The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-21
RECIPROCITY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO
 CANADIANS TO-DAY
CONFINED FROM PAGE D


 indicate that the rate of the government once more may be said to rest with the French Canadian voters in the province of Quebec. A number of liberal organi- cations admit the probability of slight opposition gains in Quebec.
 The conservative party's contention is that it will come nearer than before to equally dividing that province.
 Campaign Stirring
 The campaign just ended has been even more stirring than that of 1878 when the late Sir John A. Mcdonald came into power with the conservative party on a high tariff policy likewise known as the national policy.
 Never has party feeling run so high; never have the discussions been tinged with greater bitterness: never has so keen an interest been manifested by the people as a whole and never has there beer so much real speculation with re- spect to the outcome.
 At the outset of the contest, which, except in the province of Quebec, has been conducted almost strictly on the reciprocity issue, the liberal organza- tior attempted to confine discussions to the economic side of the question. Tn tlis they at first seemed to have the ac- qUiescence of the leader of the opposi- ton, MT. Borden.
 Before the campai ign became many days old, however, the opposition. led by the ultra-loyalist press, switched to the po- litical side of the question, and since then much of the economic bearing has been lost sight of. This is particularly true as respects the eastern provinces. where annexation to the United States as opposed 10 continued connection with the British empire was likewise made the chief issue, the opponents of reel procity holding that it was certain step toward the absorption of Canada by the United States and a forerunner of continental free trade.
 One of the strongest arguments the liberals have had to overcome in meet ing the cry of annexation has been the use by the conservative press and speak- CTS of words of President Taft, uttered while advocating reciprocity in the United Ststes that Canada is at the parting of the ways" and the tie which binds Carada to the mother country is light and almost imperceptble.'
 No amount of explanation by liberal orators that these words applied to the | fiscal connection of Canada and Great | Britain and not to the political, has been | aSe to destroy the impression created by the conservatives that the government really had annexation in mind when il made the reciprocity proposals. The conservatives have used also witl what may prove telling effect various ed torial expressions by American news l papers that the annexation of Canada l to the United states was desirable as well as words to that effect used by | Speaker Clark at Lawrenceburg, Ky. and other members of Congress have made. The cities like Buffalo and Detroit claiming they would reap benefit if reef procity was carried have been seized upor and used as arguments why Canadians should vote against reciprocity. 1 The weather bureau promises clear skies 1 throughout Canada and it is expected almost all of the voters will go to thy polls. The polls open at g o'clock and close at o'clock The result is eY- | pected at 10 o'clock