Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-21
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
SPENT IN THE STRUGGLE
Leaders of Both Sides Express Extreme Conf.
dence Result of Election to Answer Quest
ions vitality Affecting Canada and the
United States

Montreal. Sept. 2o.-This election -,
cve. when a great question mark lies
across the Canadian map from Atlantic
to Pacific. finds tho Dominion more
interested in itself and tho whole |
world more interested in II than ever
before. Tomorrow will answer Gues- |
ions vitally affecting the country and
# nearly ms deep concern to the United J
Stntes--shall the Laurier regime con-
tinue, and shall Canada. by giving the
government party of the last fifteen
Years continuance Of power put into
effect the reciprocity agreement
already ratified by tho republic across
he border
On this night before" the leaders
OF both sides are expressing extreme
confidence. The government papers
this evening assert that the liberals
will win by fifty majority, thus in
creasinR their strength for the 12th
Parliament House OF Commons by sew
en- seats. The opposition papers claim
an equal majority for the party Of
leader Borden, and point with un-
cquivocal certitude TO the govern
ments defeat and its realization that
defeat is impending.
The Montreal Star, which has conducted
an especially aggressive anti-rcclprocity
campaign. prints in large typo tonight
he statement: government neieateu'
Newspapers on each side support their
claims by detailed statements teiegraphed
by the party orga nizers in the capitals of
/ each of the 10 provinces
Observers who profess the hest on
I,,og tial af fiI.a
situation expect the government to be
returned but with reduced majority.
This forecast ranges from 10 to 3a, though
few conCede so high iiRNre as the latter.
There are some who count upon the
government being returned with an un-
workable majority, which. 1t is sup
posed, anything below ten fh'Sht prove 20
he In such an event, 1t IS probable that
no attempt WoUA pc h'"oe to""ru
ratlhcation or inc re''PIoc''S asfee'''e"'
before another eleeti'h.
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n quebec nous '"e heH W 'me ,,'.,i
| purlls uie 10 years '''''' S'' 49,
'lef mas "eeh !" P'"''' ''..- -,
'l"a's Foh'u up .hNn .r,,.-
''iset the adverse E''','9 -.
''ces 90 cons'S'''"9 .''' .,,d 10
oaSe t"a' II mas ,o'' ,-.,,, .ha
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,1 ,b,rd marty
49,, ,.,o,,ii,,s os reeult
,.hi,h ,h,ro o. q contest for every
~, Gov, ;rs,orcos tbere are three
.orrarol ,ortcst. with an inderendent
,lihoraI rrnninr AGAINST 4 straight party
rand,dote srd a nationalist-conserva
,ivc
Tho Nationalist marty in Quebec
,oid h,t lit,,o attention To- reciproc-
a., 7, has c,rducted lis CAMPAIGN
unor onroet,ion ~ the governments
,a,.ai ,,,,.r-or, ,,A tho ro,ord of tbo
,,oyorr,nort In ,,eneral If has been
IA ,,, uan-, po,-asso y forner lh-
a,., ,,,o,,,,,ar ,o-,Iomer+ who Go not
,tta H., oo,dt6o r,, rottorol
a,.e ho, ro, ,ho su,,,,r, 90 ,
''.,..t, u,o,,h "a ur,,I,,h r.,,.s-
,,orars I-ror tho onost,on ~ v,bother
"a, o,,.h,,;o,,, hoe ,,.r oo,rod ir,o
ms "'7
o'oN ds"'"s' '"e b"''i "'Ie"' Pi"'T''iS
"uhss Laurier poH'l'Si '"'ure'
Extreme ha'ohdllSts are SaSlhE 'n"'
! thelf party with the SFaehl 'oHsc'Nd-
iives, VIII elect N members from Quenec
tomorrow
If they do this, the government Will of
defeated The election of onc-haf o'
his number would have the same result
In the last Parliament the conservatives
seating was II
But the liberals have not ovcrlooHe !
Quebec. They have conducted a
strenuous campaign throughout tho