The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-01


ond in command. The detachment is
divided into three squadrons, each COM
manded by a superintendent. Each
squadron is composed Of three troops
of sixteen men each, commanded by in
spectors.
Primerose, Wilson and Begin. The
Davidson and Messrs. Richie, Shaw,
Parker, Grant and Allard. Captain
Knight is adjutant.
A battery of artillery, consisting of
four 9-pound rifles and thirty non-com-
missioned officers and men, accompanies
the party, under the command Of Cap
tain Worsley.
Rounds Out the Dominion.
The admission of the two new prov
inces, Alberta today and Saskatchewan
on Monday, rounds out the Dominion of
Canada. The family Of the provinces is
now complete. Of unorganized terri
tory, there only remain the districts
| lying between the northern limits of
| ocean, which will shortly be divided
among the provinces to whose borders
they are contiguous; and the Yukon
territory, whose destiny is probably in
corporation with the province of Brit
ish Columbia.
The Dominion, which at the date of
confederation Gully l, 1869 numbered
only four provinces, bordering the
shores Of the Atlantic and the Great
Lakes, now numbers nine provinces,
extending to the Pacific and towards
| the Arctic. The last occasion that a
province was admitted to the confed-
| GRAFTON was in 1873, when Prince Ed
ward island came in.
Star of Empire Shifting. "
The admission Of the. two new prov
inces marks the political as well as
the material changes which are occur
ring in Canada. As has been the case
in the United States, the center of po-
litical power in, Canada is shifting
westward. Soon the original provinces
will be politically but a minor factor
instead Of the predominating power in
the Dominion. In area, the new prov
inces dwarf most Of the older prov
inces. Alberta contains 253 $40 square
miles, whereas the area in square miles
of Prince Edward island is but 2,14S;
of Nova Scotia, FLAPS; of New Bruins
wick, 1885,; of Manitoba, 1872. Even
the great province Of Ontario, with its
area Of 260,862 square miles, almost has
to "take back iseat'' in territorial
extent to these new provinces. @..s-
In population, also, the eastern prov
inces will soon be Insignificant as COM
pared with these rapidly growing young
giants Of the west. According to the
census of 1900, the population of the
territory which is now, Alberta was H.
94l; Of the territory which is now Sas-
katchewan, the population was 81 AGO.
But so large has been the influx of i'm.
migration to the Canadian west the
: past five years, that the acts of parlia.
ment creating the new provinces credit
them with a population of 100000 each
Already they each exceed in popula
tion the provinces of Prince Edward
: Island and British Columbia; and they
almost equal in population every Other
province except Ontario and Quebec
The new provinces start their career
with ten members EACH in the fedora
house, of commons, compared will
+: Prince Edward Islands, four, British
& Columbia g seNen,, Manitpba's ten, New
Brunswick s. thirteen and Nova Scotia Z
eighteen. At each decennial redistribu
ton Of the representa- ton, they will
: enormously increase their proportion 0:
e members. .'~s' 81 IS .@
;, So American Blood. 81. =
e The population of the new province
is of an entirely different class from tn
e population Of the older provinces. Tn
! new. differs from the old in race, j!
|
y commercial interest. 1t is in this re
spect that the inauguration Of thes
| new provinces is of special interest t
n the United States.
r. In the year ending June 80, 1905, tn
number of immigrants to Canada fror
the United States was 43,543; in l9O1
n the number was 1929; in 1908, 40, AZ;
n In 1908 the mum Der Of immigrants fro1
the United States exceeded the nun
Der from the British isles. Durin
). those three years, the number 9
q United States immigrants to Canad
# was 138,245, as compared with l57 so
u from England, Wales Scotland and : lrt
the United States have constitute
!. from IS to 40 per cent Of Canada 8 tots
II immigration.
= Ana almost the entire settlemen
" from the United States has been d
rected to these two. new provinces Q
,. Alberta and Saskatchewan. whereas tn
remainder Of the immigration has bee
Of the present population Of the tw
provinces, it is safe to say that Is pc
cent are of United States origin.
The new provinces commence the
4 autonomous career under favorable au
3 pieces. The dominion is prosperous; tt
2 western prairies this year, have been t;
..:# vored with magnificent crops. Albert
4
provincial life in spirit Of confer
: and enthusiasm. Now that they hay
. an assured revenue and the power
pledge their corporate credit fer pu
lie works, they will be able to unde
take more extensive plans for their oW
development; and their progress ma
consequently be expected to be mo-
-. rapid than when they were in como
- ton of financial and political tutelas
= to the federal government.
& Haultain's Work Cut Out.
re In spite Of some symptoms of revo
IL in the liberal party when the autonon
y, bills were first introduced, Sir Wilfr
Laurier, thanks to his solid Quebec su
up port, was strong enough to be able
r whip his recalcitrant followers into lin
er and the separate school clauses we
20 carried by large majorities. There
= nevertheless, a strong feeling again
". this limitation Of their provincial po,
nd ers in the new provinces. Mr.. Haultai
a the premier Of the territories, strong
y. opposed this feature of the propos!
.r- constitution; and has announced his
lso tention Of endeavoring to have tt
ty provision declared unconstitutional
the courts. The northwest school qu'
m tion lis therefore, apparently, not y
nd definitely settled; and the. legislator
lily of the new provinces are likely to ha
Eat thorny subject to occupy their atte
tion as soon as they are elected. .
ect It is altogether likely, tho, that N
nd Haultain may not have an early Q
he portunity of carrying this matter