Premier-d designate,
were elected on the first count.
Mrs. Julia McMordie, widow of d
former Lord Mayor Of Belfast, also was
elected in South Belfast.
Socialists Lose Deposit
Inc SOCIALISTS mere, as IN other con-
stituencies, lost their deposit, which
they have to forfeit if they do not re-
eeive q certain number of votes.
In Antrim things are going about as
expected, the Unionists this evening
being pretty certain of six of the seven
seats, the other going to Devlin.
Louis Walsh, Sinn Feiner, who was
released from the detention camp to
take part in the election and who head
ed the poll i'll the County Council cleo
ton, is now nearer the bottom of the
poll, although there are large mum
Der of Sim Feiners in North Antrial
and the Glens of Antrim. The Union
ist Barbour, headed the list with some
$4,000, as compared with Walsh's less
than 5000
Derry came out as the Unionists pre-
dicted. They elected their three can
didates-all they had nominated. thus
leaving the other two seats to Profess
sor John MacNeil, Sim Fein, and his
Nationalist running mate.
In County Down. where Sir James
Craig, the Ulster Premier designate,
ard canon De Valera, republican
leader, were opponents and where both
will be elected. the seats will be di-
vided equally between the two sides,
two and two.
The Nationalsts probably will win
eight seats and the Sim Feiners four,