The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04
THE POLITICS
OF QUEBEC NEXT
Some Interesting Gossip on
the Conditions in
that PROVING.

Toronto. May "A dispatch to the
Toronto Globe from Quebec states
that j. M. Teller. leader of the oppo-
sition in the legislature. addressed q
good meeting in Quebec last night of
city and district electors in the drill
continued the dispatch. comforting
with his workers. including Armand
Lavergne, as to the best means of
carrying on the campaign on behalf
of the conservative party.
Things are going from bad to
worse with the opposition to the Co.
uin government" said government
candidate today. mo sooner do their
election organizers succeed in finding
candidates of any old kind to come
into the field than they slip out of it
and leave them in worse position
than before. For instance. at Lake
st. John, their nominee, DIR. Brassar,
has definitely dropped out of the fight.
and two others have stepped in, one
of them nationalist named Ver-
rault. of st. Joseph d'Alma. and the
named Tessier, to split the opposition
vote. complicate matters generally.
and render the election of MIR. Car
bonneau. liberal, still more difficult
Still Without Opponent.
In Chicoutimi. the second opposi-
ton nomination made has also petered
out and Mr.. Petit. the government
candidate, is still without an oppo-
nent. In Ottawa county, their first
choice, Mr.. Ritchie. has also thrown
up the sponge and another conven-
another candidate. In Quebec county
there Is no opposition standard bear
er named yet. and all the chances are
that Speaker Delage will be reelected
by acclamation. In Port Neuf, meet.
ings held Sunday in the county, show
that Mr.. Chasse's opposition to Sir
Lomer Gouin is regarded as the veri-
est farce and is exciting nothing but
ridicule.
Armand Lavcrgne's Health.
In Champlain the opposition nomi-
nee. Mr.. La Bissoniere. has thus far
met with so unfavorable a reception
that his retirement from the field is
looked for at any moment. He may
be counted among the dead men al.
ready. In Montmorency it is still a
question whether Mr.. Lavergne will
A. Taschereau. as his health is not
the best after the operation he un-
derwent last fall and his doctor has
forbidden him to undertake a cam
paign that will involve physical ex-
ertfon. In Charlevoix, Saguenay, the
government candidate against Mr..
D'Auteuil. will be Charles Belanger,
a large mill owner Of Escoumains,
and not Mr.. Boulianne of Bergonnes.
the announcement Of whose name was
mistake.
Dcvlin Contests Two Seats.
In Lotbiniere. the candidature Of
Captain Baker for the opposition is
not treated seriously. and the re-
election of Mr.. Francoeur, liberal.
with a heavy majority. may be re-
garded as certain. Beauce Dorchester.
L1slet, Temiscouata. Rimouski, Ma.
tame. Bonaventure. Bellchasse. Gaspe
and Lewis. are also all counties in
which 1t ia safe to bet on liberal ma
3orities Hon. Mr.. Devlin has been
selected as the government candidate
for the new county Of Temiscaminr.
and will run there as we'll as in
Nicolet.
Deputy Speaker Tessier of Three
Rivers reports the city and district as
perfectly safe for the government and
the news from Montreal and all over
the Montreal district. as we'll as from
eastern townships indicates that
the government has no reason what
ever to fear any serious loss there,