Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-23
CANADA DOWNS RECIPROCITY BY
VOTE Of NEARLY THREE TO ONE.
ONTAR|0LANDSuDE MA|NFACTOR
CAN ADIAN PRESS
COMMENT ON RESULT

GAuTlCTy StC 00IVsSS SSyS sSS
"As the result of yeste rday's vot-
Ing upon tho issue which he re-
commended and pressed upon the
country, Sir Wilfrid Laurier has
Just one thing to do: He must 90
to tho governor-general offer his
resignation as prime minister, and
advise that Mr.. Borden be sent for
to form cabinet. The liberal
government is more than defeated.
It Is destroyed. There has
not been such condemnation OF
a governmental party since 1873.
To II all sections contributed.
The criminals who tried to set tho
east against the west and tho
country against the city were
cast out In the west 40 we'll as in
the east, by the country constitu-
encIes 40 we'll as by those Of tho
city, by the workers an we'll as
by those who employ workers."
1.-THE knox-Fieidlng pact has re-
celved Its quietus. That menace
to Canada's independence, that
troubler Of our politics for the last
eight months, has been dealt with
by tho sovereign people IN fash
ion that makes man feel prouder
than ever to be tho fellow citizen
Of the great majority, who yester-
day tore into tatters the cove
nant Of treason our ministers con-
cluded with the president OF the
United States.
mot only Is the evil spirit OF
contlnentalism exercised, but the
government It possessed Is cast
out. This Is tho end Of the most
Infamous false dealing that the
ministry Of a British dominion
was ever guilty OF. To false
dealing was added despotlsn1 such
a. the most autocratic govern-
ment In the world would hardly
have attempted."-The Mall and
EmpIre( conservative.
"The government Of Sir WiIfrid
iLaurler goes out Of power on q
great issue. Believing as It did
that tho offer Of the United States
to exchange natural products with
Canada on duty-free basis would
prove advantageous to both coun-
tries, the government rlsked its
life on the Issue Of reciprocity
and lost It.
"The people Of Ontario do not
like their neiqhbors to the south.
That Is efnphatically the decision
OF yesterdays election. Liberals
In tens OF thousands must have
Ioined with conservatives In city
and country to show their objec-
tlons to having any truck or trade
with the Yankees.
"other provinces, taken togeth-
er, have majority for Laurier
and larger markets but by an
overwhelming vote Ontario has
declared that she will have moth
Ina to do with reciprocity. The
campaign orators Of the conserva-
tive party buiIded better than
they knew when, during the last
two weeks Of the campaign, they
appealed to tho people Of this
province to save Canada from
the Americans. They created a
wave Of feeling that was not OBJ
I servabIe on tho surface but that
nevertheless swept the voters
from their political moorlngs In
numbers.
"That the wave Of anti-AmerIcan
sentiment will speedily subside is
entirely probable; It mounted too
hiah to last. But the drift will
remain and until Ontario be-
comes less powerful relatively in
the councils Of the nation than
she will be in the opening period
Of the Borden administration,
there will be no hope of better
trade relations with the people Of
the United States. The tariff
wall will remain.
"The more ardent high.protec-
ZIONIST may even seek to raise it
stili higher. If this is to be the
policy of the victors, the reign OF
Mr.. Borden will not be long un-
challenged. The west will not
stand for an immoderate tariff,
and reaction will speedily follow
any attempt to raise a barrier
against imports as high as Ham
ans gaIlows.
at Is a matter Of great regret
that so many leaders Of the lib.
eraI party should be soon defeat
ed. It will be some time before
Mr.. Borden can gather around
him leaders for his various de-
partments who will measure up to
them.''-The Globe (IiberaD.
London, England, Sept. 22.-
"That while there were some side
factors In the contest, the issue
was reciprocity and the Canadian
people will have none Of it.
They heard the voice Of President
Taft declaring that reciprocity
meant annexation. They heard
the voice Of Sir Wiifrid Laurier
In Indignant denial, but on the
whole, they decided to believe the
president rather than the premier.
They were right In doing so."-
The Glah~ flIntnniaf