El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16

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Liberal party in Canada. which
mas been continuously in power
Tor Is years, had it's origin in me
protest OF Canadians OF both English
legged oligarchy that held undisputed
sway In British North America until
the rebellion Of 1897.
Akin TO English Party.
During the 10 years 1t has been in
power. the party has been controlled
largely by consideration of exnedf-
ency, even to the extent that some of
It's loeaIs may have been obscured.
tear OF practical politics. the Liberal
party In Canada still represents the
democratic conception Of government
as opposed to the aristocratic concep-
ton neld by the Tories. In this re-
spect the mad Liberals are close
AKIN TO the English party of the same
name
=. The modern era of politics in the
almost include the entire Occide1t1
dates from the defeat of Napoleon At
Waterloo On that June day I'm 1915.
war ceased TO be the chief function
decade after the end OF the Napo-
leonlc wars, the western world devofed
itself exclusively TO recouping its loss
es. Then began great strugvle he
tween the democracy and the srfstoc-
racy, not over the forms of govern
ment, but for the control OF the sun-
stance or power. In 1928 the election
OF Andrew Jackson as president Of
the United States ended once for ali
the. political aristocracy which. until
that time, had dominated American
cratic fashion.
In 1882 an indignant house of COM
mons forced William " to promfsa
10 create a sufficient number Of peers
20 pass the reform bill which elimi-
mated corruption IN parliament and
gave the English people actual repre-
sentative government. h threat
was surricfent TO pass the bill.
canada Becomes Democratic.
That democratic movement was felt
in Canada. In the English province 81
CPper Canada, now Ontario, an arts-
tocracy composed OF wealthy families
and the clergy OF the church OF Eng
land, dominated affairs by means OF
What was known as the Family Com
pact Citizens who protested against
the rule OF political privilege and the
dissenting Protestant churches united
to overthrow the Upper Canadian aris-
tocracy. This party at the time took
the name Of "Reformers," and, until
this day, he Liberal party in On
sflio ap1tin ana to ~R s@9DlOy the terms
cnangea6ly. One OF the early Re-
formers boosted that his partIsans
would continue to fight in the face
cause they possessed clear grit"
From this chance remark. the Reform
ers were by their opDon-
ants "Grits." The Reformers accepted
the sooriquet. and therefore It hap
uens that Liberals In Canada are call
led Tories"
The democratic movement OF the
second and third decades Of the nine
teenth century was not confined TO
the Anglo-Saxon world The Amerf-
can colonies OF Spain threw off the
European yoke and In the tWeuties
and C1lTflaS latin EturaRo
vulsed by revolution after revolution.
This influence was strongly felt in the
French province OF Quebec. where
there were two parties, one support
ing the irresponsible aristocratic gov
ernment then in power. and the other
clamortng for autonomy and respon-
stble popular government. In Quebec
a Conservative or artfstocrat partisan
was called q "bleu" while a radical
democrat was dubbed a rouge" Thus
in Quebec the people were divided
between the Blues and Reds.
Rebellion OF 1887.
The democratic agitation IN beth
Upper n Lower Canada, having no
opportunity to display It's force at the
ballot box, finally resorted to force
the leadership of William Lyon Mack
enzie, and the Reds Of Lower Canada,
under the leadership Of Louis Joseph
to armed rebellion against the Eng
lish crown. There was some fight
ing, but the rebels were soon defeated
and order restored.
J But the British authorities realized
that the price OF permanent peacs
in Canada was self government
Against the protest OF the Ontario
Tories and the Quebec Blues. a sys-
tenn Of responsible self governments
was devised and put into operation
The Conservatives claimed a compro-
mise which imposed a property quail
fication upon the suffrage with the
result that as soon as self government
was established. the wealthier, Tor
les who had fought against It came
into power.
From the beginning Of responsible
government in the fourth decade Of
the last century. Reformers and Reds
began to cooperate in the interest OF
manhood suffrage, that being their
only hope Of political success. as well
as being a cardinal democratic doc
trine. First Upper and Lower Canada
were united, then a general union was
planned. and in 1857. the Dominion OF
anada was formed, the federation in
the four provinces Of Ontario.
Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Bruins
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