Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-03-19
The Canadian Election.

Our Bluenose neghbors in the Domin-
ion of Canada got wrought up, according
to all reports, to a great pitch of excite
m4nt, at their election which occurred a
few days ago Sir John Macdonald man
aged to get an Endorsement for his tory
government, but it was by majority so
small and SO much reduced that he must
have viewed the result with very uneom-
Portable feelings.
Our Canadian friend.-a small majority
of them-have evidently got an idea that
tie people of our country are going to
coax them for reciprocity and so-like
other unwise people of whom We have
haard-in pettish sort of way, they essay
to deny the favor before it is asked.
Sir Johns majority-narrow as it isis
lle in part to a false issue. The voters
We're instructed with great emphasis, that
"a vote against the issue which he repre-
-onted was dsloyalty to the government.
and well nigh treason to the Queen. Even
tie cry of disloyalty was not enough in
Itself to insure q victory for the Conserya-
lives This cry, potent as it would prove
under ordinary circumstances, had to be
supplemented by something very near akin
70 official bribery. 1t was extravagant
promises Of public works in outlying
provinces, such a. Nova Scotia New Bruins
wick and British Columbia, which in the
end turned the scale against the Liberals
The New York Tribune, in an able arti-
Ieston:
Sometimes ii does seem As if the people
1-ny themselves what they VIGOROUSLY
want in an election for the purpose of
Illustrating how spiteful and Illogical
r, tjonal human beings can be when they
~. [ Mess this was the principle on
Ach the Maritime Provinces, Manitoba
= Ut British Columbia acted in the late
anadian election, motive far less 10
ilelr credit must be suspected The freaks
ayed 10y South Carolina and Kansas last
fll are fsr less absurd than the rejection
o the Grit policy by these Provinces. II
the result by Province, had been precisely
tie opposite OF what II was. if Ontari"
aud Quebec, with their big cities and large
manufacturing interests, had voted for
>r John and restricted Intercourse, aud
New Brunswick. Nova Scotia, Prince Ed
ward Island, Manitoba and British Colum
p a. on the other hand. had voted for FREE,
tlaie and International county. the result.
ahatevtr it was politically would havr
5sen reasonable and natural The protected
lilcre>ts are practically all in Ontario anG
quebec. and if they are impotent at bonn
to save the policy that generated them
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f>,nrd with only 10 leaving the delegation
jl the control OF the opposition by ma
I"rlty- These results we're all that the
most sanguine of Liberals could have ex
tcted- Had there been the same percent
s-,e of change in the other Provlnces-and
iere, If change was al all probable. wa
here It might be most confidently looked
i'r-the Liberal triumph would have been
Fer~ Aelmlng- II WAS certainly fair I"
-c>ume that the Liberal policy held pubic
favor in each Of these Provinces, except,
possibly. British Columbia. Only eight
month, before they had elected Liberia!
provincial governments. Their exports
went into the United States in immense
bulk already. and when the additional
privilege OF tree tish had been granted by
t'e Americans. their entire surplus would
Nn shipped TO Boston and New York. New
Ertinsw lex and Nova Scotia were but tx
tensions Of the American coa>t-line, aud
I- closer communion every day in the week
with New England than with the 81. Law
renee country. Manitoba VA. similarly