Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-08
CAMPAIGN BOOKLETS BEING
MAILED TO VOTERS BY
THE TON.
FRANkING PRIVILEGES
EXTENDED IN DOMINION
eeeey on the Wane But
Ea::. VII! se Made 70 Revive IT.
utteraness Of President Taft Cited
Opponents Seeking to Dodge Real
Issues Involved.

Ottawa. Ont. Aug. s.-Readjustnent
OF the political plans and preparation
ion involving reciprocity with the I'm
tied States, have characterized the last
week. Few members were ready to
leave for their constituencies to seek
reelection when parliament was SO
suddenly dissolved and the last groups
are now leaving ottawa Meanwhile
tons of printed matter have been put
into the mails. the franking privilege
having been extended one week.
President Taft is almost as great a
personality as Sir Wilfrid Laurier in
the present campaign, and it is safe to
say his utterances on reciprocity will
be more often quoted thruout the prov
| inces these coming weeks than those
Of Sir Wilfrid or Finance Minister
Fielding. Extensive use of them has
been made already by both sides in
parliament. The opposition will cover
several acres Of bill boards with them.
Annexation Bosey Dying.
The views of Champ Clark and other
American champions of reciprocity also
will figure largely in the speech max
ing. as will the opinion of British
statesmen relative to the effect re-
ciprocity would have on British tariff
reform and imperial preference.
Despite impish cartoons and faceti-
GUS speeches to the contrary, the an
neNation DOGGY is hardly alive. But the
ri ~ s
( forts TO convince the people that re-
ciprocity really means parting Of
the ways" with that phrase varously
Interpreted
Probably the most notable figure in
the ranks of those fighting the return
Of the government is Henri Bourassa,
head OF the opposition at Quebec and
formerly member OF the Dominion
house. where he always was regarded
as brilliant ard effective. Thru his
Montreal paper. lie Devoir, and in his
speeches he is advising the electors Of
Quebec to vote against Laurier and the
Canadian navy. and his capacity on the
stump is to some degree feared by the
government. Mr.. Bourassa is not op.
posed, however. to reciprocity.
Another conspicuous opponent Of the
governments return is Clifford Sifton,
one time minister OF the interior I'M
der Premier Laurier. He is against re-
ciprocity on the ground that it Is ant
British. He has wealth, organizing ca
pacity and speaking power
Robert Rogers. minister OF public
works in the Manitoba government and
/ head of the conservative organization
in the prairie west, has declared his
1 intention of taking an active part in
| the campaign against the government
and lending it the support OF his Mani
toba organization.
Conservatives in Control.
Conservatives control the provincial
government of New Brunswick and
can count upon whatever support
| Premier Hazen can give in that pro-
vince.
| \ conserva tive government is in
power in Ontario. but 1t has been in
| tinlated that, as Premier Whitney has
| the support OF many liberals. he is
hesitating to set his orga nizaton
! q sainst Premier Laurier.
| Liberal governments are in power in
the provinces o. Nova Scotia Prince
1 Edward Island. Quebec Saskatchewan
and Alberta. They viii give the gov
T t1 H!Ntlll anu IeElpTOcllN all possible
! aid
Seek to Dodge Issue.
| Opponents OF reciprocity evidently
| purpose to ignore and to divert atten-
ton from 1t as much as possible. But
insist that on the election six weeks
from now every ballot for candidate
shall be. morally If not politically. a
decision whether there shall be reci-
procity with the United States.
Prominent members OF the govern
ment express increased confidence at
ter the first week Of pulse feeling fa1
| and near. The opposition forces. or
the contrary. assert the crest Of tidal
wave of anti-reciprocity sentiment has
been sighted and that a resultant con-
servative and French nationalist ma
jority in the new parliament will kill
the pact by leaving it in its present
condition-ratified at Washington, blu,
not at Ottawa
West Loses Msmbsrs.
In the west the opposition is making
much Of the fact that the prairie pro-
vinces will not be fully represented in
parliament during the next four years
because the government brought on the
election before completion Of the cen
sus now being taken.
Failure to take over the terminal
grain elevators for government man
agement and to declare that the Hud-
son Bay Railway. when completed. will
not be let to private railway corpor-
alton for operation. are other factors
in the vests opposition.
Must Gain Twenty Five.
To end reciprocity the opposition
Will have to gain twenty-five members
That would give 1t majority of five
in the house. Parliament has a mem
bership OF 221, the administrations
majority being forty-five.
The governments principal strength
lies east Of Ontario. It's supporter.
from that portion of Canada number
seventy mine, while the opposition ha
only twenty-one. In the part Of thu
Dominion comprised by Ontario ant
the provinces to the west the partie
are more evenly divided there beini
sixty-seven opposition and sixty-fou
| i Government memnerS