The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-18

! this opposition are two-fold On the
| ONE hand the Conservatives ara high
I nsiet ectlonisetsasnd they contend tllgt
Z the present 'agreement da but an en-
tsef'ng wudge CWhile oni4he other hand
! they contend thaf trade under such
\ a pact would create a eommun ty oi
interest between the United States
and Canada which could not but
weaken the British connection. and
would eventually bring about the an
St7tes
Daring the campaign on the stump
and in the newspapers. the utter
ances Of President Taft that Cana
da is al the part ng Of the ways
and that the tie binding Danada to
the Empire MAS so slight AS to be al
most imperce ceptihle, ,iihave bean used
to prove that the Omitted States has
Hlgerior designsn on ~ her Canadian
neig bhor! while Il the annat onist sen
timents attributed TO some American
public men and newspapers have
aroused the cry that reciprocity is
the forerunner Of annexation
Ontario Province.
Ontario. the great iadustr al and
agricultural province OF Canada, has
the largest population and the great
est number of seats at issue, Sc in all
as against 65 seats for Quebec the
next largest province. Ontario has
been strongly Conservative for many
9ears The province was peopled in
the early days by the the United En-
pare Loyalists who fled from tho
thirteen colonies when the American
rcvolsHioh EpFowd sssiocesstuf ana
sDughb British 8efgifory 10 settle up.
on ahew To these people. the annex
iion cry possesses strong appeal
and he opposition has had It's ennis
saries hard al work in the Tn ted|
Empire Lqyalists. districts.
The hrunt o the defense OF theI
reciprocity measure had fallen upon
George T. Graham, the minister OF
railways, who on the stump and all
through his newspaper has been max
ing y gcrous campaign Hon Mac.
hcnzle King the minister of labor.
has also been active on behalf OF
tne measure
Province Of Quebec.
The Fre1ch-Candian province OF
Quebec Is considered the pivotal
point N This contest, as 8; was prior
20 the time Sir Wilfrid I,prier came I
10 pcNer In 1896 the Conservatives |
carrier only rs OF The IS seats. In
300 they had only seven. while In /
1904 and 1905 they csrr5eG eleven /
seats.
Since 1905 the polit cal complex /
len has changed in the French prov. /
.nce ln 1870 the government adop. /
'd The Navy bin hy which % was de +
lied 10 establish a Canadian navy +
p ha under the control of the Cany
idian government I'm mes ofgTTaco
sd 10 become part OF tne British
l4Ny ln the OF war. The regsllar
conservative opposition under r.
sordea proposed as an amendment /
large cash contribution to is used
~ tfe British adm abstraction I'd
uila dEeadnoug The French 4
son srv saves. led by =. d. Monk &
p Noatrcai, objected 10 both pro 4
losals' They We're backed by the
'fonp knbwn ss -Sstf0nailsls. tn me- h
lnpfanee ofsQuebec @ -.
saskatchewan.
In Saskatchewan. the population is
argely composed OF American arm
~ who have come over from the
aldaIe West, and they are strong
or neeipIoc iy. r W Haultain. the
irntineial leader of The Conserve
IVES Is making a fight against the
'sreement while John G.. Turriff
WIN the support on Walter Scott. the
'roNlneial Premer Q is supporting The \
greemenf