Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-23
LAURIER TALKS
OF HIS DEFEAT
Regrets Check to
Liberal Party.

Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 23.-In a state
ments he made on the sweeping defeat
Of his government Premier Laurier
aid as the keynote Of his utterances
tbat his party had fallen in a high and
honorable cause, but that they would
-ome again to the fight at some future
date.
He returns to Ottawa today. As he
received the returns in Quebec he said
To the few friends who were with MN:
The returns are not yet complete
hut we know that victory, which has
been so long on our side, has ut last
abandoned us. 1t would seem that our
adversaries have obtained the major
ity of representatives from the whole
country.
"Wbat consolation there is for me In
this is that l know the province OF
Quebec has remained faithful to US.
Il can say this, that l have nothing
to reproach myself with.
y regret greatly the defeat OF my
colleagues. The Nationalist-Tory AN
ance has been too strong for US.
For our party, though defeated II
rests to go forward with head h1gh'
/ bonorably to wherever victory waits
My regret, though profound, is not
for personal reasons. ! regret not only
the defeat Of the government, but that
the country will be led to the rejection
Of reciprocity. Our relations with the
--s4-I G4,+,. Anun olyEpVE hppn cor
dial. I do rot know what the erect OF
/ this will be on them. We have tired
to make them most cordial. can say
this in all confidence.
My heart beats as strong as ever
and l can hold my head high Inc
Liberal party has received a check, out
II will continue its work. The only
thing l ask is that you do not lose
courage. If l were twenty years
Younger l would be IN the breach, ana
as it is cannot say what course l
shall take.
And one last word. Let me thank
YOU for what you have all done for me.
have led my party for twenty years,
7 believe without shame, and l think
Quebec East has nothing to blush for.
We have received a check, but We Will
come again to the fight"
Sir WiIfrid preserves his CHEEKY
smile and gives no outward sign other
the natural WEAKNESS following
his vigorous campaign Of the strain
md disappointment of defeat.
Mr.. Borden, the new premier, has
&c. TT,IFT,v 10 Grand PRO (
0 see his aged mother. He will arrive
7 Ottawa tomorrow and cabinet
laking will begin Monday. Ottawa,
-hich Is always loyal to the winning
is all conservative today. Out !
de Of the Liberal candidates and their
ardent supporters, it is almost
possible to find a man in Ottawa
10 is not a rampant Tory.
seargs -PeEElseXA chief Conservative -
ed Mr.. Fielding as minister of 1
He is a native of New Hamp- &
re. a Harvard graduate and a :
fumberman. TIE was in charge ,
Mr.. Borden's western tour last sum '
Ter and ran the money end of the /
lmpaign.
Another cabinet possibility is E. B.
,sler of Toronto, president of the Do
bank and a depositer of the Ca
ladian- Pacific railway. 1t Is believed
about half the members of the new
will be from Ontario.
Quebec will have to be recognized
and Judge Doherty and F. D. Monk,
the Nationalist, will probably get the
portfolios Of Justice and state.
Corrected returns show some changes,
but the net results shows the Conser-
yative victory to be what was first
claimed. The Conservative majority
is forty-four. with the British constitu-
ency of Comox-Atlin not yet heard
from and four deferred elections to be
held in Rainy River, Gasp and Chi
coutimi and Yukon.
The standing of the next parliament
will be 1874 Conservatives and 81 Lib
erals, a majority of At.