THE VETO ELECTIONS.

Evening Star, Issue 14535, 10 December 1910, Page 8

THE VETO ELECTIONS.

A MORE CHASTENED HOPE. THE COUNTY* ELECTIONS. THE TUCTOF WAR. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 9. (Received December 10, at 8.15 tL.ni.) The 'Daily Chronicle' (G.) predicts that the Liberals will 1« returned, it may bo with a larger and it may bo with a smaller majority than they possessed in tho lato Parliament, but there must bo no faltering in tho hist, stage. It rays in conclusion: " We look to tho counties to do their shore in securing fair play for Liberalism. - ' SOMEONE'TO BE SOLD. MR REDMOND OR THE PEOPLE? LONDON, December 9. \Received December 10, at 8.15 a.m.) ■ 'Tho Times' slates that Ma - Asquith, in bis election address, lias asked the country, with a gTeater emphasis than it did in January, to approve of the proposals of the Ministry. He- considered that moro emphasis was necessary in tho country's verdict to enablo him to carry his proposals, but moro emphasis was not forth-

coming. 'I"ho emphasis is less, since the polls havo been smaller and the Unionist vote larger. Either Air Redmond or the British people tiro going to be sold, and as Mr Redmond can withdraw whatever emphasis accompanies tho Government majority, there can bo no reasonable doubt ns to what the Government choice will be. A referendum would make such a transaction impossible; therefore tho employment of tho referendum is cordially detested. 11USH. HOME RULE. MR REDMOND SANGUINE. LONDON, December 9. Speaking at Dublin, .Mr ,1. E. Redmond said that. Mr Asquith's Albert Hall speech (December, 1909) implied the concession to Ireland of full self-government in all Irish affairs. The elections had already killed the Veto. It might be conceivable that it will take either two or three years to pass a Home Rule Bill, but his own opinion was that as soon as tho Veto Rill was passed the House of Lords would come to terms. In reply to fuither heckling at East Fife, Mr wild he was unable at this stage to give details of the projected measure of Ho:r.e Rule.

AN ORANGE APPEAL. SIR E. GREY'S VIEW. LONDON, December 9. (Received December 10, at 10.48 a.m.) Tho Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, in a fresh, manifesto, is urging members to defeat the Socialists and the Radical. Sir E. Grey says he is not prepared to set up a separate independent Parliament for Ireland. Any liish Parliament must be a subordinate Legislature, ami not impair the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament. MR "TIM" HEALY .MOBBED. LONDON, December 9. (Received December 10, at 9.20 a-m.) At North Louth a crowd of 200 stoned Mr Tim Healy and mobbed the Protestant vol ei-s. THE DECREASED VOTE. AVERAGE IN UNIONIST FAVOR. LONDON, December 9. (Received December 10, at 8.15 a.m.) Tho ' Standard' (0.) states that in the votes polled there has already been a decrease amounting to 10 per cent, of tho electorates in Ixmdon, and of 6 per cent, in the English, and Welsh boroughs. The Unionist decrea.se in these was 24,400, and the Liberal and Labor decrease 68,000.

Tho average number of Unionist votes polled it! connection with contested scats is 9,287 per Unionist elected, while- tho Liberal-Labor votes averaged' 9,036 per member. DETAILED RETURNS. YORKSHIRE (ELLAND). Trcvelyan (L.) 6.6 US Ramsden tU.) 4,549 [Previous election—o. P. Trevelyaa (L.), 7,469; G. T. Ramsden ({].), 4,686. Tho representation of Southampton remains unchanged, though the Liberal majorities are smaller. I [January election Lieutenant-colonel Ivor Phillips (L.), 8,878; W. Dudley Ward (L), 8,830; Major Kenneth Balfour (U.I, 7,874; C. T. Giles, K.C. (U.), 7.84 L] Major Henderson (U.), representing the Abington Division of Berkshire, has increased Ids lead to 1,549. ; [January election —Major ILenderson,.(U.), I E. A SbamB...(LA J JJ 4 TZ6i J-

' Mr Scott Dickson ftJ.J.'for Central Glas-' gow, has also increased hie lead. [January election—C. Scott Dickson (U.). 6,713; Professor A. ¥. Murison (L.), 6,068.] Mr Mackinder, the Unionist candidate for the Camlachie Division of Glasgow, is returned with a decreased majority. [January election—lT. J. Mackindor (U.), 3,227; A. Cross (L.). 2,793; J. O'Connor Kessack (Lab.), 2,443.] The majority of the Liberal candidate for tho Bridgefon division of Glasgow was reduced to 949. [January election-—.l. W. Cleland (L.), 5,336; P. K. Lang (U.), 3,539.] Tho Liberal majority at Stockton is 670. [Januarv election—J. Samnol (L.), 6,026; J.'Stroyan ((I.), 4,913.] Tho Liberal majority at Pontefract is 52. |January election—Sir T. W. Nusscy (L.), 1,924; Colonel J. Reginald Shaw (U.), 1,515.] (Received December 10, at 9.10 a,m.) The Labor majorities' of the Labor candidates for tho Blaokfriars division of Glasgow and the West Houghton division of Lancashire liavo been red need from 1,700 to 1,278, and from 2,432 to 1.090 respectively. LINCOLNSHIRE (SOUTH). (Received December 10, at 10.15 a,m.) Davios (L.) 4,260 Brackenbury (U.) 4,188 [Januarv election—Brackenbury (U.), 4,435; Davies (L.), 4,275.] CHESHIRE (ALTBTXCHAM). Fletcher (U.) 8,002 Crossley (L.) 7,883 [January election--Sir W. J, Crcssley, 8..709; Lord Bury (U.). 7,808.] LANCASHIRE (DARWEN). Rutherford (U.) 8,384 Hiudlo (L.) 8,169 [Januarv election—llindle, 8.659; Rutherford, 8,428.] NORTHUMBERLAND (BERWICK). Grey (L.) 4,612 Hoaro (U.) 2,926 [January election—Sir E. Grey, 5,010; iuskip (U.j, 5,527.1 LOUTH (NORTH). Haze!ion (N.) 2.509 T. Healy (O'Brionite) ... 2,021 [Januarv election. -—Healy, 2,452; Hazclton," 2,333.] STATE OK PARTIES. LONDON, December 9. (Received December 10, at 1 pjn.) The following Ls the state of parties so far : Government 248 Unionists 208 'Thero are 670 members to bo returned.

THE SWING OK THE PENDULUM. The following party gains have, been notJlied by cable: Unionist Gains. Liberal Gains. King's Lynn Cainberwell (PeckGreat Grirnsbv ham) Sal ford (South) Rochester Warrington Exeter Wiguu ' Manchester (S.W.) Ashton-under-Lvno Cheltenham Darlington ' Wakclield St. I'ancras (West) Whitehaven Liverpool I Exchange) C-ovenlrv P.irkcnliuad " Southwmk (W.) Islington (North) Burnley Si, Helens Woolwich Newton (S.W. Line.) Sunderland (2) Cardiir Bow (London) Dudlev Stepnev Plymouth (2) Bedford Melton (Leicester) Radnorshire, Eskdale (Cumberland) Lincolnshire (S.) Cheshire Louth (N.) Da-rwen THE LATEST SUMMARY. LONDON. December 9. The present stale of parties is ;:.s follows : Government 135 23 16 Unionists ... 1/6 6 1 U Rcdmonditcs - 35 O'Brienites ...

FEATURES OF THE CAMPAIGN. Mr L. 8. Amen - , who was defeated by the Socialist candidate for Bow (.M.v Lansbury), is tho editor of ‘ Tim Times’ History of the War in South Africa.’ He has twite previously tried lo yet into Parliament a.s a Lnionist and Tariff ilefoi mcr. Ma - J. K. Redmond continues confident of extorting Jiis own particular brand of Homo Buie from the next J.iberal Government. When in Canada, he., on one occasion. fixed the date in which the Hill would be brought in. and Ids optimism finds expression in such terms as : “ 1 am perfectly confident of the future. 1 believe tin* loaders of the Liberals are .sincerely friendly to Horne link, but, .sincere or not, wo have the power and will make them too the Line. Our first business is to dear away the block —ihe House of Lords, 'that accomplished, Homo Hide is as good as accomplished.” All eyes are now turned to the English counties, whore, in Jamiaiy last, the Unionists wrought much havoc in the Ministerial ranks. Apart from Lancashire the Opposition then did nearly as well as they did in 1900, at the “ Khaki election ” —so well, in fact, that some have thought they cannot very well hope to do bettor. .sir Edward Grey (Secretary of Skate for Foreign Affairs) lias increased his majority by throe votes only, and tins, in those times of reduced majorities, must be placed to tho credit of the strong pcitjonal hold he has upon his constituents. Air “Tim” Hoaly, tho famous and brilliant Irish freelance, anti-Redmond ito, ally of .Mr \V. O’Brien, and the Ifihmaolite of his party, is defeated for his old scat by his last January opponent.