The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-22


pant and will I've the favori,e Canadian
pastine for weeks TO come. No one is
more surprised than ~, Tories them
selves
The defeat ends Sir wilfrd Laurier's
career He is in Quebec tonight and
there is much speculation here among
his leutenants as to what he will do.
The consensus Of opinion is that he will
not assume the leadership Of the oppo-
sition but will retire to privat" life.
He has said that when the time came for
him TO retire from Parliament he would
like TO have a place on the Ottawa I'm
provement Commission
II il expected that he will retire from
Parliament and that the leadership Of
the Liberal party in opposition will pass
to q younger man. George p Graham,
Minister Of Railways. who was defeated.
may have seat found for him. He is
popular and has the elements Of sue
ceesful leader. Others mentioned are A. X.
Mclean Of Halifax. Hugh Guthrie Of
Guelph and A. n. Clark Of Essex. Ont.
Laurier's close friends say he will take
his seat and act as leader Of the opposition
for while until new leader is selected.
The West furnished big surprise
Mr. Borden on his tour there last summer
hatly told the grain growers. who were
more than any other Canadians respon-
eible for bringing reciprocity to the fore.
that he was opposed TO reciprocity and
would not accept the Premiership il he
could have it on condition Of accepting the
pact
Western returns are slow on account
Of prevailing storms. but a despatch at
midnight says the Conservatives carried
six Of the seven British Columbia seats.
No returns are in from the remaining
constituency. Another Conservative gain
10 reported from Alberta. John Heron
Of Macleod being elected. Manitoba
has apparently returned one Liberal
Conservative gain Of one instead of
loss of one, as at first reported.
The Three Rivers constituency. repre-
sented by jacques Bureau the Solicitor
General. in the last Parliament was at
first reported as Nationalist gain. 1t is
now reported that the oppositi on ma
jority is reduced to six, and there may
be . tie.
The Liberals are cursng President Taft
roundly and ascribing the success Of the
annexation cry in Ontario to his parting
OF the ways speech to the American
Newspaper Publishers Association last
winter. II has been circulated widely
and undoubtedly caused many Canadian
to think seriously Of the annexation cry
when perhaps the utterances Of less
responsible Americans would have re-
ceived less serious attention.
What becomes of reciprocity?- is
being asked tonight. The answer e
that it has been shelved for a long time.
although it will doubtless remain an i'm
portant and perhaps the only issue in
Canadian politics.
The West will surely be bitterly dis
appointed and after redistribution fol-
lowing the census about twenty seven
new Western constituencies will come
into being, II the annexation cry. dies
down at the next general election the
West will be a power in Canadian politics
and may raise the reciprocity issue sue
cessfuly.
Robert Laird Borden, the next Prime
Minister. was born al Grand Pre-. Nova
Scotia. June l8. 1854 He was educated al
Acadia Villa Academy and was a teacher
for some time. He was admitted TO the
bar in 1878. Before the came 10 Ottawa to
live he practised law in Halifax success
fully He was first elected to the House of
Commons from Ha lfax in 1895. and was
reelected in 1900 He was defeated in
Halifax in 1904 but was elected from Carl
ton county, Ontario. in 1905 at by-elec-
ton
At the 1905 election he was elected in
Carlton and Halifax and sat for Halifax
in the last Parliament He has been
leader of the opposition ten years. There
has been much dlssension among Con
servatives over his leadership. He is not
a mixer" but is a good fighter and has
always had the respect of his opponents
Mr.. Borden is an imperialist Of the deepest
dye. While he is opposed to reciprocity
OF the Laurier brand many of his Con-
servative supporters say he will not be
averse to entering into negotiations with
the United States for "an ameioraton
OF tariff relations between Canada and the
United States"
He Is double cousin Of Sir Frederick
Borden, the Minister OF Militia in the
Laurier Government who was slated TO
succeed Lord Strathcona as Canadian
High Commissioner at London, a much
coveted prize which the friends Of Sir
Hugh Graham, proprietor OF the Montreal
Star now say he will get. The S,or
waged most energetic fight against
Laurier and reciprocity. although it
supported Sir Wifrid Iaurier in the 1908
campaign
MONTREAL, Sept. 2l-At $40 this
evening the returns for the general cleo
ton in Canada showed the certain victory
of the Conservative party. The election
has aroused tremendous amount of
interest, the polling being the heaviest
on record. Immense crowds are outside