The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-06-20

| the liberals under the leadership OF Mr,
Laurier:
| As an electoral campaign approaches
it's close and the contest increases in
bitterness and heat everything points
more aud more to an approaching
change of administration. There is, first
OF ALL the very natural desire for thor
ough change after an experience OF eigh-
teen consecutive years of conservative
government. Business could scarcely ~
worse than it is at present. The migra-
tion Of Canadians to the United Statea
has been at high water mark during ths
past few months, and business men,
farmers and operatives alike feel that
| change of administration at Ottawa can.
not make things worse than they are
and may produce great Improvement.
/ A serious factor for the conservatives
| in the fight is the fact that thu. French
wing suf the party is hopelessly split into
fragments by inuernectne strife Just az
! Sir Hector Langevin was knitted SONS
time ago by the Caron faction, which
secretly facilitated the explosion OF the
Quebec harbor works scandal against
their old colleague, undoubtedly hasten
| ing thereby the death of the late Sir john
/ A. Macdonald, so now has Sir Adolphe
Caron been stabbed In the back by the
Anglers faction, which, first having en-
conpassed his exclusion from the new
Tupper government, has with1n the last
few days driven him from his constltl-
ency by accepting pledge OF partlal
support rendered by his liberal adver-
sary, in order to prevent, II possible, Slr
Adolphe's election to the new parlia-@
Z = : r arfI
party is now wasting its ammunition
thrna,phout the district of Quebec in in
| ternal strife.
/ The government is also unfortunate In
having for the chief of the executive as
governor general, in the person OF Lord
| 4 berdeen. an avowed hater Of TOryisny
and one who has not hesitated, when oc-l
casion offered, as he will doubtless not
hesitate again, to mark his preferences
for liberals
4 Tories point to his recommendation Of
Mr.. Jolly de Totbiniere, an irtplacableS Old.
| nobody, for the honor Of knighthood. az
an instance of his extreme paftsansnlp,
and still later he has recommended 70 tnA
queen for the came honor lieutenanka
Governor Chapleau, who. though 9 con-
sefvative has distinguished & nimseaf
more by his party disaffection than by
cal corruption. At the same time the
governor general has carefully over-S
Hooked the claims OF Mr.. Anglers, tine
Header Of the French Canadians in the
ministerial party, and Mr.. Chapleaus
predecessor IN the g11beInato otnce IL
Quebec but who i'll tho estimation 5ol's 9
| Canadian liberals, and doubtless in the
opinion of Lord Aberdeen as we'll, com -S3
| nitted the objectionable offense OF exe$
pelIing from office in Quebec the corrupk
administration Of the liberal Mr. Merp1er.S
4 Though the tory newspapers hefse, /
knowing Lord Aberdeen's power. afs aSfss.s
afraid to say anything about i, poi1'lll-
| clans know we'll that there may be ct
any hour a crisis between the governor qE1as1E
genera ard his cabinet due to the gpv-G
erpors absolute refusal 50 Tar, to sign
certain appointments made BY the min
listers Conservatives thoroughly, alnder-5
stand that he will exhaust every ccnsti-
tutional means at his disposal TO assask
Mr. Laurier to power. Ss5$
/ Two fatal mistakes appear to have
been made by the government. One Was,
1.-THE bringing Of Sir Charles Upper from
ENGLAND to lead tbs party He has
proved a failure He may hold together
| the present strenth Of the party in Britt
tsh Columbia and the maritime ptpv-a
inees. But these are only the outskalE4g
IofSttle county at large, and IN the pop
Eulous districts Of IS Ontario and QNehec
the nIstry is steadily losing grotllnls IS
The xIreatest mistake OF all was ia ap-l
pealfng sto the country to support lees
royarflrnent iii coercinx the proyfitc idf
lManituba into the aesta blishment OF sep
arate schools. It was supposed this cryE
would sweep the ent Ire IFsrench-C Cana-a
dfan /, ,1d f4f,nia a( af holic vince aOf