The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-08-04
CANADIANS TO VOTE
On RECIPROCITY
PREMIER LAURIER DISSOLVES
PARLIAMENT AND ORDERS
ELECTION OF NEW ONE
Refusal Of Conservative Minority to
Permit Matter to go to q Vote
Responsible for Election.-An-
nouncement Received With Cheers
by Both Sides-Bitter Campaign
Anticipated.

Ottawa, Ont, July 31.-The 18th
Parliament of Canada passed out Of
existence Saturday and upon the pc.
litical complexion of a new one to be
elected September 81 will depend
the fate of the reciprocity agreement
between, the United States and Can
ada.
Premier Laurier decided to ask
for an immediate dissolution at q
meeting Of his Cabinet Saturday af-
ternoon and at once notified Earl
Grey, Governor-General. A short
time later special issue of the Of
fetal Gazette was printed contain
ing the formal announcement and
giving legal effect to the edict.
In both Liberal and opposition
rooms the news was received with
cheers and the members fastened
away to telegraph their political
workers that the campaign was on.
Virtually every member will have
left the capital by tomorrow and
the campaign on the reciprocity is
sue will begin all over the Dominion
early next week.
The announcement of dissolution
came somewhat as a surprise, as few
persons expected it before next week.
FOrmalfties Dispensed With.
The refusal of the Conservative
minority of the House to close the
debate on the Governments reci-
procity resolution and permit a vote
on it, which would mean its adop-
ton, and the improbability of
change in their attitude resulted in
the Governments decision that it was
useless to keep Parliament another
day.
This is the first time session of
the Dominion Parliament has been
closed without the appearance of the
Governor-General. in military state
at the state chamber to give formal
AS the Senate was not
due to reassemble until August 8,
and as propagation could not take
place unless both houses were pres
emit, dissolution was resorted to.
Although the appropriations for
the year have not been voted. the
government figures that it has funds
enough to suffice until new Parlia-
ment has been elected and assembled
to vote the remainder. The new
Parliament will be summoned to
meet on October II and supply bills
will be voted at once.
Bitter Campaign Expected.
1t is generally agreed that the two
campaign before the coun-
try will be bitter Reciprocity prob
ably will be the sole issue, although
the Conservatives in Quebec may
seek to inject the naval issue into
the contest. The anti-annexation
cry has already been raised by the
Conservatives in all parts of the
country.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his min
listers will take the stump and con-
duct platform campaigns in all prov
inces. The Prime Minister will con-
fine his attention to the central prov
inces and Quebec, while Mr.. Field
ing, Minister of Finance, who helped
to draft the reciprocity agreement,
will devote his attention to the
maritime provinces. For the oppo-
sition, Robert L. Borden, their
leader, will give most of his time to
Ontario and Nova Scotia.
The Parliament just dissolved had
a membership of 1873 Liberals, 85
Conservatives and three Independ-
ents, giving the government a work.
ing majority of more than 40. The
absence of cloture rule, however,