The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-01
FATE OF
LAURIER
MINISTRY
Likely 10 Bs Decided at a
General Election 70 Bo MlId
Shortly In Canada.

St John, n. B.. Dec. Ia general cleo
tion throughout Canada which will decide
the fate of the Laurier government Is
believed to he pending and although the
writs for polling the votes have not yet
been issued IL 10 thought the house OF com
mons may be dissolved within the next
month or six weeks. The campaign In
the Atlantic provinces has already be-
gun. candidates having been placed In
nomination In many constituencies.
II IL thought the dissolution of the house
OF commons will occur during January.
In Nova Scotia the Conservative party
has already nominated candidates In
nearly every riding. The leader OF the
opposition party. r. L. Borden. NJ. p, rep
resents. one OF the seats in Halifax and
has been active OF late. He opened the
campaign st North Sydney n few DAYS
ago and on Monday OF next week he will
formally open the contest In New Bruins
wick by addressing . meeting in this
city.
Among the candidates in Nova Scotia
renominated by the Conservative party 10
Seymour Gourley. NJ. p, for Colchester
whose snti-American speeches in the
house Of commons have won him fame in
The Liberal party In the maritime prov
inces have not as yet been as active as
their opponents. and have nominated few
candidates In this pssSyince the former nr,n
NJ. p. for this city. who resigned his
position al minister OF railways and ca
nails In Sir wilfred Lanrier,s cabinet, be
over the celebrated Grand Trunk Pacific
railway BILL has not declared his inten-
tions. but in Liberal circles IL is under
as sort of an Independent supporter of
his former chief.
In fact. many think that Mr.. Blair may
again enter Sir wilfrid's cabinet. II IL
considered significant that although Mr..
Blair resigned his cabinet position last
spring the vacancy has not been filled.
The situation IN this province from LIP; 10
by the detection from the Liberal party
OF the st. John Telegraph. the party
mouthpiece. edited by Ernest w. Nc
graph declined 20 support the Grand
Trunk Pacific bill, which measure the
newspaper claimed would divert freight
traffic from ct. John to Portland and
This bill is one Of the leading issues of
the campaign. by this measure the gov
eminent gives unusually large financial
assistance to the Grand Trunk Pacific
company. which proposes 10 construct a
trans-continental road.
The Conservative party ts endeavorfnH
to make capital out OF the Alaskan bound
airy awards. claiming that Sir Wilfried
Laurier should not have assented 10
'one-sided'' tribunal. II is probable that
the Chamberlain preferential tariff propa-
ganda In England will figure to some ex-
tent In the election. although not probably
as a purely party issue.
The Conservative party is not well or
sanixed In this province and is now as
strong In leaders as formerly. although
Mr.. Borden himself Ia regarded an
able man. The election when IL occurs IL
expected TO be much closer than the last
contest
In Quebec province the situation is
complicated as Laurier will not have the
support OF Hon. j. J. Tarte, who left the
cabinet because OF q disa greement over
the tariff policy.