The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-18

government leader. He has shown
marked talent tor organization in the
past, and he 10 confident that he viii
carry. the entire province for the reci.
prociT pact. H is opposed In st.
John city by II. al Powell, q success.
full lawyer. who formerly sat for an
other New Brunswick constituency In
the Canadian parliament.
Manitoba.
The prairie provinces OF Manitoba.
Saskatchewan aud Alberta are the
centers where the. reciprocity canl-
paign had its warmest support at the
outset. R. l. Borden, tho opposition
leader, paid a visit to the three pro-
vinces while Sir Wilfrid Laurier was
in London at the coronation. While
at every meeting the Grain Growers
association presented memorials In
favor Of reciprocity, Borden MAIN
tanned that It was not a good thing
either from the economic or political
standpoint for Canada.
In Manitoba. only two constituent
cies elected government supporters In
1908. One Of these was Brandon,
where Clifford aifton was elected by
a small majority. He has now join
ed his former opponents in fighting
the reciprocity proposals. Whether
his influence, Joined with that Of
Premier Robin and Robert Rogers.
the Conservative organizer, can over
come the demand OF the grain grow
ers for reciprocity will be definitely
known next Thursday.
Saskatchewan.
In Saskatchewan, the population Is
largely composed OF American farm
ers who have come over from the mid
die west, and they are strong for re-
ciprocity. F. w. Haultain, the pro-
yincial leader of the Conservatives, Is
making a fight against the agree
ment, while John G. Turriff, with the
support Of Walter Scott, the provin-
cial premier, is supporting the agree
ment.
Alberta.
In Alberta, Frank Oliver, minister
of the interior, is having a strenuous
fight. He has been attacked by his
fellow Liberals, and the house was
dissolved just two days before the
scheduled opening of an investigation
into his disposal of an alleged cleo
ton fund said to have been sent to
him from New York, during the cam
paign Of 1905. f.. w. Rutherford, for
merly premier Of Alberta, was nomi-
mated by the regular Liberal conven-
ton to oppose Oliver as a Liberal, but
he withdrew from the fight. A. G..
Cross. a former attorney general Of
the province, is still active in his op-
~1o{ti~~ $~ 01{0,4~ ,,,hil4 d 0on-
nett. the opposition leader in the pro-
vincial house, has resigned his posi-
ton to contest Calgary for the house
of commons in opposition to the pact.
Besides the reciprocity pact and the
so-called Oliver scandal, the prairie
provinces are agitated over losing
twenty seats because redistribution,
which follows each census, has not
yet been carried. Each party blames
the other for this. The government
says that the opposition obstruction
forced an appeal to the country at
once instead Of waiting until next
year, while the opposition reply that
the COMMUNICATIONS Of time to
carry out redistk3aeption but began
the census month inter- than usual.
British, Columbia
In British Columbia, William Tenn
pleman, minister Of mines, is, again a
candidate In Victoria against G. H.
Barnard, who defeated him in 1908.
Richard Mcbride. the premier of the
province. has been an outspoken OPP
ponent Of reciprocity since the out
set, and he has put the whole
strength of the local government be-
hind the Conservative candidates.
The great railroad interests Of Can
ada are not taking an active part in
the struggle, though Sir William Van
Horne, former president Of the Ca
madam Pacific Railway company, a
native of Illinois, has taken strong
ground on the platform against the
agreement. The Grand Trunk. which
has generally been favorable to the
government, has been quiescent in the
campaign. Sir William Mackenzie,
one Of the heads of the Canadian
Northern, at first declared against the
reciprocity agreement, but his part
ner, Sir Donald Mann, declined to be
drawn into the controversy, and this
neutral in the struggle.
1u0 T0bulL VI luO Sl0CIlUu OU 4uuT6.
day will decide the reciprocity ques-
ton as far as Canada is concerned,
for there are but two deferred cleo
lions. that in the remote Yukon terri
tory and the other in the constitu-
ency adjoining Labrador, where
communications are so slow that it
was impossible to post up the proc
lamations in time for election on
Thursday. In any case, these consti-
~tuencies generally elect men pledged
to support the administration Of the
day whatever may be its politics.
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