The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-11-22
LLOYD GEoNGEIsM BEATEN
IN BRITISH ELECTION
Coalition Liberals Cut From l20
To A; Conservatives Have
Majority Over All of so.

LONDON, NOV. 'lb.-Ine long drawn
out fight between former Premier
Lloyd George and Sir George Young
er has for the me>ended with vic
tory for the chairman of the Union
list party.
Yesterdays elections have return
ed a parliament with almost the
same overwhelming predominance of
Conservatives as the last parliament
election in 1918 on a wave of CRATE
full enthusiasm to Lloyd George as
Winner of the war;
In the next parliament Premier
Bonar Law will command a majority
over all parties combined Of approxi-
mately eighty.
While this cannot be properly de-
clared as a landslide as the Conserva-
tives at the time of the dissolution of
- parliament numbered about $50, it
amounts almost to the same thing.
It means parliament with little
changes, except that Mr.. Bonar Law,
replaces Mr.. Lloyd George as prime
minister and that the former prem
ier's attenuated following of Nation
al Liberals, reduced by the elections
to under fifty, will presumably hence
North be in opposition, instead of
working in cooperation with the
Conservatives.
Lloyd GcOrgeism Beaten
The downfall of Lloyd Georgeism
is the outstanding feature of the
elections. The Coalition Liberals at
the dissolution numbered 129; they
are represented in the new parlia-
ment by only forty-four members.
The Asquithian Liberals lately i'm
proved their position, rising from
thirty-four in the old parliament to
sixty-two in the new, but they did
not do so well as they expected. On
the other hand labor, although 1t
failed to fulfill the high hopes the
party entertained at the dissolution,
has done exceedingly well, rising
from 76 to 1876 seats.
While the strength of Corserva-
tives is matter of surprise, perhaps
the keynote of the elections is the
decline of liberalism and the growth
of the Labor party.
Labor Second Strongest
The position now is that Labor is
the second strongest party in the
house and in what looks as the i'm
probable event of the present govern
ment suffering in parliament, 1t
would be to the Labor party that the
King would naturally turn for new
premier.
Another striking feature of the
elections is that the women voters
have taken an unexpected strong in
terest in the struggle, their partici-
patton probably accounting more
than anything else for the exceeding
ly heavy polling. But, however keen
their interest in political life, they
do not appear to be in the mood to
elect women to parliament, only La
dy Astor and Mrs. Wintringham, al
ready in the house, being returned.
There are still ten seats, the re-
suits of which will not be announced
tonight, namely, some Of the uni
versities and distant scattered Scot
ish territories. which from the re-
suits may not be available before
Saturday.
Noteworthy Casualties
There have been many noteworthy
ualties among all the parties, the
ost striking perhaps being the de-
lat of Arthur Henderson. Labor
,ader, and Winston Churchill, form
er colonial secretary. and the over
throw of five members Of the new
administration for whom safe seats
will some how have to be found.
The defeats OF Mr.. Churchill, Sir
Hamar Greenwood, former chief sec
retary for Ireland, and Frederick q,
Kellaway, former, postmaster general
were two severe blows to Mr.. Lloyd
George, who. however, had the sat
isfaction of seeing his son returned
by a big majority, while both his
secretaries. Sir Edward M. Grigg and
@. II. Shakespeare. were elected.