Show UNIONISTS CUTTING DOWN THE LIBERAL MAJORITIES Return of the to Power fower in Great Britain However Is Assured London Jan the conclusion of polling in the general election the parties stood as follows 4 Unionists 92 Liberals 77 j Laborites 16 Nationalists 13 Net gain for the Unionists 29 The government fared much better today than their most ardent sup supporters supporters porters expected The Unionists gained 19 seats the Liberals four and the Laborites one making a net gain for the Unionists for the day of fourteen one less than they gained at fewer elections on Saturday This practically assured the return ot of the Liberals to power with a fair majority for among the places still to poll are those In Scotland and Wales which are solidly Liberal There were not many surprIses tOday Some expected that John Burns president of the local board would be defeated in Battersea division of Battersea and Clapham but Burns himself never neer had any doubt as to the result I Other state officials who had to fight for their seats and were successful were Augustine Birrell chief secre secretary secretary tary for Ireland and C E Hobhouse financial secretary td the treasury in Bristol and Dr T J MacNamara sec eec secretary to the admiralty in Camber Camberwell Camberwell well Their majoritIes were greatly reduced In fact this happened all through the country the huge majorities se secured secured I I cured in 1906 showing big reductions In almost almot all cases Indeed many Lib Liberals emit who became members of tile the house ot of commons by the grace ot of the landslide that year have been sent Jack back to private life Among thorn them Is Hamar Greenwood a Canadian who whore re represented resented York and was considered a prominent candidate for high office Another Canadian Joseph Martin for former formen men mer premier of British Columbia was I I I more successful wInning the seat f J St Pancreas East t leaders who ran today todar n eluding A J Balfour A Bonar L Lay Walter Hume Long and Sir WIlliam being the man wh caused a diversion b by engaging In do a fist tight fight recently with A Heckt at their teats seats bl b increased majorities The general view ot of battle battla bears out the forecast Tile The t i solid for the government the J JI section and especially the vicinity oJ f T r favors tariff reform he victory of the Unionists at WI W till edl points to an extension ot of the In I fluence of Joseph Chamberlain The metropolis which was to make a clean turnover is a remarkably slight variation In Tel ret althoUgh the Liberals aT a tJ o not returning the majorities ot of With the exception ot of three constituencIes cons results of aU all polli were announced tonight Great crowd cro q gathered in nU all the main streets or London particularly FI pt street an anthe ci I the Strand where results result were sha i In front of newspaper OriEl i a of the newspapers a I ral orga adopted the novel df 1 r ra a searchlight on nn Hadston statue fa l tIle Rand when the Hp rev i s that the LiberalS were assured as red of vic yb tor tori Jt |