The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-20
Rival Forces in Canada Come
Together in Clash Over
Election
STICKS, UMBRELLAS
USED AS WEAPONS
Old Appeal Against Annex
alton is Answered by
Sir Wilfred Laurier
in Usual Way

MONTREAL, Sept. l9,-Kloting
between the Bourassa and Laurier
forces wound up the series of mass
meetings at the eHd Of the reciprocity
campaign tom 4t here. The great
est disturhane, took place In front
OF the Place Niger station, where "a
Bourassa meeting. with Bourassa
speaking. was ia progress, when n
delegation OF several thousand Lau-
rler followers arrived 10 speed tho
Premier ON his way To Quebec. Cries
OF "NiTe Laurier" and "NIve Bouras-
sa" mingled and then came the clash.
The Laurier automobiles were at
tackled. Bourassa banners were de-
molished and traiied in the Dust,
sticks and umbrellas were flourish
ed, and while no one WAS seriously
injured the free hight between the e&-
cited partisans ragged for more than
thirty minutes. Finally the Bourassa
forces were driven from the field and
the i.aurierites remand Ia give their
leader tremendous Eend-on after
his night OF triumph In Montreal.
Altogether the Premier spoke to
about $1,000 people at four meetings,
tho best of which and tina Creates;
was at st. james Market whore 20.gVQ
heard his stirring address III French.
The Premier declared that reciprocity
is tho policy upon which Canada
future tests. and the issue VIII not
be settled until reciprocity has been
adopted. Thursday IL the day tor
voting he said, and on Friday you
Will learn OK the triumph oi reea~
Ifoeity.
Ae,sr.s y,saxss
Like a thrilling race al Blue Bon
nets the finish ot the reciprocity hght
Is at hand.
Montreal ,s ablaze tonight with
red fire and patriotism; alive With
cheering thousands and echoIns with
the oratory of the opposing hosts,
Politics, for GIL the div verso views Vt
the Dominion electorate are on tap,
with Sir Wiifrid. the white piuned
standard bearer of the Liberals. the
hero at two big gatherings. Sir VII
liam Van Horne, ex-Amesioan, and
Canadian railroad magnate, deciaim-
Ing against the reciprocity al "a series
of conservative gatherings, and !..At,
but not least, the fiery, eloquent
trench-C Canadian Nationalist. Henri
Bourassa, rousing his followers 10 the
pitch or frenzy by his impassioaed
attacks upon the Iaurier government.
Elsewhere Socialists and single tax
era are blarins forth their doctrine.
and finaI touoh Is given 10 the med
ley by the boom and rattle OF "a Sal
walton Army meeting ON Peel street.
There Is IL iiNid streak of red
across the sky~-a tumble Of French
and English In the air. one finds 1t
quite hone~like. John kanuck man
ages To get the Required amount OF
fun out Of politics even If his news
papers insist upon taking them 30 So
riousiy.
Old Annexation Warning.
Borden's last appeal to the coun-
Ly came out to-day. 1t is tho old
warning against annexation, some
what less hsstertoal than 1t has been
presented elsewhere, and soberly
CARRIED In the word clothing Of states
naatssssit.
sir wnfrid In one of his speeches
said:
Speaking for myself and party, IL
MIR. Borden and his friends do not
vote for annexation. thou neither Will
4. We want to trade with the Unit
cd States; but 1t Is an insult to our
Intelligence to put UP an illusory inn
age and try to brighten us.
When the former treaty was de-
feated and there were was loss to
our trade. did any one then suggest
nnnexation2 We found We could do
without the Americans and strug-
Glad on. Can anyasatss tell .uS to-day
that the Americans are not made OF
a. good stuff to-day as their fore
fathers? II the Conservatives arr not.
then / can answer for Liberals that
they are made OF as good stuff as
their forefathers.
Il love and admire the great Amer
lean republic, was born In Can
anada, It Is my Land: and I do not
want II merged into the great Amer
lean republic. We shall DO better
friends and show an example In the
American continent Of great peoples
living together IN peace and har-
mony. This Is the goal towards
which my friends and party are tend
ting at the present moment"