The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-11-17
BRITISH ELECTIONS
LABOR HAS GAINS
Conservatives and Liberasl
Show Losses
HEAVY VOTE is P0LLED
Workingmen Strongly Organic
ed, Keen To Garry Candi-
dates To Victory
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.I
London, November 16.-Extensive
gains for labor and numerous losses
for the conservatives and the ma
tional (Lloyd Georgian) liberals flea
ture the returns from yesterday
parliamentary elections as received
up to seven O'Clock this morning.
The poll was remarkably heavy
In many constituencies more thar
eighty, and in some cases more than
ninety per cent of the electors voted
a very large proportions being wo-
lien. The enthusiasm of the women
was particularly in London, where
neither fog nor household cares suf
fces TO keep them indoors.
The laborites' rally to the polls
showed thoroughness of party or
ganization and a keeness to carry
their men to victory. Their successes
were most striking in the northern
industrial areas. especially in Glas-
gov, where seat after seat fell to
their attack.
Show Gains Forty One.
The latest figures give their gains
as forty-one against which they nave
but FIVE losses. IL is noteworthy that
their triumphs came in the constitu-
encies where they were regarded as
most likely, and it is not expected
that today's later returns will show
similar gains as the rural districts
are heard from.
The conservatives, although main
tanning up to the present their ma
jority over the other parties, have
already suffered very serious losses
These being only slightly fewer than
labor's gains, but they can boast OF
the accession of eight seats.
The majorities by which the con
servatives were returned at the last
elections are also much reduced
where they were re- elected, the case
of Prime Minister Bonar Law being
typical. The premier yesterday was
returned over the laborite candidate
in the central division Of Glasgow by
a margin of only ISIS whereas in
the previous election his majority
was 1875.
Georgites Suffered Losses.
The national liberals or Georgites,
also suffered some twenty losses,
while the independent, or Asquithian,
liberals made about fifteen gains.
OF the women candidates, Viscoun-
tess Astor is the only one returned
thus far, and her victory was won
by a closer margin than when she
was first sent to parliament to repre-
sent the Sutton division of Plymouth,
Lazy Astor lost many votes through
the conservative split, but made
compromising gains from the labor
ties and liberals.
The Returns Received.
Returns up to one o'clock this af-
ternoon showed the standing of the
parties in the new parliament, with
approximately half or the member
snip accounted for, but including the
uncontested divisions to be as fol-
lows:
Conservatives III; liberals (Asqui
thianJ IS; LaboriteS So; National lib
Labor suffered a hard setback In
the Widnes division of Lancashire
Nnere Arthur Henderson was defeat
ed by the conservative candidate, DIR
George &. Clayton, after holding the
seat since 1918. The vote was Clay.
ton 1859; Henderson 1887.
With 30I seats thus accounted fol
out OF the total or SIS in the house
OF commons, it was no more posi-
Die even for the experts, TO predict
the complexion of the next house
THAI it was last night. The con.
servatiyes had a majority OF forty
seven seats over all other parties al
that hour, but surprising upsets
which were constantly cropping VI
in various constituencies drove the
erection prophets to cover.
Second Woman Returned
The second woman to be Returned
to the new house OF commons, Lady
Astor being the first was Mrs.
Margaret Wintringham, the present
member of the Louth division OF
Lincolnshire. Mrs. Wintringham re
LaIns her seat with 1853 votes
against the conservative candidate
Sr Alan Hutchings, with 1926 vo.
ties.
Strong gains for the conserva-
tives were shown in the compilation
of members elected to the house OF
commons made at O'clock this af
ternoon on the returns so far made
This showed the total members re-
turned, including the uncontested
divisions to be as follows:
Conservatives 222; Liberals CAS-
al liberals .(Georgeite) 26; other
parties 8. n
The total house membership is
els, with BOB necessary for major
Griffith Boseawen Defeated
Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen
minister of health in the Bonar Law
cabinet, was defeated by his liberal
opponent in the Taunton division OF
Somerset. ~
The Evening Star; in its midday
edition says: 1T is clear that Mr.
Bonar Laws chances of an indie
pendent majority are slight"
Major John Jacob Aston, son OF
the late Viscount -Astor, was elected
on the conservative ticket over the
liberal candidate, L. ]. Stein, and
the Independent Unonist, Colonel
vision of Kent &c.,.
More Than Two Thirds Returns
with considerably more thar
two thirds of the returns IN ct this
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