Sixty-four candidates in the Gen-feral Election forfeit their deposits. of £150, failing to secure one-eighth jof the votes polled. They will pay. altogether $9,600 to the Treasury They ave: 29 Liberals, 26 Socialists 4 Independents, 3 Republicans in Ulster, 1 Communist and 1 Conservative, ment cocci One Parties in' the' inst Parliament /were thus: Conservatives 258; Sodalists 193; Liberals 158; others 6, Although the Liberal Party in the House will be only 40 strong, the rumper of votes cast for Liberal Jeandidates in the " constituencies fexeeeded 3,100,000. Thus, whereas fes has taken 94,100 votes, to leet Liberal, it has taken only. 98,500) to elect a Labour Member and a mere 19,500 to elect a Conservative Let me give a few more election points—they will be the last: Out fof the 14 Liberal members. of the last House who voted with the alist Government in the fateful division on the Campbell ease, only two have been returned—Mr. Perey Harris and Commander Kenworthy.
'An omnibus. would comfortably hold' the Liberal "Party when they then anda that among the d the members of the staf—Me. Vivian ip, the Chief Whip; Mfr, Walter Rea, fr. 'Mackenzie Wood, Major! Loyd George, Mr. Maxwell' Thora. ton and Mr. Bonwick. Mr. George Lambert, another of the defeated Liberals, has represented. the South Melton division of Devon since 1891 Mr. Entwistle, who also went down, was Deputy-chairman of Committees! fi. the last Parliament. Mr. Good man Roberts, the new MP. for Flintshire, isthe first Conservative member for that division for over '90 years. Roman Qatholice have not fared well during the conte {In the last Parliament they had 21
Possess i8, These include Conseivamembers, the new they fives, 8; Labour, 5; Liberal, The only. Liberal Roman Catholic lected this time is Mr. E. A. Famey, xc, for South Shields. On the previous eccas lins,"""The Showmen's M.P." "won seat at Walsall, Over 200 Free Church candidates went to the poll, of whom 72 proved successful. as follows: Labour 88, Liberal 18, Conservative Ii,_ Con: stitotionalist 3, others 2" Theoo Free Church MCP.'s are divided Jamongst the various bodies. in the following order 5 Friends 3 United' Methodists 3 Independent Method Mr. Rosslyn Mitchell, who has captured Paisley from Mr. Asquith, i eloquent. man, arid. they, nicknamed him in Glasgow:
little Rosebery." He is a soliciter, and a member of the Labour Group in the Glasgow Town Council. It is some comfort to know that the man who has dealt this serious blow to the Liberal Party is a worthy foeman, generally respected, will be a notable recruit to the brains lof the new House of Commons.
Two members of the last, Hoase-Dr. Chapple (Liberal, Dumfries) and Mr. Ramsay Muir "Liberal, Roch-[dale)—came hurrying back to -this jeountry from -the Parliamentary Now that the election has ended there are a large number of interesting commentaries. The Conevative and Liberal Parties have accused the Labour Party of rowdyism and organized violence, whereas the Labour Party them: selves, and particularly the Glasgow extremists, who were very badly shaken up, are bitterly denouncing their opponents, asserting that though they have treated ther hitherto like gentlemen in the House they do not intend todo so any longer, In that case, the proceedings in Parliament should be lively, since they were jough during the time when the Labour extremists have been treating their opponents-they say-as gentlemen. Perhaps:
best description of the methods. '0¢ the late Prime Minister has been en by Lord Eustace Perey, Hastings, who said:—"He had.
jeeeeded in combining the attitude a Christian martyr with the Language of a Thames bargee." The Liberals are busily reorganizing, but "it is not organization alone which wins elections.—Liberalisnr oes not seem to have any particular: grudge against Conservatism, except that' many Liberals voted' Conservative. Liberals do not indulg> in language like that of Mr, Neil idean, MP, who, speaking at Glasgow, assorted that "Never was there a' dirtier, filthier, more unscrupulous and' more corrupt elee—tion than the-one just finished." "I> was at this meeting that Mr. Wheatley remarked: more people are now having thr courage to denounce the Union Jacle and to shout Up with the Red.
4 matter of fact, it is the Red lag element which has proved the Gownfall of the Labour Party, and hhence the bitterness. Of course. the Labour Party, so far as votes. ure concerned, have not done badly und the Conservative Party will be well advised in doing its utmost to-V, troduce sound social legislation, If fit fails, it will not be because of the advice given it. In any ease. we shall have a stronger Cabinet than was the case in 1923 when Mr. Baldwin's Government was controllfed by the Dichard element. The present Conservative majority is far {too large, in fact, quite unwieldy, but T think the majority of the Imiembers are not content to' adopt a policy of mere inactivity. Possibly, }you have seen gloomy anticipations of what may happen now that we no longer have a Labour Ministry, but they are all rubbish. Thus, Mr. George Bernard Shaw gives hin views on the election; now virtually at wae with gland an Jost or lead in. Burodhe at last got the Govern tse deserves This lat i the most is quite certain the now' Gov-Jernment will tit ratify the Bolshevist. Treaty, but the Soviet Govern. ment is making the best of a bad. job, and "is expressing delight tha: Great Britain"has definitely ented: upon what! fz regards ay the "Broad Highway'of Class Warfare." 0.2)
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