Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-06
LARGE LIBERAL GAINS.

The Conservative Majority In the Canadian
| Parliament On, Down.
|
| intense interest was iei' all over the Domin-
| ion OF Canada yesterday IN the elections for
! members of the house of commons. The con-
| f,ict was between the government of Sir John
Nacdor,Id rarrosented hv ,be ,or;s. .na j.,
! - 81 -, -:.:: -, - -
Ia'or Vi hini'eu reciProci'y Win tne ohi'eu
/ States, and the liberals, who championed unre-
] stricted reciprocity and were charged by their
| onnonen.. with f.vor;ro arrexat;o, e. a..
| IL, Go. .. ~
ohileo o'a'es- Inc loss OF twenty-six seats TO
the tories or conservatives would convert the
government ma ority of the last house into
| liberal majority of two
| I, x;u he s.x.r,l 5.,s h.soro Al. os.;.,
| turns will he tnowI ALo,,t ! mn ao0 80,
,yero COST il, ,ha ,yhoIa Do,;; ~ CS
/ which itmnst bs rememberad !. 1aroar ,har ~
| rboIa ~ al I-n;,aI $50 N,;.,;,. 49, II
o.ber words wbiIa the nnn,her IF xotars =,
! Cannda ia abont aorai 70 tbose IN parrs,I,.a,;a
alone. the territory 10 be covered in coiiecting
I returns is about fortv-fve times "a Iarea 90
Pennsvlvania
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AhhNi .oN9.h'Aii'h SA'ohiif
[ oP " oien' ie'ui"' h"o oeen receNeo
-: ou' =, 10 IN INC
- T w u w ,'i'i nV' eiee' !eS-
T. o,tar;o co -. nf 90 10 e.'s.
elect As liberals and a. conssrrat;ves%a net
liberal gain of II
In O1ebec 81 commitments ont of az elect 20
liberals and "a conseryatiyes- net liberal Gain
of 6. One labor candidate was elected in
Montreal
In Nova Scotia seven constituencies ont of
| twentv-one elect fonr liberals and thirteen con-
| seryatiyes no gain for either aide
In New brunswick thirteen constituencies
ont of sixteen elect two liberals and eleven con.
seryatiyes a net conservative gain of three
| In Manitoba four constituencies, out of five
| elect one liberal and three conserva.ives no
gain on either side.
In Prince Edward Island six constituencies
complete elect four liberals and two conserve.
pr;,;Db s cnin ~, r ra.,,s ;s;o 49, A.,
conservatives will carry ali OF the fomr const;tu.
encies-no change from the last house.
Returns from the northwest territories indi-
cate that the government will carry all of the
| four constituencies.
The conservatives have, therefore, elected
los members and the liberals SO. The liberals
| net gain is Is; and. it was necessary for
them to make clear gain of &c seats to de-
feat the government by bare majority, it is
safe to cay that the Macdonald government is
sustained by anywhere from 10 to Is majority
REJOICING OF THE LIBERALS
The liberals are nv No means d.nro..s.d ova,.
4, 80
'ne feeui's vi .ne eiecuoh. In Ohtarlo, "hefe
the question OF unrestricted reciprocity got the
best hearing. the liberals made very gratifying
gains showing that where the issue was mar
rowed down to the liberal policy and no outside
questions were dragged IN the verdict OF many
o.isu.uencles Una. wen. 70 'ne government
now fayorabje to nnrestrioteS trade Relations 20
with the United States
The returns so far as are IN give the govern
lneht haJority 9i uttie more than a third OF
VIVA. 'ne. nau wheh Tue LOUISE was oissoifeu a
ihohtn aSo. Ahere are yet number OF re-
turns 10 De received from distant districts
cifncuit Oh access, but II Is generally believed
the government majority Will stand about IA.
MINISTERS RE-ELECTED.
The members Of the nresent ministrv who arc
va olac+oa orc s;r Iobr uocDon.I, fo-E;-.o-.
=,
1onn naseer'' postmaster general ior south
Ia! u '."'e' AZ,
militia for Rimonski. Sir Charles Tnnnar min.
John Thompson. minister OF justice, for An
tlgonlsh; SIR Hector LanSevIn. minister OF pub
~ 49, =, aui,ns ~ Tnih's PoNeii;
II. 80. ,on"o,I - dN,ae,aT'' ptesien' VI
49, K - 100 " '" All S'"ii''eau'
H. 'IObn Cn.,;.,.,, ,,;,;.,. -, ;,,os
mn. oo I'M, iiiis'er Vi iIi1io re'e-
IL SNasN,a L -. ;.. ~" - s
w - '','.l MS vi nlaheesis
~, H. nnn,t,;Iia Nc" Druns"k' anu
:; ~, Wantar. ~ wa. VI ma
ttne III 'ne -I ~ soNsrhIieht eiecteo IN
.s Il,oe; aIon.oi - minister oi the
i lrllerior, Is eiec'eo Al Assiniooia, Northwest
ieii'oi!-
INTEREST IN THE RETURNS
The interest taken in the result of the cleo
tions WAS probably unprecedented The neonle
BEGAN ocrovd mon ,be s,r..,s in Tornn,a -,
"PO - ''iSS'0 81" A"Aoi'""oout
ciocA, anu s o ali 'he newspaper onees were