Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-09-29
RECIPROCITY TURNED
DOWN BY CANADIANS
Cir Wilfred Laurier Falls With
the Liberals.
oppc '-a Completely Turns TabIeS
Upon Him and VIII Have 43 Ma. 4
jority in Parliamert-Naton- q
aists Cut Poor Figure. 1911

The elections in Canada resulted fu
the defeat of the Laurier government
and the rejection Of reciprocity with
the United States.
The opposition has completely
turned the tables on Laurier, whose
majority in the house of commons at
dissolution was 43. The combined op.
position majority will he probably 49,.
The figures in the twelfth parliament
will probably be 1S2 Conservatives and
Nationalists and 81 Liberals.
The Nation&lists cut poor figure
electing only two. r. L. Borden, the
next prime minister, will therefore
have a big majority of his own kind
Of straight Conservatives back OF him
and all the speculation about the ac.
tivities Of the NaiOnalists in the next
parliament goes for naught. The Lib
erals lost practically all along the
line
Even the west provides its disap
pointments. Returns from the west
are incomplete, hut returns from the
east are practically complete. The
line up in the next parliament by
proyin- es, as indicated by latest re
ports, will he as follows:
British Columbia-Five Conserva,
tives, two Liberals.
Alberta-Two Conservatives; five
Liberals
Coc1,o T. r1 o,,-o,, T,hroo CopeorvativDe
seven Liberals.
Manitoba - Seven Conservatives
three Liberals.
Ontario Seventy-four Conserva.
tives; twelve Liberals.
Quebec-Twenty-four Conservatives.
including two Nationalists, ana forty
one Liberals.
New Brunswick-Six Conservatives
seven Liberals.
Nova Sootia-Nine Conservatives
nine Liberals.
Prince Edward Island-Two Con.
sergatives, two Liberals.
Yukon, with it's one member. where
the election is deferred to January and
has been considered safely Liberal,
will probably follow the crowd.
Eight ministers have been defeated.
They are Fielding and Paterson, au.
thors of reciprocity agreement; Sir
Frederick Borden, minister Of militia;
Graham. minister OF railroads. King,
minister of laror; Bureau, solicitor
general; Fisher, minister of agricul-
ture, and Templeman, minister of the
interior.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was elected in
Soulanges, having already been chosen
by acclamation in Quebec East.
Ottawa is Wild The Conservatives
won both Ottawa seats from the Lib
erals. After having been out in the
cold for fifteen years they are in a
delirium of joy. Cabinet making will
be the favorite pastime for weeks to
come.
No one is more surprised shan the
Tories themselves. The defeat ends
Sir Wilfrid Laurier's career. He is
in Quebec and there is much specula-
ton here among his lieutenants as to
what he will do. The concensus Of
opinion is that he will not assume the
leadership of the opposition, but will
retire to private life. He has said
that when the time came for him to re
tire from parliament he would like to
have a place on the Ottawa improve
ment commission.
News of the defeat of reciprocity and
the Laurier government in Canada
came to President Taft while he was
at Kalamazoo, Mich. Secretary Hille!
wanted to keep the returns frcn
the president until he has made hi:
speech, but Mr.. Taft saw the tele
grams pouring into the dining room
to the newspaper correspondents, ant
called one Of them to him. He wa:
told that the defeat was practically {
certainty.
81 am very much disappointed, h'
said, that the scattering returns
which have reached here indicate tina
reciprocity has been defeated