The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-03
CANADA HOLDING
ELECTIONS TODAY
Continued from First Page.

out a full term-fve years. The
house just dissolved consisted of 2l3'
members, Of whom Laurier controlled a
majority Of fifty three ".' ~
; The margin is not as great or as safe
as it looks at first glance. A change
Of opinion in twentyseven constituent
an even slighter change would mean
virtual defeat. AS Laurier would lack
an effective working majority, the in
dependents would flock to the opposi-
ton, and the by-elections might well
go against shaking administra tioR.
Of the IA members, Quebec elects IS,
ONTARIO sc, Nova Scotia l8, New Bruins
wick 13,~Prince Edward Island 4, Mani
ttoba 10,s the Northwest Territories 10,
british Columbia {, and the Yukon +:
Quebec is French and Catholic, and
given to enthusiasms. -Four years ago
Laurier s name and voice swept it like
la forest fire. IF Quebec is solid again,
| the tories are beaten, no matter how
great their gains in the other provinces.
zs;: :.z@ Ontario Unlike Quebec. =.
/ Ontario is the most populous province
| and elects the most members, and On
tario is anti-Catholic and strongly
| Tory. What Quebec does Ontario will
not do, but, the most it has yet done is
Ito give 1.-The. conservatives majority, Of
majority & in fEQuebec has been strong
|serough to make that Of no account. The
louder the Orangemen cry in Ontario
I the more fiercely the French in Quebec
rally: to the singularly magnetic and
broad-minded premier, who is at once
the most picturesque and commanding
Of colonial statesmen. - r.. :
larly in Ontario-this year: Lord Dun
donald, who led the troops that relieved
Ladysmith in the Boer war, came to
Canada two years ago as general officer
commanding the forces in Canada-the
militia, not the regulars. Now Canada
the Beers, and when Ladysmith was re.
lieved Canada was drunk with Joy and
patriotism, and other things. These as
associations made Dundonald a greatsfg-
rure here. Besides, he was a sterlin g
soldier and licked the militia into
shape as did none Of his predecessors.
But Dundonald, tho nominated by
of the Canadian government. a. fact
4 which the earl and general only family
realized. He fell foul of the cabinet
chiefly the minister of militia, Sill. Fred,
erick Borden, and the minister of agri.
culture, Sydney Fisher. They rebukead
and the government demanded his res
ignation-fred the earl, in word
There are two sides to the tangled
story. It is the effect that is interest
r ing. The government has been accused
from every platform south of Hudson
Bay: Of humiliating the hero of Lady
smith. ..~
=. - Quebec VS.. Ontario.
Quebec, then, will go one way-iber
al, and Ontario the other-tory. The
liberals profess regard for a revenue
tariff and maintain a moderate pro
: tective one, which they are not likely tx
, lower. The tories profess enthusiasm
, for tariff twice as high as that exist
ing, to shut out foreign competition
and preserve this market for home man
{ ufacturers. In point of fact, the,
:, would not greatly increase the presen
schedules. fearing. to lose the consumers
manufacturers. Ontario, the manufac
turing province, is protectionist.
5 The new transcontinental, railway i
: the great issue. Difference in regar'