THE FEDERAL VOTE.

Evening Star, Issue 11512, 1 April 1901, Page 6

THE FEDERAL VOTE.

CORRECTED RETURNS. MR BARTON'S POSITION'IMPROVED.

NEW SOUTH WALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ""SYDNEY, April 1. Th« first figures for Newcastle -were wrongly posted. The "latest returns show that Mr D. 'Watkins, M.L.A. (Labor-Pro-tection), defeated Mr Gilbert (F.) by a large majority. The latest returns for the Senate place Mr J. C. Neald, M.L.A. (F.), ahead of Mr J. P. Gray (F.). WESTRALIA. Mr Reid has received a wire from Perthstating that six Freetraders nave been retained to tie Senate, while four. Freetraders and one Protectionist have been elected to ■ the House. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The electors, of this State voted as one constituency for both Houses, and' it most be remembered that female suffrage pievails in South Australia. None of the re-r fcurns are yet complete, but the latest assure the election of the following:—HOUSE OF BBPHESENTATTVES. Right Hon. C. C. Kingston, Federal Minister of Trade and Customs (P.). Sir John Langdon Bonython (P.). Hon. E. L. Batehelor, State Minister of Education (L.P.).Hon. F. W. Holder, State Premier and Treasurer (F.). Mr P. M*M. Glynn. M.L.A. (F.). For the other two seats Mr A. Poynton, M.L.A. (F.), and Mr V. L. Solomon, M.L.A., Leader of the Opposition in the State House (F), are leading. *HK SEKATB. The following are leading :—, Sir Richard C Baker, President of the State Legislative Council (F.). Hon.' D. M. Charleston, M.L.C. (F.)." Sir Josiah H. Symon (F.). Sir John Downey M.L.A. (P.). Hon G. M'Gregor, M.L.C. (P.). Hon. T. Playford, M.L.A., ex-Agent-General (P.). QUEENSLAND. The returns, for this State are also incomplete. The following have been elected to HOUSE OF BEFRESEITrATrVES. Darling Downs.—Mr W. H. Groom, M.L.A. (P.), defeated Messrs H. C. Ransome (P.) and Wanderley (I.). Kennedy.—Mr C. M'Donald (L.P.) defeated Mr .Barnett (F.). T. M'Donald-Patterson, M.L.A. (P.), unopposed. The returns for six electorates have yet to be received. SENATE. Tne following are leading:— Mr W. G. Higgs (L.P.). Mr A. Dawson, M.LA. (L.P.). Mr J. C. Stewart (L.P.). Hon. J. G. Drake, Federal PostmasterGeneral(P.). Mr J. Ferguson (P.). Mr T. Giassey, M.L.A. (L.P.).

A feature of tie elections in this State is the success of tne Labor party. As far as.the present returns go the party have secured four out of the six Senators and five out of the nine seats for the House of Representatives, thus speaking with no uncertain sound on the question of a "White Australia."

All the principal sugar districts returned Labor representatives. VICTORIA. The following additional returns are to hand, and they complete the list of members of the Lower House:— Mr.;™ M,. T TT TTmnerW \f T, A tV \

Moira.—Mr ,T. K. Kennedy, M.L.A., (P.) defeated Mr John West (F.)-

Grampians.—Mr Thomas Skene (F.) defeated Messrs A. W. Kinder (P.) and H. H. Wettenhall (P.). Mernda.—Mr Robert Harper,. ex-M.L. A. (P.) defeated Messrs "T. Hunt., ex-M,L.A. (P.) and Sydney Stott (P.). Wimmera.—The Hon. Pham Phillips, M.L.C. (P.) defeated Messrs W. H. Irvine, M.L.C. (F.) and Henry Williams (F.).

THE STATE OF PARTIES. SYDNEY, Aprifl. (Received April 1, at 9.36 a.m.) The state of parties approximately for all the. six States is:— HOUSE Or BEPBESENTATTVES. Protectionists ... 39 Freetraders ... i~ ... 31 Doubtful ... 5 SENATE. Protectionists ... 14 Freetraders ... 2D Doubtful ... ... .... ... 2

Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, returned by lasmania for the Senate, is an uncompromising opponent of woman suffrage. With reference to defence matters, he says the late war showed fully the unpreparedness of England for action. * The long-range guns and smokeless powder had revolutionised matters of defence. He favors every man in Tasmania being able to take his place in the ranks if wanted, and the Government to supply free ammunition.

Mr King O'Maßey, returned for the House, is described as a versatile Canadian. He claims to have Canadian experience, and American Federal experience, and to be the only practical federalist engaged in the late campaign. He told the Launceston electors that the curse of the country was fossildom and bob-tailed Boxers, and an alteration would be made if they had a Dick Seddon to run the show for a few years. Out of the twenty-six New South Wales seats in the House of Representatives candidates were selected by the Freetrade and Liberal Association to contest twenty-three, and they managed to carry seventeen of the number, including the four Sydney electorates. No Freetrade candidate was put forward for The Hunter, Eden-Monaro, or Richmond. The Protectionist's' victories were: Gwydir Hume, The Darling, Bland, Cowper, and Riverind. Among the defeated Tasmanian candidates for the Senate were Messrs Alfred Page, A. Morrisbk, and W. Moore, M-L.C.s. and Mr R. C. Patterson, M.H.A., Mr W. Hartnell, M.H.A., was rejected for the House of Representatives. The "Barton Austral-British Liberal policy" is how some of the Ministerialists described their platform. Among the defeated candidates for the Senate in New South Wales were: Colonel Lasseter (who had command of the Federal Contingent), # Mr Eden ■ George (erstwhile Mayor of Christchurch, and a photographer who was in business in the Octagon here a few years' ago), Sir W. Pi Manning, the Hon/ G. H- Cox, M.L.C. (one of the oldest politicians in the Mother Colony), Mr John Norton, M.L.A. (editor of 'Sydney Truth'). Mr R. D. Meagher, M.L.A. (who figured prominently in the notorious Dean case), Colonel J. A. K. Mackay. The Freetrade ticket*was theHon.- 3. 11.I 1 . Walker, the Hon. A. J. Gould, M.L.C., Mr Edward Davis Miller, the Hon. Edward Pulsford, Mr John Proctor Gray, and Mr John 0. Neild. All but Mr" Gray were returned, though there were no less than fifty candidates.