Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-17
MAJORITY OF FIFTY
|. OVER ALL IS WON
BY CONSERVATIVES
Bonar Laws Victory in
British Elections Sweep.
ing One.
LABORITES CAPTURE
136 COMMONS SEATS
But Arthur Henderson, Labor
Chief, Goes Down in
Defeat.
LIBERALS FEW IN NUMBER
Coalition branch I, Reduced From
10 (" 80. with G2 Asuuith
PartIsnnS.
coalition nrnnch II Reduced From
10 tn 81. with G2 Asquith
PnrtisnnS.
LRv AssociatcN rrnss1


from 500 OF the SIS constituents,
IN" Conservatives had elected 343
members of the House OF Commons.
or thiriN-SiN more than a majority.
Tn. parties stood as follows:
t"nscrva 3i3: Liberals tAs-
Gnithians). g.; I.aboritcs. lSs: Ma
t"nal Liberals CGcorGcite), A: other
parties. Is
The long -drawn-out fight between
former Premier Lloyd George ana
SIR George Younger las for the time
ended with victory for the chairman
Of tho tni"nis; party.
f"unE"r and his adhr-ents staked
their political fortunes at the famous
carlton Club meeting which smashed
the coalition and sen; Lloyd George
INTO tho wilderness on the convic
.tion that tho country was rim. for
return I" straight party politics,
ana In the firm belief that the nation
W"nid support their conviction nv
serdinE the Conservatives to tn.
f"use OF Commons with n good
working majority.
Thcir confidence has been amnly
)cStihed. Yesterdays elections have
returned Parliament with almost
the same overwhelming predominanc,
or Conservatives as the last Parlia-
ment, elected In 1918 on wave OF
grateful enthusiasm to Lloyd George
as winner of the war
Has Minority Of Fifty.
In the new Parliament Premier
Sonar Law viii command n majority
over all parties combined of approxi-
matcly hfty.
While this cannot he properly de-
scrihed as landslide. as the Con-
serNatlNes at the time Of the disso-
luii"n OF fariiamen, numbered about
~ N nt,
thing, considering the peculiar cir
'HmstanceS OF the time and the high
h"pHS held by the Labor and Liberal
f"r'IrS OF tho return OF the country
L" pr"SrcSsive views. and 1t NAV he
supposed that the Conservatives
themselves hardly expected such ia
Norahle returns
y Parliament with little change,
except that Ronar Law r.plaros
Lloyd George as Prime Minister and
mat IN" former rremicr's attenuat.d
i"lI"wing OF National Liberals rc
hnr"d 10y tho elections To under hftv.
Viii presumably hcnceforth he In
"np"S'ii"n. instead OF working In
cooperation with the Conservatives
i'm," George With New Followers.
Tn" downfall OF Lloyd Gcor-.ism
Is IN" outstanding feature %, the
election The Coalition Liberals at
the dissolution numbered l29: they
are represented IN the new rarlia-
mrnt by only - members. There
VIII Ee many regrets among tn.
former Premier's admirers that ha
,aiieh 10 take the advice of some OF
MS wcli-w!Shcrs and retire tempor
arily or altogether from the political
stage.
The Asquithian Liberals lately i'm
proved their position. rising from
'hir,y-four In the old Parliament 10
siNtS-twn in the new, but they did
not 90 $" well as they expected ON
me "ther hand. Labor. although II
'HIl"d L" fulfll the hish homes the
party entertained at the dissolution.
hhS done exceedingly well. rising
from ~ To 1876 seats II is- rencralIv
believed that Labor would have don,
Tar better hut for the tactical mis-
taN" in its advocacy of capital
levy
While the strength of Conservatism
in the country +. matter Of sur-
prise, perhaps the keynote OF tba
election is the decline OF Liberalism
ana tn" growth Of the Labor marty
IhiS seems to show that hencefortn
N" struggle Will he between tho
= conservatives and the Labor party.
i.nh"r second Strongest.
Ih" position now is that Labor Is
IN" second strongest party I'm mo
house. ANA in what looks as the i'm
hf"hhhIe event of the prescn; gov
'rn'n"nt suffering defeat in r,rli,
m"n'. II would u" To tn. Labor marty
= nat the King would naturally turn
Tor New lsr"mi"r
Nn"th"r striking feature OF tho
"'r''i""S. Is mat the women voters
nav" taken quite an un.xp.ctedry
strong interest IN the s,r,,gpIa 49,,
participation probably accounting
more than anything else for the OK.
cr"dnsly heavy polling. Hut. how
ever Keen their Interest in political
''i" theN d" not appear to be in ths
'h""u |" eject women 10 Parliament.
only Lady Astor and Mrs Wintrinr.
nam air"ady In the House, being re.
turned.
Estimates on the present dlstribn-
ZION "t parties in the House OF COM
mons din"r somewhat. owing to A
rt''h confusion In party boun-
darirs and the number OF isolated
members represented in six groun,
such az operators
included in the Conservative group
are thirteen Ulster Conservative.
Ten Seats StiiI ont.
Ih"re ~" still ten seats, tina re.
SUITS or which viii! not be announced
tonight. namely. some OF the uniyer.
sites and distant scattered scottish
for which the results
may not be available before Satur-
day.
Ihrrr nave been many noteworthy
casualties among all the parties. tho
most striking perhaps being the de-.
feat or Arthur Henderson. Labor
leader, and Winston Churchill, FORM
er Coionia! Secretary. and In. over
throw OF hve members ot the nav
for whom safe seats
Viii somehow have 10 De found
The defeats OF Mr.. Churchill. g!-
Ilamar Greenwood, former Chl.t