Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-15
At POLLS.
|F GREAT BRITAIN
E STIFF CONTEST
ew Venture to Forecast
| Result Of Strenuous
| Campaign
IfSUll0 UNU[RlAlN
Discards All Cau-
fon in Final Speech
at Glasgow

.,don Nov. 15.-The electoral of
,.,t Britain swarms to the polls to-
\ by the millions in England, Scot
5rd Wales and Ulster to elect the
|nrtb parliament of the reign of
nc George V. The polls opened at
otlock-an hour earlier than that
,ome big centers-and by'9 o'clock
kaght the new house of commons
In have been elected.
4 No eeventh-hour development has
t,aDed the uncertainty Of the re-
&s
E Few prophets who venture fore
ss, tie strings to their prediction.
/, therefore something of a sur
te to the public that Prime Minis
BOnar Law, in his final speech at
ssgow yesterday, discarded his ma
ye caution and declared he had
Eey considerable confidence" that
electors would give him a work
majority today on which he can
kpnd. He made it clear that he
build be dissatisfied with anything
S than an independent uniOnist
aiOrity. Experienced observers here
Eyress strong confidence in such a
at however,
Papers Make Appeal.
The morning papers today earnest
appeal to the electors to exercise
er franchises, and to take nothing
j granted. The anti-labor newspa-
EE express considerable fear of
Fathy among the electoral. They
e particularly concerned lest the
iide class of housekeeping women
bose first interests are their fam
les neglect the opportunity to cast
er votes against labor.
At the last parliamentary elections
was estimated that only about six
per cent Of the electors went to the
pIs Opponents of labor fear that
rless more energy is displayed to-
" IabOrites will benefit, since THEN
ganizatiOn is believed to be very
npete. From the unionist news
RPeFs goes up the earnest cry
Whatever you do, don't vote labor
LIoyd-George, too, is strong in his
position to the laborite program
an overnight message to the elec,
. he urged them to support candi,
lies who are opposing socialism as
10 Gown in the manifesto of the la,
r party.
am looking forward to the re
III Of men Of progressive ideas as
OulWark against reaction on the
nand, and revolutionary expert
Sa'anons, on the other" said the
tSSage of the little Welchman who
few weeks ago, was the prim,
mister of Great Britain.
lae Daily Chronicle, an arden
PV0g'er of Lloyd-George, stresse
same thought in it's editorials
Smg Its readers not to vote for la
unless such a ballot affords tn
chance of defeating the die
rfOgram Made by Fanatics.
'le labor party had a foolish rob
-.Ou Program forced upon them b,
lanatics," according to TIL
=! Chronicle. "If anybody want
,'oor party to eventually prosper
'aanot Go them greater servic
" % vote against them now"
VI ,ne other hand, the Asquithia
News pleads with the elcetor
'O'e liberal where there is a lib
candidate. Otherwise, it woul
nem vote labor. The Dali
: and The Westminster Gagettt
y"u'ng champions of independer
",Sin among the press of tn
17 MAINTAIN that the great fes
!, VI The electoral campaign ha
'Ie renaissance of liberalism
ueclare the serene confidenc
. rs among the liberals.
H. s'Ig the claims of labor, Th
" Herald tells its readers ths
VOrl'e program will insu1
-, - iair play and work for all {
aOle wages and with reason;
n ~ Answering the objectio
a. country could not pay for
newspaper says the labC