BRITISH ELECTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 5

BRITISH ELECTIONS.

• London, January ;16; ■ 'The; following .sOft itfrther teStilts ■of the; borough pollings in the ' United Kingdom:— • DEVOKFOItT (2). Sir John Jackson (TJ.) 5,558 ■ Mr. C. Kinlook Cook (U.) 5,286 Sir J.. W> Bonn (1t)5,140 '1 Mr. Lithgow (U.) 5.140' ,U. ; majorities 512 and 140. ■ ..[Result in. 1S06: Kr.'H. E. kearler 'lix ■6923,,. -and • Mr. J|, TV. amn (I/.); 6627;\ Sir' 5239j JU-. .P. H. Sumner 6080; age. .Lib* majority,. 3131,) ; , BATH (O. Lord Thymic (U.) 3,951 ®' r P.- Himtef' <tj.j ..... 3,889 Mr. D. .Mlean (L.J 3,771 • Mr. G, p. Goooh (L.) 3,757 •u. riSJafltiM 190: tad ilB. : -V i? "ML %, D. Mlaim .(Lj, 4w. 2 , and Mr. Gi P.,,d06c0i (liX 4069; Lord £ lo .*- Thynne 001. Sir O.- Wyi'idinsjoflty, IFSWIOH (3). ,*Sir D.-Goddard (r..). -.-:!--.-....5,120 Bov. G. Homo . (I«.) 5;958 Mr. Churchman (TJ.) : 5,390 Mr. Burton (U.) 5,645 ,L. majorities 130 and !!68. ' ..IBSsult in 1906: Mr. D. Ford-Goddird (L± 6396;. uid, Mr.. Felix Cobbold (L.), 6290' Sir .0. Dalrymple-(TJ0,4951;-Mr. S. J. G. Hoa.ro ..T0.),. 4232; age. Lib.- majority, 3853.] -' ROOHESTE.K. ■ Mr. Jtidley.,{TJ.). • 3,075 Mr. E. H. Lamb (L;) 2,543 •>.' V. majority,. 132.\ r,..V : 7 FBesult in .'1906: Mr.- E. -liamb (L.)/ ' 2967; itr. Oi Ttlft' (tl.), 2574; Lib. raajority, 693.]

SALISBURY, \Mr v Locker Lampson (U.)'; : I^Bo3 Sir B. P. Tonnant (L.)-■: ~-r ■ 1,483 XI. majontj, 818. [Edault In IMS: Mr. 15. •?. Tcimant (LI. I 1646;; Siif W. Paliner (tJ.),'1505: Lib. major-' I ity, 4L] • i

Mr. Gorald ArnutimoC 6/776 ,Mri Pred; Jlftddison- (Labij v.i_aii' 5,681 ; Mr. H. SI. Hyndiiian-(Sooi) -'™.....; 4,9j8 TT. majority, 95. Arbuthi\ot':(U.), 4564; Mr. .Hyndptin :49i2i iLib.,:maiority 1 .■.-..■■, MAJiOHESTIIE-SOBTa-WEST. Mr. , Collfax (Ut) 3;111 Mr. N-cedhaifl (L) 3,001 Mr. Mtfolachlan (Lab.) 1,218 U. tnajonty, 107. •• -[Eesult ,111 1906: G; D. I Kclley; (Lab). — Y™, Qalloway ; foi)i EB76i 'Lab. majonty, 1225.] ... • ' STALYBRIDttB. , ' • ; Mr. Wood ; (U.) omtt.u....aasuMu:-,SJm . '8right.3,079 .U. majority, - 2057. .y-: '-/- '■ .I J? 08 ,? 14 tn:l9o6i Mr. J., IV. Oheetham (L.j, 3836; . to., J T. Travia-Oltge (U.)| 3582; Lib. .454.] ■ • : *Mr, John, Ward (Lab:) i;;...;-.-..;.-,..- 7,}Ba Mr. Kyd (U.) G. 597 Lab. majority, 1191. in .1906:;_ Varil (I,ab.), .76Q> ; ; Hy Ss;2]' (TJ.) t 4288; Labi majorDUDLEY. "Mr. As G. Hooper (L.) 1 8,342 . Mr; Boscowan (U,). L. majority,- 187. •' ■•■'■■■■ .-• _ [Besillt in 19S&; Mr, A. Q. Hooner IT.I Olaußhioii..(U.), 7542j Lib. majority, 754J , ; - awaiting the eesults, ' .- London,-January 16. .. .Crowds numbering between;: tiventy and thirty . thousand gathered outside : the Fleet Strqot newspaper offices ■ in Trafalgar .Square,- and rin Aldwich,to -watch the- election resnlts shown by. lanterns on screens. The periods' of waiting were' phonS P" 110611 songs upon grama--ip' ; ■ ~ Ca PP Town, January 16. '.v , , ;.SoutK African papers :. wera' published on- Sunday owing /to the intense interest felt : .in- the British, elections. ! , London, January,-10.. . _Alr. 'Lloyd-Gcorge, Chancellor cf tho Exchequer, : speaking at LouUi, declared .that the first results of . the 1 .elections were -no. ihdloatioia .of tho' forin -Pafiianient -firould l ultiinateiy; take. : ■' niag of aii olection does not mean holdine every seat..-, . b AT BIRMINGHAM. . FIRST MEMBER RETURNED. m. - , ' . , London, January 14. member lo bA returned to 2i? .Miantoht was.' itr. Joseph OBnmborlain,-who was elected for West Birmingham -without, opposition;:. '.. v .issned 'a Stimrig appeal to tho electiirs, .ilonSistifig' largely 6f extracts ttofl liia tariff ■campaign speeches. Mri; Cliamberiain declares' c . an the eve of tt'e most critical election bf inOderii tiffin. :Other-nations' frfe; • proceeding iriore' rapidly thai we in and' prosperity.-, wtat. called is hot fair ooinpetitioii-. K is to arrange taxation so that it will stimulate trade instead of hinder- | ing.it' ■ -• ' ! '' T i lo ,f me pi,lic:F win "Site the Empire and is, the. one that is. most likely to condnco to ; Britain's internal jprfisperifvi to draw closer the sister Stattt, and conimorcial .ttnion -to pave: the wSy for a federation of; free nations which will prolong the glorious ttaditioas Of tile British race. . . " • Tho Right Hon, Jesse CollingSi Union-ißt-M.p. f or -Bordesley division of Bir(who ''a B , been described as thA of Sir; Chainbei'lainj, is stili unablo_: to stand . owing .. to the . accident . some tune ago by which he broke his leg. •Nevertheless, unexpected; by' iiis constitul wnts, .he- drove -to Bordesley and addrossed tho electors 6n,tarift ; froni his carnagdr 'Mr. Pollings was accorded an enthusiastic reception. ' ■ ' - ]Mr ; Collinga is. 79,: years-, of yeirt older , thah i Mr J . Ohaiiiberlain{ frhoso devoted hflnchmoii fa' 6 ha§ bfeeii; A &dlf-= ' made man,, it is >said of liim-that, al-

UNIONIST GAINS 17, LIBERAL 3. BOTH " ELATED." THE CONTEST IN LANCASHIRE BOROUGHS, i- . . Contested Seats. Retained. . Gainodi UncbHtcsted; "Total. Liberals • 30 3 i 34 Unionists I' 4 ; .17 10 4) ' Labour 6 . i > j j Nationalists ~ 6 6 Aggregate 39 ELATiDN EXPRESSED BY BOTH PARTIES, (Rfioi January 17, 11.5 p.m.) London, January 17». ' /Both the Liberals and tha Unionists express' elation ; at the ■. suits of Saturday's pollings.The Unionist total of seats, given above (41) includes the Speaker, ' tho Right Hon. J. ,W. Lowther,- who is, of course, not available far divislSris in'ttio HoUse. • _ The county" pollings will be held to-morrow (Wedrt'cstlay); and it : is expected tluit the electibns will be practically completed by Feb--1 ruaryl; '

though he .became, a prosperous Birmingham merchant;, he never lost' sympathy with .the rural 'poor, ', of. which class. he was .born ; and he is a'great "small holdings" man; Ho ,ras; represeated Bordesley since the 'eigh{ies,' ; andvhis majority in 1300 orar a Labour oppofieflt was 3787.['

DISTURBANCE IN LOST UNIONIST SEAT. Mr; LLOTD-GEOBGE MAKES A BAID. ECHO OF BOER WAB. LondOHj' January 18. At Great Grimsby—a 1 seat which ; tho Liberals, hare "woii from the Unionisti, Bir Georgo Doughty (U.) being dofeated by,:Mr; -Wing; (L.)by 322 -v tJnibhists, trongly. spited l Mri ! LloydGeorge (Chancellor ol /the Exchequer) epeakihg it; Gfimsby.; during, the polling, , A , hostile crowd surrounded tho hall in which the nlteting was held;. "booSd" tho speaker, and cried 'Traitor" and , "Pro-Boer/' , The police ■ assisted . Mr. Ll&ytl-Geotgo; to escape' by the raiiw'aj line-to, the. first station,' whence lie mot°ml to in Lincolnshire; ' Ho fepoire, at ili tKs fcyeiutigt '

[Louth was represented, in the last Ptmlament by Sir R.i \V. .Perks, the great Wesleyah contactor,. who, fhough a Liberal,,opposed the.land.taxes and did :■ It .Was reported 's®!;, -^ 1 i I l CO ,. fl ' however, he -has j d «f greeAble: to advanced pulpit politics, ... Mpi 111''t&tfc?' polity ; 4t;,tllS titne of, the Brier. War, and 2• A 0 s° to Unidnist- Birmingham to olfer ■ those views; in public, but peoplei ih iho Chataberlain \ Etfcmchold old Age pensinos. / ATTITUDE . OF. THE . UNIONISTS. 1 ! ..■■/ London, January 15. In reply to rt correspondent, Lord Lansdowno,,Unionist Lftador• in the' Hottfee bi Lords, the ■ fadt that, under a' Unionist 'Government, bid ag« .Sfifi&ksis ore safe.- He-adds?— v i /Evefa the Liberal GoTernment neTer contended• that • it ; should ■ l)e'.bSydiid ■ the pofrer of any . future.. Go .to Modify, the conditions of ilie old figfe jm* sioiisi • vV: .V "'• --' • - ; ■'*

ALLEGED; WANT OF CONFIDENCE. "STRIKING EVIDENCE." London, January 15. •' Speaking :;at I- Gitribridge, - AJfred Lyttolton, who. Was .Secretary for the .Colonies in tfio last Unionist Gdvermnent stated that; in: the Parliamentai'y' session of 1906, thers were 208 private Bills, authorising ;■ tho constriictioii of ; works involving ah expenditure of bbhreeii CO and 70 there were 112: suet Bills, and the total expenditure involved was 12 millions. ,- • i; -~- ,i- .., Tho decrease, Mr. Lyttelton argutd,' was attributable : to. tho fact " that .confidence in Britain.: had been shaken in; consequence, of, .tho Liberal policy. There could bo no'niori striking evidence of the losS that th 6. working. classes, had gustaiiied., vs v;

RECONCILIATIONi UNIONISTS SPLITS AVOIDED. a . _ .. . London, January 15. jßeconciliations : betweeh' .Unionist-sec/ tions wero mado prior to polling so.as to avoid -Unionist : 'splits , in' constituen;cies. Oho of these is Cantoi-burj' (where the sittinjT ; member,;. Mr. Hehnikei; Heaton, U nibiiistj arid - jjostdl refornier, wafe .threatened .frith, a ttniojiist rival). , ' ' ; The bther; two ; seats ! where'tlni6mst •diilerendfes .--have - - been'; reconciled • cirls' Lancashire,'. .N,E. : :(AccHngt6h; of fioSsehdalo),;. where: .the; m^mbbf;.is:;sir J. E. Leese. (Libbral),- and-East. Mairlebone. •• • ■

; I'fro thousand unemployed ' were engaged as sandvyifihihen. iii a Unionist Minoffitratioii.; -at - ifaiicheStef . bgaihSt-Wee-tWde. ■ They foriUed ' a probSssion jtwo miles; long<-;- : ; .

UfJIOMIST' F.iSCAL DIVISIONS. L*? Marylebohd , r ®Prosentcd ,by Lord', Robert Oeoil FreWooder; .The Unionist I'ariif .IWormers -jof .East..Marylefehd,. adopted ■ a»i r (a taiiff reform leader) As andvLofd B«iert,CeMi& ferred his candidatiu-e - to; .Blackburn, Lancashire.. .Biit Mi 1 ;' Jebb was stili: tliroatehed;#ith Unionist opposition- and Adu ral Lord Oliarlcs Bertrsfofd wis proposfed as a canaidato.; If the-disoafe fcir J«^ tled lLK? b!lb ] y { U 6 i['- .??■; - jßesides- Lord Robert Cebil. another Uniomst-FTee.-fodder; Mj, G. :s! Bowles (forced by Tariff . Reformers but of his constituency, Norwood, - London) has. sought-sahctuarj-' iit Biaekburn; it bem^. jndged.- will endtifsb Ireo-trade. . _Hoif keenly ailsibtis the Unionist fanft Itoformns are to baflture turning point . |6f tho IT- ? V demonstration onifn 11 Irce-tra'le m Manchester, where 2000 unemployed strung oht in Indiah file I forrn^. a procession.two miles loife Tho' oompehtion , bf Unionist .Preftradlr (Mri «' Se S W, -n?, n i V nionist Tariff Reforaior (Sir R. Filfuef-);' ocohfe'd at, Lincoln, Sw -°i U fu iv° polled the Prw-trader 237G, .tlwy, failed to .lina^at.the : sitting Liberal membctr, Mr. ft F-i;®oberb, who polled 5^02,.' or more .than the aggregate of the two Unionists.:

A UNIONIST MANIFESTO. TAJRIIT REFORM. . London, January 15. Mr. Chamberlain and Balffinr,, in a joint . 'manifesto; statS •— . "Tarii]: ; reform ' will riot increase thn co&tof jiving of tlie working. clnsses, hbr tho. proportion .of taxes paid 'but will enable us .(6 reduce (he .pßsSnt, taxes on articles of consumption by tie

working class, .'and fwijl•; ibeai lesser unemployment, ,also, j;the ;. development..', of trade with the British Dominions beyond the seasi" • •• • •. . .

tariff REFORM. AN APPEAL FOR PREFERENCE BY MR. BALFOUR. RETALIATION A. NEED!® WEAPON. ; (Ree. January 17, 10.22 p.m.).. A'-; Lorfdofr, JallUarJ." 17: '~ Mi; Balfour,: spealiiiig; ati; Bradford, in reply, to 'criticisms of his: Hanley (ipeccli and his references therein to; Gerffiaiiy; 'ediii: . - ■ : '"Tile Germans are 'not offended by any country arming itself, {or elnerge'hcifes; bdt .they will be Jjie aiiiinklng. and offensive pictures drawn by. tile, Liberals of wretched German artisans; .with all their : ;Bdueatibh' and: technical know-ledge,'-compelled .to- \ ,eat ! black • bread;-Mrae-flesh, arid every kind of diet a' civilised man • would , reject -, with ' . disgust." , ; /./v/,..'.-. Dotnlrtiohs Wilt be FoFcdd into Foreign . . .■■ Batganis. Referring to .the policy 'of preference between, .the Mother ; and - IhS oversea ■ Doiaiiiibns, Sir. , Balfour remarked: . . ,^.v..iY v : w' .... /'The Government hid. turnetf a diaf. fcar tM. plfiariings of' tiie fiominions. I trust that wo", will not for iohg turn to tilSni au imiieeding' ear;:. The , whole method ;Of framing tariffs adopted by; butrivals is Sittih .As will compel the. colonies; unless: wo alter pur pblifcy, to come to- Sime airangemcnt with those with" !whbm' tlicy are Vetoing business. Put yourself iii the., position of a great coloiiyj WhIKK f6t jfjafs has klyfefi th 6 jirelcreiice ; and' is threatened by great bominerciM neighbours with a penal tariff unless it.throwa ' n its ; commercial lot:■ with-, some State outside the Empire* Vliilo thb Motliorlaiid refußes to come te any arfang&ehL Wiat cainot last, and, if it Calmot, ih heaven J s name putlan ehil to it at once, because the evil is growing:" : : . , ;

Diversion of Skilled TradSS; Mr. Balfour emphasised the fact that foreign, tariffs' wore so: .framed ;as to dl-; -vert .Btitieh ■ indQstjj'' from skilled; ei& plojfm&ts feltTng tho best/vages into tho production of. soiui-mamifactafed' . raw material, from which' foreigners madfl .the finished products. 'He :instanced l thS fact that tho Most skitful; Highly paid; and remunerative). kinds of . industry -m Bradford had ; tieon diverted toi foreign couiitries. Ho.added;— ;-/ ' ;

"Why fchould wS continue patient aid tolerant, trusting to the freedom* of" our rivals' to manage our trade?. •: What is. wanted is. a diplomatic weapon enabling th 6. Motherland: and the Dorninion3 . ■ to : meet other nations till equal terme/ 1.

|TEOMOTED ■ BY THE PEIYILEQED CLASSES." (Eec,. January 17 s 9.80 p.m.) • • •' London, January 17. : Addressing. his constituents at Dundee, Mr. Winston Churchill, President Of thO Board of Trade,.; said tha .whole ferifE re-, form movement was promoted by the privileged •ol asses to.-,, secure what ■ • they hott possessed and to carry. on: a ; warfare against the rights -.and • interests "of the common.people.

PEERS AND PEOPLE. \ ME. AStjUITH ON POPULAR EIGHTS. !s<*>. .January i7,.;.M0 p.m;)yr:- ; ' .VLondon,'. January-17.-In a speech; at Crieff, th& Prinid Min- : Aaquithj after .affirming.;that aniplo provision had been mada fo'r naval expShdlture (e 1 reports elsewhere) . and that, the- coiintry about;. the Navy had failed, , ebnejudgd.by : :th« r ; keotorSpsert; for their; l i rfipfes'entayy& ty 'sole right;to jdefeiniiie tai&tiiiii 7 and' to direct the. policy and mould the laws or-the kingdom.