El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-19

~ ORONTO, Canada Sept. 19.-Cam-
paign methods in vogue among
II Canadian politicians more near
~ resemble those of ENGLAND
than those Of the United states. The
fact that in Canada, as I'm England the
only persons to be voted for are can
didates for parliament and tina. there
is, therefore, no cOmplicatinE problem
of local tickets, tends to make the
campaign much simpler than III is in
America The fact that the elections
are all held on the same day, and that
there is universal manhood suffrage
tends to make the Canadian camDsis 7,
even more simple than that in Eng
land, where the elections are scat
tered over two weeks and where prop
erty qualifications deny suffrage to
some men land give many votes TO
other men.
Not Like United States.
In Canada. as in Great Britain. a
member Of parliament is not required
to reside in the district which he rssD-
resentss as is the Case in the United
states and as in England, one man
may be candidate in more than one
constituency. In the last general cleo
ton. Sir Wilfred Laurier ran in two
constituencies, one in Quebec and the
other in Ottawa. one in the province OF
quebec and the other ii the province
Of Ontario. He was successful in both
and after the election ne elected to sit
for Quebec. This OOCaslOned a bye
election in Ottawa, which was retained
Tor the Liberals In the present cam
Daign Sir Wilfrid decided 10 stand for
election only in the riding of Quebec
East but even after the COmpaign was
well advanced, he accepted the Liberal
nomination In a rural riding OF Quebec
where IT appeared that only his great
name and personal popularity could
save the seat for the Liberals.
In this same campaign Mr.. Rudolph
Forget wealthy citizen Of Montreal
a 2 Ia
lament in three different districts. 1t
is said that he has a chance to win in
all three and that he is certain TO be
elected ln two.
Government Parliamentary.
The principal difference in the course
Of the campaign in Canada as com
pared TO a campaign in the United
States, arises from the fact that the
Canadian government IS purely parlia-
mentary. The leader OF the dominant
party, the prime minister and the
members OF his cabinet. not only must
captain the fight for their party
throughout the dominion. but each one
OF them must be elected to the house
OF commons from at least one particular
riding. Sometimes this is very aWk-
ward, especially when a man is expect
ed as a party leader, to discuss national
Issues in the broad federal field, while
at the same time he may be in danger
Of defeat in his own constituency by
reason of some local factfOnal fight
In this campaign the two party lead
ers. Sir Wufrid and Mr.. Borden. have
been on the stump daily for the past
three or four weeks. Sir WIlfrid first
toured Ontario, then went TO Quebec,
thence to the Maritime provinces. and
then back gain into the Tory strong
hold Of Ontario. Mr. Borden spoke first
In the east, then covered in turn Onta-
rio and Quebec and the Maritime prov
inces again. Neither Sir Wilfrid nor
Mr.. Borden went west Of Lake Superior.
as both OF them. at different times,
toured the western provinces last year,
making known their position on the
reciprocity pact and other issues.
Speaker Are interrupted.
'On the raging stump" the Canadian
campaign IS a mixture OF English and
American customs. Following the
English practice. the auditors at a DO
litical meeting are free to Interrupt the
speaker at any time with questions or
ordinations, and oftentimes a political
speaking becomes little more than de-
bate between one man on the platform
and score or more of other men in
the audience. HeCzling is sometimes
experienced by public speakers in pO-
litical campaigns in the United States,
but rarely, II ever, is II carried to the
extent that ii is IN Great Britain or in
Canada
Following an old American custom.
now somewhat fallen into disuse except
IN the southern states Canadians fire.
Quently hold Joint debates in which
the opposing candidates face each other
on the same platform and fight out
their differences in a WOrdy duel
When, as often happens a Joint debate