Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-23
THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

Montreal. Sept 22-Canada with
mixed feelings. reviewed today the
sorriest looking battlefield in its po-
litical history. Innumerable and widely
differing reasons were assigned for
the overwhelming defeat of the Liberal
party. which went to the front flying
the reciprocity banner. and for the
extraordinary high political mortality
among the leaders. Never was a gov
eminent more completely routed in
fight fer reelection. The results today
show 131 Conservatives, 81 Liberals
and ! Nationalist elected, with Ave
constituencies to come. r. L. Borden
the Opposition leader. therefore. comes
into power with majority of As
which probably will be increased to at
least &c
Eight If the IL members of the Lau-
rier cabinet were relegated to private
life. These include Messrs. Fielding
and Paterson. who negotiated the rec
iprocity pact: Graham, Fisher. King
Templeman, Budeau and Sir Frederick
Borden. d. Beland, the new postmas-
ter general, was defeated in Mont
masny. but elected in Beauee. Messrs
t.enoietx Pugsley. Murphy and Oliver
were also saved from the deluge Every
province save Alberta. showes a Con-
sentative gain.
Ontario leads the roll with ~ Con-
serVatiyes returned, To only 10 Liber-
ais. Quebec shows Liberal majority
but big majority Conservative gain,
there being elected 81 Liberals. % Con-
serVatises and one Nationalist.
In New Brunswick, there are Lib
erals and 3 Conservatives and in Nova
Scotia 10 Liberals and s Conservatives
In Prince Edward Island the honors
were divided with Conservative gain.
each side two seats
In Manitoba there is clean sweep
10 Conservatives being returned from
that province.
In Saskatchewan. S Liberals We're
elected and Conservatives.
In Alberta the Liberals had an ad-
vantage, 6 being elected to one Con-
sentative.
British Columbia selected Conser-
fatives with one contest postponed.
In Yukon territory there is one seat
or which the election will take place
alter.
One result of the decisive victory Of
The Conservatives, according to many
expressions of opinion here in Mon
treal, where the Canadian manufae-
turers have their headquarters, is tina,
the next tariff revision of Canada vii
be an upward one. This belief was re-
| flected III the stock market here to-
lday, where industrial stocks showed
| n considerable advance on the early
trading. 1t is stated by some interests
that the new government will either
increase the duty on steel rails com
| ing to Canada from the United States,
which had reciprocity gone through,
| it was proposed to admit free. or re-
store the bounty paid on steel rails OF
! Canadian manufacturers which the
Outgoing government removed the
nrst of May last. This was one of the
| issues of the campaign and ii is un-
/ derstood here that the steel men re-
ceived ample assurance of protection
! from the Conservative leaders in case
/ their party was returned to power.
| One al the most notable results of
1.-THE election was the success of sin
gle Nationalist He won in q Quebec
district where the Conservatives
named no candidates. This failure of
the Nationalists to secure the consid
cradle number of seats predicted as
The result of the fiery campaign of
their leader. Henri Bourassa, elmi-
mates a factor feared as likely to
handicap seriously the Conservatives
in The use of their majority in the
next House