THE VETO ELECTIONS.

Evening Star, Issue 14534, 9 December 1910, Page 6

THE VETO ELECTIONS.

IRISH HOME RULE, THE PRIME MTNISTER HECKLED. WHAT WILL YOU DO ? Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 8. Speaking at East Lothian, Mr Haldane (Secretary for War) said ho was against an independent Parliament for Ireland. The Imperial Parliament must be supreme, and by an Act exercise the veto over Irish legislation. Speaking at Newport, in East Fife, Mr Asquith said that if returned tho Liberals would grant Ireland a measure of Home Rule, in accordance with the general character outlined in his Albert Hall speech. This statement was made under pressure from hecklers. Mr O'Laughton, Lord Dudley's agent, has warmly defended ]>ord Dudley on a chaigo of" identifying himself with Mr Redmond's policy," Lord Dudley, he said, was always, in favor of a. generous measure of devolution, but it was at variance with fact to identify him with tho Parncll edition of Homo Ride, which would lead to civil war between north and south. (Received December 9, at 9.5 a.m.) A hevkler asked : If the Lords are the dominant issue to-day, what measures will tho Covernment provide for ascertaining the electors' approval of Rome Ettler Mr Asquith replied: Tho electors know exactly the measures that are likely to be carried if the Liberals ate successful. THE DUBLIN ' INDEPENDENT' SATISFIED. LONDON, December 8. (Received December 9, at 9.30 a.m.) The Irish 'lndependent' is satisfied with wliat it calls Mr Asquith s unambiguous pledge on behalf of Home Ride. LOSSES AND GAINS. UNIONISTS' GOOD DAY. LONDON, December 8. (Received December 9, at 5.5 a.m.) The pollings in a majority of the boroughs close to-day. Yesterday's were the best ot the Unionist results to date, Tlio party heid their own in Sheffield. Sir 11. KingV majority at Hull was increased, and the. Liberal majorities in other divisions of Hull decreased, while Chester was easily held The Unionist vote in London totalled 272.034. and tho Ministerial 243,774, -but lxmdon's sixty-two seats are equally divided between the Liberals and the Unionists. The Liberal majority at Ecclcs increased to 791, but the Unionist poll was 1,000 alM>ve what it was in January. Tho Liberal majority at Accrington increased to 791, but there were decreased polls elsewhere, due to indifference outside the ranks of keen politicians and ihe oldncss of the register. The Unionist majorities increased in Liver|>col and neighborhood, which retained tho traditional opposition to all Liberal proposals. The majorities for the Government in Manchester were nanow, and dependent on the Irish vote.

ANALYSIS OF THE VOTING. LONDON, December 3. The pollings po far show that 78.88 per cent, of theelectors havo voted, as compared with 87.67 for the same seats in January. The changes are largely attributable to personal- factors. At Sunderland they were due to the boilenuakers' lock-out stories, the absence of solid lrieh votes, and to LOCO unemployed having t/j seek work in other part* of the coimtrv. There are few changes in liinttuigham and elsewhere, but the Liberal majorities have been often reduced, and there is a general reduction in Liberal majorities in Scotland. EFFECT OF CONCILIATION. LONDON, December 8. Speaking at J arrow yesterday, I/ord Ridley said that why the Unionists had won inoiv seats in Lancashire than in any other part of the Kingdom was owing to the Conr-iliation Rill of the Lords. \V!I \T A SECOND CHAMBER SHOULD DO LONDON. December 3. (Received December 9. at 9.50 a.m.) The Duke of Devonshire, who K siippoiting tiie C<nu-ervalive candidate tor i/uieastev, savs : "Wlialevtr the ivmili. of the I'leein' election, no party will have a stillieieiii majoriiv on nine subjects out of ten. 'Hi'- Lords need reform, but the people want a Second Chamber, subordinate to th- Cotii.-iions. and doing duly bv pivveiuing hasty iegi.datiou." DKTAILKD RETURNS. LONDON. December 8. The additional uturns are atiii"imw'(! :•-- I'OR I SMOt'l'll. l.erd lKivshin! Il'.i ••• I^-1^ l-'.dle !l'.) I'k^ii lie. un.•:■.'... i 1,.) 15.145 Heri.in (L.) 15.015 i.|;i"ii.'i.v e'eoion—Lord (.'. Reresfur'i ,1 ''■■ 10.777: 1!. l-'alle (IV). 15. 592: Sir Y. •\ ,|,.). 9.L55 : W. S-nders iL.di.i. 3.529.J li;icksti-:r (.mklton). Yat- >V.) 7-539 Dunne '1..) 7.251 1 Uamiaf.' el.-. tioil-H. De R. Walke, ;L.). 7 e',3; U'l. C. i: Va:e (U.), 7.625.]

i'OI'LAR. Luxloa iL.) 0.977 Rml-u I') 2.1-18 '.f im: it v o: •. iiofi--Svdnev Buxton iL.b n.Ti'2: Captain L. \Vii!s«iu i'l.'.). 5.115. | st. (;i:n:: r ;::s. iiaxoyei: square. Lvtkbon ,L'o 5,585 Led ,1..) 1-168 l.lauitnv ,dc.;i..-:-.-!lo:,. A. I.yi; 'Cm CO, 5.58".: M'ivn.de l!,'ll iL.). 1.4-;9. | tower hamlets <mii.e exd;. 1,r.v.;0:i Id :.- ?Tj S.iau- i 1..) ..' ?-V>-. j.lamniv 11 :c li a: - i.av.sou iCi, 2,j.j0 : ■■:'... a:» (b'j. 2,270. (Kchlvml IL-eci.ib- r 9, at 10.26 a.m.) 11 :e of Mr Lm.-.>,tV -upporn'i-i uavelh-d .; 1i,.. v.-ay I:.an M',..1.' C.ii'hi i > v.ic )■;! Cl'MLi:i;i.\X!) iKSKDAI.K . ', Retuivcl I lei -\,\u.'Y 9. al 9.00 a.m.j Claude L;viccr \V.) llo.vald lb) : 1.--ul .l-aiiu.-ii-v iie..Lio..- II v.aal. 1....-: ; !.j\. er, /1..470.] CUI.K iXUl'ti'li-LAST). .Moietcsn i':c\ve:i sl.X.i, c,a;ppc^cU. UAHXi':; -!!IR!-:. Sir F. lab.i '.; L.i 2.221 Vciiabies Licieiiya (L.) ... 2.10)1 Idoiuery e:e. JO.l -Li.vtcilyn. 22.. LAXCASi.itRL' ~ ... JLL'J'OXj. Aukins (L.) 7,071 . ILnveub (U.) 6.284 l.jannarv e : ectio;:.--AdLiui, 7,669; Re... i lies (I'.J, 6.266.] ' J CLARK (WKST). ;. mh IN.). uniij)|;.jtL'<l. . NARUOVV ,\L\JOIMTIES. LONDON, Deccmlior 8. Mr J'rie.:;b's aiajoiity at (.lianlhaia w.a. 55 |L:«t Jiiiiuaiy it wa 145), and the lion. C. Funic-ss had a iicij .n'ily of 18 {Jiumaiy 777J at 1-lartiqioui. ■■■

'>'.',' NOTES. ''■■■■■•s*]}: LONDON, December 8. Sixty-seven Unionists, 31 Liberals and Laborite6,-and 34 Nationalists-have been returned unopposed. The Rev. Sylvester Home (Ipswich) and Sir Albert Spicer (Hackney) have been reelected. THE RESULTS SO FAR. The slate of parties is as follows: —

FEATURES OF THE CAMPAIGN. Nanow majorities, decreased polls, and party gains and losses oil almout equal ternis continue. The Liberal vote ;it Portsmouth went up 749, and that of popular Lord Charles Beresford went down 1,652—m0re than sulficient, however, to give him a big victory. At Poplar the President of the Board of Trade increased his majority by some 800 over that, of last January; Mr Lyttleton, famous as a cricketer and Mr Chamberlain's successor as Colonial Secretary, largely added to his majority; in Tower Hamlets tho Hon. Mr Lawson, editor of tho London ' Daily Telegraph' and president of tho last Press Conference, only came home a winner by two votes; while ifie i/ibor.-ds :>t \irmiUvun imd Hartlepool each -had their last election majorities reduced. Switzerland is the chief stand-by for the Home advocates of the Referendum. If, however, the object of a referendum be to find the actual will of tho people without an intermediary representation, then Switzerland, as Mr Asquith has said and Sir E. Grey knows, doer; not afford much evidence in support. There have been thirteen referenda in Switzerland since February 28, 1897, and the percentage of votes cast to voters on the register in each of these was as follows: —63, Z-\ (twice), 77, 60, 66, 45, 73, 50, 36, £O, 74, 45. At the General Election in iiie United Kingdom last January about Go par ccr.u of tho qualified electors voted, and tiie percentage, so far, in the preswi!. e'ectiuii is nearly 79. In no case lias a Si.i.-K referendum secured so largo a pel! as an ordinary general election. Mr Silvewter Home, the vny popular minister of VVhitclield'e Church, i/horo for some, years past he has secured men eminent in all ranks and professions as lecturers on Sunday afternoons, has been reelected for Ipswich, thus retaining for the Government the sc.it he wrested from t'to Opposition in January. Sir Albert Spicer, who presided over the Empire Chamber of Oominerai timferenco in Sydney last year, has been returned for his old scat.

At the January poll Sir If. S. King's majority was only 20. In January Sir (.!. 11. Pollard's (L.) majority over Mr Assiuder (U.) was 111 (7,093 to 6.682). and 5.532 over Mr Stuart At Accriimtoii Mr 11. Raker (L.) had a- majority of" 2.513 over Mr J easel, K.C. (U.).

p V, rt *"« Liberals Unionist* Ucdmondites . O'Dnenites ,... 120 156 15 3 11 1 146 9 — 169 54 — 51 4- 1