The Liberals have retained the seat at Bolton vacated by
the death of Mr. Harwood. The figures announced on Satur- day night were as follows : Mr. T. Taylor (L.), 10,011. Mr. A. Brooks (U.), 8,835. Liberal majority, 1,176. In December 1910 the Liberal majority over the Unionist candidate was 1,661. Thus on a heavy poll, representing over 94 per cent, of the available votes, the Unionists have gained only 138 votes in a straight fight. Mr. Taylor, a cotton manufacturer who has for forty-five years been connected with the staple industry of the town, attributes his success to the unalterable deter- mination of the working people of Lancashire to have nothing to do with Tariff Reform. "So long as the Unionists advocate Tariff Reform," he said to the Times representative after the announcement of the poll, "they will be soundly beaten, and the sooner they realize it the better. The working people believe, and I agree with them, that Tariff Reform would bring starvation again into their homes, and it would lead inevitably to civil war."
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