The morning call., 1891-03-05
THE CANADIAN CAMPAIGN.
Charges Of The Most Open Bribery Made by
Both Parties.

MONTREAL, March 4.-The active speech
making and canvass of this most re-
markable campaign ended last night, and
to-day was devoted by the candidates and
the leaders in getting their forces into line
for the polls Thursday. The Govern
ment is taking advantage of every straw
to bring them up, and nothing is
too big to promise or too valuable
to buy to obtain their end. They have so
manipulated the new ballot law as to make
1t almost an open-and-shut game for them
selves The polls open at 9 o'clock and
close at 3 in the afternoon. The system of
voting is known as the Australian. system,
Few constituencies contain more than TO-
900 voters, and the great majority have less
than 5000.
The voting-lists are those of 1889, so. that
all young men attaining their majority since
are disfranchised, as are all who have be-
come possessed in any other way of the
franchise in that time The qualification Of
a voter is that he shall have an income of at
least $500 year. There are 215 constitu-
ents, two of which wilt not vote until after
the present elections.
Bribery and offers of a railway bonus,
bridges and other considerations to vote, are
being made by the Conservatives if they are
sustained, and by tile Liberals If they are
returned.
In this the Tories have the best of it aud
are throwing money around in reckless pro-
fusion. Canadian Pacific passes by the
thousand are being distributed TO the Gov
ernment and the railway employees 10 go
bone and vote the right way" In this
way: thousands. of votes for the Tory caudi-
dates will be gained.
One Of the humorous incidents eff the
campaign. but one. that is likely TO prove
fatal for The unfortunate hero, is that of
Angus McGilivray, the opponent Of Sir
John Thompson, who wrote letter TO
Bishop Cameron, asking him to throw the
Catholic vote over to him for Judseship.
The letter mas fallen into rival hands: and
Is published to the world. =.
Archbishop O'Brien Indignantly denies
the ''fake" sent from Canada to the States
that the Canadian Bishops had been dis:
cipled by Rome for having participated III
the contest. The Statement that Rome had
interfeTed Mt all was dn "Gnadulterated
falsehood," his Grace says; -.
Attorney General Martin this morning
specifically charges the P9stmasters OF Mani
toba of having maliei0Itsly kept back Lib
eral campaign literaturh in that province
until it had been of mo- use. The Govern
ment is stopping at nothing to win.
CHICAGO, March "A Montreal special
says: Sensational disclosures were made last
the Canadian Pacific Is taking advau-.
tage of the predieam ent. in which Sir
John Macdonald finds himself placed
by the uncertainty of the outcome of to-
morrow's elections and has found an ami
cable" adjustment Of the differences existing
between the railway and the Government.
The Government, it is stated. in return for
its assistance of the railway company
In the Forthcoming elections, will
abandon the S1,Q00,o09 claim on the
North Shore Railway; will continue per-.
manently the Governments guarantee.
on Canadian Pacific Railway stock, which
expires in 1898. and will settle the claim of
the company for S5,OOO.OO0 in connection
with Kamoops on the '0nderdonk sec
ish Columbia. The result of this deal,
should the Government escape defeat, would
be that the interest on the SIS, 100000 Cana
dian Pacific Railway stock would become a
permanent charge on the country. - -.