New-York tribune., 1908-10-26
CANADA VOTING TO-DAY
Liberals Erpected to Retain Control
by Smaller Majority.

Montreal Oct 25.-A general election will be held
tomorrow throughout the Dominion of Canada TO
Achoose a new Parliament. The eleventh since tne
confederation of the provinces Of British North
America, in 1851 The Liberal party. led oy SiI
wiIfrid Laurier holds control Of the Canadian
government. it has done for the last tweve
years. and nothing has developed during the nVe
weeks campaign just closed TO indicate 70 'he
impartial observer that change is Imminent Most
authorities however. agree that the Liberals Will
be shorn Of some Of their strength should they
again be returned TO power The Liberals had
majority of sixty-six members in the last Parla-
nert Their leaders say they Will be satisfied
with half that number in the new one
Premier Iaurier himself says he expects TO have
a majority Of between thirty and forty The
Toronto Globe" the leading Liberal newspaper in
the Dominion predicts liberal majority OF thirty
nine Conservative leaders and Conservative news
pspers are not making estimates on the size OF the
ma iorttv which they expect their party to obtain
The Toronto World" independent newspaper
with Conservative Ieanings predicts that the next
Parliament will be conservative by majority OF
six
While there are contests in all Of the DO con-
stituencfes in the Dominion. save two-Rouviile.
Quebec where l. P Brodeur, Minister OF Marine
and Fisheries and West York. Ontario. where w
r Maclean NJ. P. a Conservative, have been re-
turned by acclamation-in many Of them the con-
test is cnly nominal. the party strength being 50
pronounced that the only opposition comes from
pendents In the province Of Quebec. OF the Sky
five seats there six where there Is no acIlVe
opposition Of the ten seats held by the Conserva-
tives Of this province in the last Parliament tney
are practically certain 70 at least two On the
other hand among the great number Of Liberal
members Of the last Parliament who are running
again there is always a possibility Of certain
percentage having out their popularity. or
relying overmuch on IL There seems 70 be no rea-
son for thinking II possible that the Conservatives
should capture than four or five Of the forty
nine Liberal seats which they are now attacking
In Ontario where the Liberals have lost control
Of the local government in recent years. and the
Conservative ton IS especially strong II IS
thought that the government will be lucky 70 get
thirty out Of the eighty-six seats The prairie
provtnces-Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta
are expected 70 support the government az the
ratio Of three to the strength Of the benefits
conferred by the government in the development ~
the great west. Nova Scotia fs expected 20 90
solidlv Liberal as II always has done; New Bruins
wick 10 give nine out Of her thirteen members 70
the government and Prince Edward Island to split
even British Columbia is held as doubtful owing
to the dissa atsfactiol there with the governments
Asiatic immigration policy
II is estimated that not fewer than 10000 men
from the Western States have settled IN the prat-
RE provinces Of the Dominion since the last gen
eral election. and these new electors will have
something to DO with determining the result