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Show English Government Loses. London, April 9. The parliamentary vacancy in the Camborne division of Cornwall, due to the death of W. S. Caine. progressive liberal, was filled today to-day by the return of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, with an increased liberal majority. The figures were: Sir Wilfrid Lawson ' (liberal). 3.558; Arthur Strauss (liberal unionist), 2.869. Considerable rowdyism marked the can- vassing. The students of a local mining college had frequent encounters with the i villagers. Sir Wilfrid Lawson's increased majority was not expected, as he was I bitterly assailed for his so-called "Little England" attitude. He openly declared the government ought to give back the Transvaal and Orange Free State to the I Boers, and he also identified himself j with the ardent pro-Boer party. I Mr. Strauss, who had already repre- I sented Camborne for five years, was considered to be a strone local candidate. candi-date. The liberal success was due to the disaffection dis-affection of the non-conformist Cornish-men Cornish-men with the government's educational measures. Sir Wilfrid Lawson's election brings back to Westminster a picturesque figure, fig-ure, long known for his vehement interest in-terest in the cause of temperance. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain sent a telegram to the electors pointing out that throughout the war Sir Wilfrid had "invariably "in-variably sympathized with the enemies of his country." |