St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-06
RADICALLY RADICAL.
Sensational Charges Made by a
Canadian Member Of Parlia-
ment.

Sensational Charges Made by a
Canadian Member of Parlia-
ment.
James C0nomee, member of the
provincial parliament for the district
Of Algona, province of Ontario, has
been at the West hotel for the past few
days, where he was seen yesterday
morning by GLOBE reporter. Mr..
Conomee is member of the Liberal or
Whig party, and very radical one at
that. He is a pleasant-appearing gen.
tleman, about forty years of age, with
ruddy complexion. so common to the
hardy Canadian. His home is at Port
Arthur, on Lake Superior. In CONVEX
sation he is entertaining and speaks in
a convincing manner. In speaking yes
terday of the illness of Sir John Mac
donald, leader of the Conservative
party and premier of the Dominion, he
said:
"Of course the main topic of CONVEX
sation i'll political quarters at the pres
ent time is the serious illness of Sir
John, and the effect his death would
have upon the Conservative party. As
for myself, do not think the day is far
distant when the Liberals will be in
power. In case of the death of Sir John,
l do not think his party will hold to-
gether longer than year at the outside
in fact, he is the only man who can
unite all factions of the party. This
was well eXemplified at the last general
election. If he should die, as now
seems likely, Sir John Thompson will
probably be called upon to form cab
met, as he is the only man who would
have any prospect of success; but l
doubt if he can unite the party"
Would Mr.. Laurier be called upon to
form a ministery, if the Conservative
party should lose its majority?"
Certainly, he would. Mr.. Laurier
is the head of the Liberal party and a
very able man. Even should Sir John
recover, | expect to see Mr.. Laurier at
the head of the government inside of
two years"
"What effect will Sir Johns death
have upon negotiations for reciproc-
typ DO you think it will hasten trade
relations between the countries?"
sit will, most assuredly. The Con-
servatlves are the bitterest enemies of
reciprocity. and as long as they are in
power it will be impossible to carry the
measure through. The Liberals are
strongly in favor Of it. The principal
cause of the Conservative success at the
general election IN March last was the
qualifications to become an elector.
In 1889 measure was passed
which prevented many thousands
of young men between the ages
of ttwenty-one and twenty-three
from casting ballot. They were not
disfranchlsed, but simply debarred for
the time being, and as at least two-thirds
of them are Liberals, the result at the
next general election, when they can
vote, will materially affect the result"
'How do the people of Canada feel as
regards reciproclty?"
"In my opinion, fully two-thirds of
them are strongly in favor of it, but the
question was not fairly decided at the
| last election for the reason that l men
toned moment ago, that upwards of
| 100000 voters were debarred from cast
ing ballot. Besides, evidence is fast
accumulating showing that the Mac
donal government has grossly misused
dominion money for election purposes.
| The whole history of the fraud will be
made public at an early day. When il
| is, it will create decided sensation,
besides being the death blow of the
party"