Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-09
WHO WILL BE PREMIER?
A Question of Great Interest to Canadian
just Now.

just Now.
NEW YORK, June 9.-The Herald's OF
tawa, Ont, dispatches state that the re-
moval of Sir John from the control of
the affairs of the Dominion has created
an anxiety concerning his successor that
is not confined to the Conservative party
alone. The more thoughtful of the party
are filled with deep concern, while pre-
monitions of troublous times pervade
the public mind. 1t is not so much the
questions of trade and tariff that are
causing the public anxiety and eager in
quiry for competent leader. There
are questions coming up upon which the
religious passions, iM1yays ready to be
touched off into explosion, are expected
to break with intense strife. There is
also the fast developing ambition of the
French race, which has already laid
plans for the establishing Of another
French republic upon the northern por-
tion of this continent. This element Sir
John was always ready to keep in check,
though it required every effort of his re-
sourceful mind and many drafts upon
the public treasury.
viii Not Harmonic Much Longer.
The opinion now is stronger than
ever that government of neither party
can much longer harmonize the differ
ent race elements. The French people
have become prosperous, and with fine
advantages for education the younger
generation are growing more restless
and chatting under a restraint which
they consider confines their natural am
bition. To their strong racial prejudice
is added the difference of religion. The
tumult that was caused last year by the
discussion of the Jesuits estate bill
showed the fury of this religious passion
and the intensity of the fires smoldering
under the surface of the events The
flame is ready to be famed into blaze
upon the slightest proyocation, and it is
doubtful if there is in the Dominion o
leader with political resources and gen.
eralship sufficient to keep them in abey-
ance. The effort of the Manitoba legis-
lature to abolish separate schools and
the use of the dual language is sure to
continue as disturbing element 1t
has caused much passionate discussion
already, and will be serious source of
trouble for some time to come.
Catholics Feel Their Strength.
The Catholic party feel their strength,
and have no hesitation in demanding the
rights that they believe to be due them
on account of their population and i'm
portance. In the discussion of the sue
censorship to Sir John they are making
their influence felt. Their choice is Sir
John Thompson, the minister of justice,
who is Il Roman Catholic. The Protest
ant element want Sir Charles Upper,
and i'll case that gentleman expresses
wish to remain in England, where it is
said he has hopes of an appointment to
the peerage, the second choice of that
wing of the party is said to be Hon. Mac
kenZie Bowel, the minister of customs
and head of the Orangemen in Ontario.
Thus at the very outset bitter contest
is predicted. The French element in the
party seem determined to have Thomp-
son, while their opponents, principally
the Ontario portion of the party, are
strong in their demands for Upper.
Sir John Favored Tupper.
1t is said that Sir John expressed q
wish during the last campaign that Tup-
per should be his successor, and he is
said to be the choice of the party in all
the provinces except Quebec. If he is
willing to take up the tangled course of
affairs where Sir John has left them, he
will, in all likelihood, be the next leader
of the party. He, more than other Con-
servatives is imbued with the methods
that have SO long given his party the
sway of public affairs, and possesses
many of the peculiarities of mind that
distinguished the premier. Closely con-
nected with Sir John in all the affairs of
state, he is better prepared, probably,
than any other man in the party to meet
the emergencies that must arise. Sir
Charles has strength with the party, but
the recent public discussion of his
relations with the Grand Trunk railway
IN the last election has not served to es-
tabIish him in the confidence of the peo-