Show UNIONISTS GAIN DAIN BUT LIBERALS WIN Government Has Fared Far Bet Better Better ter Than Its Most Ardent Supporters Anticipated RETURN TO POWER ASSURED m ill be ReduCed hut mit Wi b i JL JI In 1885 I London Jan the conclusion or of tOny polling In the tho g elec election ton tion the stood as follows 9 92 LIberals jj 77 16 NationalIsts 13 Not Net gain for th the 29 The government fared much betor bettor than their toda most ardent ers expected The gained 19 1 Eats cats the four and the Labor LaborItes Ie Ites one malting makIng a net gain for the tho Unionists for the da tiny ot of U 14 one ona less than thc they gained at fewer electon on saturday This the return of the Liberals to power with wih a a tall fair majority for fOl among the tho places still sti to pol poll are ro those In Scotland and zuid Wales which always are arc solidly Liberal There were not mn many surprises toda today Some expected that J John hn Durn president ent ot of I the local be In Battersea tersea division ot of Battersea nd and but Burns U lS nevel ha u I u any 1 doubt n to the l result l Other state officials who had to fIght for tor their seats and successful rere Augustine chief secretary for lieland and C C F Hobhouse finan financial cal cial secretary to the Bris Bristol tol and Dr T J MacNamara secre tr tury to the admiralty In were greatly a In fact this his happened al all th the countr country the huge majorities so In 1906 sh wing big reductions In almost al all caes cases Indeed many Liber Liberals als who became members of the hOU house cf b by the grce grace o of the tho land landslide slide that year have been beon sent bak back to private life Among them Is Hamar a Canadian who York and wJ considered a candidate for high office I t Another Canadian Joseph Martin for former I mer premier ot of British Columbi Columbia Wr aa mor niece successful winning the seat for 61 81 Pancreas East Ji Other Oilier prominent members defeated y Included L G Chiozza Mane Money apostle i of oC free t trade e who lost his seat scat for North P and Clook Crooks I I labor for Woolwich Sir IL H Hobson candidate for North I o failed aled to get get a majo ty l as did also Sir John Gorst an fl ad end at one time a member of tu the fourth par party whose leading spirits were Churchil Churchill A A S J Balour and Lord Randolph On the other side Lord R B Cecil and 1 George Stewart Boles who r ran as free jt trade Unionist Unionists tailed to overthrow Philip Snowden Labor leader and S1 t Thom s Backburn Blackburn 1 Doctors had much to do with te the tie de tet lent of Ca Claud d Hay n Unionist In the division ot of His op opponent t was C c A Addison a famous surgeon Hay on the plat platform form ferm made disparaging remarks about th profession and as a result the tho I I whole turne turned out to assist D Th Addison I I The Liberals also won back the tho a ad constituency of Haggerston represented b by the Hon R It Guinness Unionist he being defeated today by S G Chancellor Chancelor Unionist learel who ran toda today In Including eluding A J Balfour A Bonar Law iw Walter Hume Lang and Sir William William being the man who caused a b by engaging In a fist light l recently with A Hechter at their seats by In increased I creased majorities POLLING POLING VERY The he was remarkably close cose however in n man many constituencies H E Duke noted barrister for tor example won Exeter from the Liberals by a a narrow margin ot of 26 In the division ot of Henry Heny Cubitt Gooch who secured A a majority of more than 2000 In the recent bye electon election r cc hil hh seat by a bare hundred One Liberal retained his seat scat by a a majority ot of only nl 10 The general view ot of batte battle bars bears out the forecast The norh north Is sold solid for the s I I I section anI anti especially ih the vl vicinity i of c Birmingham favor favors tariff reform The he victor victory of the tho Unionists at points to a an extension of the ot of Joseph Chamberlain Chamberlan The metropolis which wa was expected to make a clen clean turnover Is displaying a remarkably slight variation In although the Liberals are not returning th majorities ot of 1906 With the exception of three constituencies enre results ot of al all polling were announced tonight Great Groat crowds gathered In al all the main streets ot of Ln Lon London don particularly Fleet street street and the Strand where here results were shown In front ot of newspaper offices Ono One of the tho newspapers 1 a Liberal organ adopted the novel noel device delce of throwing a search searchlight light on en statue In the Strand when lum the returns return showed that the Lb Lib orals were assured ot of victory victor B BURNS COMES BAC John Burns of Battersea comes back to parlament parliament with tring flying colors Al AI Although though though In fn the geat great landslide of 1906 ho won b by 16 1600 votes his normal majority Is about and In batte battle he beat A Shirlen Benn Union UnionIst 1st by Defeat has been predicted for Hon Honest Honest est John perennially In the tho last decade and Mr Burss Burnss friends wee were frightened this year Since the most picturesque figure In Westminster was sent to the houe house 0 of commons by the enthusiastic support of oC I workingmen and Socialists of his home district and since he hold held positions or of I I Increased responsibility ho ha has out outgrown grown gradually his old radical Ideas The John Burs Burns or of today Is a vastly lan from the old John Burns who who the workingmen In Trafalgar square to rise against the polee police He has become one of oC the most con of Liberals and Is said to tobe tobe be at henr heart ft good Tor Tory John Burns has so far outlived his ha dictum that no man could I honest honestly earn carn more than 2600 2500 year yearly I that he holds a position and Is likely to be promoted to a his Itlo style ot of living Ie ic u us modest as over u The Czar of ni as seine Homo cal call him line hos not hesitated to stand af agair SOle some ot of the delands demands ot of his friends when he con lr them He ha has op P Poled ed the unemployed cel and h itu spoken Plainly about tendency toward and drink While ho has hns gained the tho respect of all partIes al II in parlament anti and Is considered ono one of oC till tho legislators traitor and rca ren ehe ar are some of at the tho mildest tells applied to him In the tho labor camp camp I A Benn made mado a strong tariff reform and received much outside help but Honest John In his familiar jacket anti and he still scoRns the tho ministerial sik silk hat and frock been seen everywhere re acquaintance wih with old follow er ore Hundreds of bedecked with the Unionist colors purple and olow fillet the Battersea streets to day taking voters oters to the polls Long lines ot or them wore drawn up outside Ln the factories waiting for Cor BENIS PLAS Bonns In windows bored the Burns 10 to 1 Tilt The Social 1st posters reminded the workingmen that 1 John h Burns r hail sall I 1 that each a of them spent ne six i II n t rl no I drink Oie One ot of ih l m sd him or of taking SOUl which somo outcast should have had when lie he visited the lne line on on the tho embankment Another bret ex cx the voter voters to Torn the canting hypocrite Olt out Still another represent cd ed Cd Popinjay im In court sui suit labeled The Tho Gild Bands ot of children ren paraded wih with Burns emblems on their banners which said that un under cr Pl protection the tat father her would have havo to rob the cat of It its met meat for fOI his dinner was another scene of oC ex cx At this place the tho Labor leader Will VI Crooks had a dramatic reception on his return from Australia on tle tile eve evo ot of tho election Cooks Crooks went about the streets followed by I a great gret crowd He was us cheered every where anti frequently stopped anti and mado In an Impromptu speech tram rote the steps ot of some house Ono One of his addresses was delivered In front or of the head headquarters quarters of his antagonist Maj W A Adam Adams Unionist who looked on from froma a window I I I I I NU bers of WoolwIch voters oters employ ed Cd at te the work works ot of Sons Maxim at Erith a few mies miles out were brought to the town In automobiles to vote ote Crooks wa was beaten benten b by vote votes whereas where In prevIous elections he de Maj Adams b by 2111 The Tho re result suit sult was no surprise for tor the govern government government ment had turned out many laborers by reducing the work worle at arsenal and thoy were sworn to get revenge Ten thousand Durham miner minces march marched ed Into Gateshead to oppose J Johnson the Labor candidate for tor reelection Johnson has been against them On the net act On the wa say the they at tacked Marsley Hi Hill coler colliery wrecked the offices and threw the books and other effects down the tho shaf shaft Special police wore were drafted to prevent another riot at night Sir H Kimber the Unionist candi date for tor Wandsworth the resul result of which wi will be announced tomorrow had a disagreeable being with mud and vegetables as he I drove droe through the district A more serIous affray y occurred In Northwest I Meath Ireland where a hostle hostile crowd attacked the speakers severely Ing J P Phipps candid candidate candIdate ate for tor South PRESS COMMENT London morning papers on the Unionist side concern themselves more wih with the personal victories at the polls than the generl general results which are admitted to be scarcely up to expectations tons The Daly Daily Graphic sees looming the danger or of socialism In Ia the heavy pol poll Ings inga ot of the working class constituencies which It says ought to sere serve as a lurid warning to the middle classes casses papers on the other hand are jubilant and that the tho gov government majority while It will be smaller than In 1906 wi will be larger than In 1885 1855 The naval question had a great effect In the dock yard ard ports Portsmouth gave the Unionists two gins gains Admirl Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and B G Faie Feile being elected by huge votes otes |