The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-29
RECIPROCITY TURNED
DOWN BY CANADIANS
Sir WiIfred Laurier Falls With
the Liberals.
Opposition Completely Turns Tables
Upon Him and Will Have 43 Ma
jority in Observation-Disclosures
alists Cut Poor Figure.

The elections in Canada resulted in
the defeat of the Laurier government
and the rejection of reciprocity with
the United States.
The opposition has completely
turned the tables on Laurier, whose
majority in the house of commons at
dissolution was 43. The combined op-
position majority will be probably 43.
The figures in the twelfth parliament
will probably be 1872 Conservatives md
Nationalist and 81 Liberals.
The NatiOn2lists cut poor figure,
electing only two. r. l.. Borden, the
next prime minister, will therefore
have a big majority of his own kind
of straight Conservatives back of him
and all the speculation about the ac-
tivities cf the Nationalist in the next
parliament goes for naught The Lib
erals lost practically all along the
line
Even the west provides it's disap-
pointments. Returns from the west
are incomplete, bun returns from the
east are practically complete. The
line up III the next parliament by
provinces, as indicated by latest re
ports, will be as follows:
British COMMUNICATIVE Conserva-
tives, two Liberals.
Alberta-Two Conservatives; five
Liberals.
Saskatchewan-Th Conservatives,
seven Liberals.
Manitoba Seven Conservatives,
three Liberals.
Ontario = Seventy-four Conserva.
tives; twelve Liberals.
Quebec-Twenty-fo -four Conservatives,
Including two Nationalists, ana forty.
one Liberals.
New Brunswick-Six Conservatives,
seven Liberals.
Nova Scotia-Nine Conservatives,
nine Liberals
Prince Edward Island-Two Con
sergatives, two Liberals.
Yukon, with it's one member, where
the election is deferred to January and
has been considered safely Liberal,
will probably follow the crowd.
Eight ministers have been defeated.
They are Fielding and Paterson, au-
thors Of reciprocity agreement; Sir
Frederick Borden, minister of militia;
Graham, minister of railroads: King,
minister of labor; Bureau, solicitor
general; Fisher, minister of agricul
ture, and Templeman, minister of the
interior.
Sir Wilfrid Daurier was elected in
Soulanges, having already been chosen
by reclamation in Quebec East.
Ottawa is wild. The Conservatives
won both Ottawa seats from the Lib
erals After having been out in the
cold for fifteen years they are in a
delirium of joy. Cabinet making will
be the favorite pastime for weeks to
come.
No one is more surprised than the
Tories themselves. The defeat ends
Sir Wilfrid Laurier's career. FFe is
in Quebec and there is much specula-
ton here among his lieutenants as to
what he will do. The eOncensus of
opinion is that he will not assume the
leadership of the opposition, but will
retire to private life. He has said
that when the time came for him to re-
tire from parliament he would like to
have a place on the Ottawa improve
ment commission.
News of the defeat of reciprocity and
the Laurier government in Canada,
came to President Taft while he was
at Kalamazoo, Mich. Secretary Hilles
wanted to keep the returns from
the president until he has made his
speech, but Mr. Taft saw the tele-
grams pouring into the dining room
to tie newspaper correspondents. and
called one of them to him. lie was
told that the defeat was practically
certainty.
II am very much disappointed, he
said, that the scattering returns
which have reached here indicate that
reciprocity has been defeated