El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-18

Canada has developed the fact that
there IS a considerable degree of indie
pendence Of party alliance in all parts
Of the dominion. AS is always the case,
the majority appears to have suffered
the greater loss, although the partisan
Liberal papers declare that they viii
as they viii lose to the Tories on ac-
count of reciprocity
Most Prominent Insurgent.
By all odds, the most prominent Lib
eral insurgent is the Hon. Clifford
SiftOn, formerly minister Of the interior
in the Laurier cabinet and before that,
attorney general Of Manitoba. Until
two OF three years ago, Mr.. StftOn was
regarded as one Of the ablest leaders
Of the Liberal party, and even after he
had cooled In his loyalty TO Sir Wilfrid
the prime minister put him { the head
Of the official organization for the
conservation OF natural resources Of
Canada.
When the negotiation Of the reci-
prOcity agreement was first announced,
Mr.. SiftOn publicly declared that he
would be unable TO support the govern
ment on that measure, although the
grain growers Of his home province Of
Manitoba were heartily in favor Of it.
The Liberal leaders. before the COM
paign opened, INDUCED the hope that
Mr.. SiftOn would not actively oppose
the party, and that he would content
himself with silent disapproval-
In this, however, they were disap-
early in the campaign and has been
speaking in many constituencies In
favor of the Conservative candldaIe
basing his action altogether on the
reciprocity issue. Prominent Liberals
declare that Mr. Sifton has been out Of
sympathy with his party for some
YEARS and that his boiling was only
a question Of time, but this is vehement
" denied by the Conservatives, who
say that Mr. SiftOn placed his country
before his party, and was enough OF a
patriot to resist the insidtOus American
attack upon Canadian nationality at
the sacrifice Of his own party ties
Insurgents Attack Toronto.
In the city Of Toronto, which IS sol
idly Conservative, returning i've Tory
members TO parliament, almost the
first gun in the campaign was fired by
the insurgents. Eighteen prominent
business men Of the city, all OF them
Liberals signed a manifesto, declaring
their irrevOCable opposition 10 the rec
iprOcity pact, asserting that It's raLlIl-
ca-iOn would undermine the enuEe
Canadian tariff system and result IL
disaster to the Industrial prosperity OF
the dominion.
lament openly opposed reciprocity
even before dissoluatiOn- One Of them
E. LLOYD Harris. did not seek renom-
ination and he IS actively supporting a
Conservative candidate to succeed nm
self The other, w ~ German o.
Welland in the Niagara fruit growing
belt also spoke against reciprocity
in the last parliament. In TINS cam
paign the conservatives noIill1lS go Nm -
as their own candidate. When the
Liberal convention met, there was
strong opposition to his renomlnaIlon-
but as Mr. German is probably the
most popular man IN puoIG ne IN ny
section, the Liberal organization was
unwilling TO repudiate him, more espe-
cially since he protested that on an
other issues he was stiu a Liberal he
gave a pledge TO the conN ehtlou ma lSs
while he opposed reciprocity, ne Would
abide BY the verdict Of the country on
the issue and that in the event tns
Laurier government was sustained anu
the reciprocity agreement thereby ap-
proved, he would not acuVely oppose
It. Accepting this pledge, the cohVen-
ton renOmlnated him and Mr.. German
became the unOpposed candidate o.
both Tories and Grits in his riding
The next week an insurgent convention
OF pro-reciprOcity Liberals placed an
INDEPENDENT fin the field against him
Liberals Claim Changes.
Against these things, the Liberals
make mucn Of the fact that in some
rulings where the Conservatives nave
heretofore had majority, sentiment
for reciprocity IS so strong that ConSer-
vative candidates have sought ree4ec-
ton by tacitly giving their approve
TO the reciprocity agreement rms Is
asserted to be true OF several consul
uencies in the west and Of some OF Jhe
IA
Oliver Wilcox, the Conservative canal
date in the north riding OF Essex III
Ontario, the other day created sen
satiOn when he declared publicly IN
speech that the RECIPROCITY paCC 49, 49,
be ratified. The statement was mace
in Joint debate with his Ltberal oppo-
nent. when he replied to the lalIer
argument for reciprocity IN TINS AN
guage. What difference does II make!
believe that LSurier viii carry the
country, and you viii have your reel
procity, and therefore, a vote Tor me
will not matter
The partisan newspapers make much
Of the boilers on both sides. The Lib
eraI papers endeavOr to minimize the
effect of the insurgency OF MI SlIlon
and the is Toronto Liberals, DuE never
fail to play up an interview win
Tory however obscure, when tnaI
Tory predicts success for reciprocity.
Long letters supporting reciprocity ana
signed "a life long Tory, A supporter
of Sir john An old country Conser-
vative," are given much space, ana all
of them usually wind up with the dec
laration that on September q, Tor the
first time, the writer viii cast MS pal
lot for a Liberal candidate Tor parma
ment. One Liberal paper printed a lsL
of 254 prominent Ontario farmers, all
Tories. who were going to vote Tor
Laurier
Having the advantage OF the greater
Of the boilers from the LIB
eraI party, the Tory press makes even
more ado along this line The Montreal
Star. perhaps the most bitter opponent
of reciprocity in the Canadian press |
published a long list of boiling Lib
erals under the bold headlines Of The
Honor Roll" Country before Party
At the top Of q column was Canadian I
flag and then followed in bold type a Z
long list Of lifelong Liberals who are I
still Liberals but unable to swallow
reciprocity" Commenting upon this I
list the Star said; The truth Is that I
the Taft plot will be defeated in the I
he hoped to capture. by land I
slide Of Liberal votes against this non I
Liberal proposal, and il is only fair TO I
recognize that clear vision on this point I
is Of more merit in a Liberal than In 7.
Conservative. 1t is easy for a COnser- I
vative to vote against reciprocity for |
his party is against IL. but II is not so /
easy for a Liberal. He must bring him [
self to distrust the judgment Of his I
leaders, to reject program which ne {
has accepted without question from his (
youth and to vote against q party !
whose general policy he approves and /
whose name he loves, but the greater /
the sacrifice, the greater the patriotism /
the higher respect for his leaders, I
the deeper the foundation Of his indie /
pendent Judgment. We predict a land I
slide on the 21st a landslide that viii I
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