Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-28
CANADIAN MINISTER TELLS OF
RECIPROCITY AND CAUSES FOR
ITS DEFEAT.
MOST ENTERTAINING
ApoDREss OF SEASON
xsnshiP-Prids, Prosperity, Pretse.
ton, Professionalism, Prejudice and
Providence Given a. Causes For Dc.
feat.

DR.. James L. Gordon's talk at the
Searchlight Club Tuesday evening was.
| perhaps, the most entertaining address
of the entire series Of the season,
strong as the program has been, altho
| the speaker dwelt but briefly on the
| subject Of reciprocity.
Dr. Gordon is a Philadelphia preach
er Of Canadian occupation, a man built
TO talk, who enjoys his business i'm
| mensely. He Is Russell Conweh sort
Of an entertainer. who can rise and fall
from pathos TO oratorical enthusiasm
and back again as rapidly as the pian-
list runs the scale on a key board He
is witty and humorous, eloquent and
rhetorical, and all the time interest
ing.
DR.. Gordon's talk was mostly ser
mon upon citizenship, but casually he
explained the failure of reciprocity in
Canada to be due to pride, prosperity,
protection, Professionalism, patriotism,
prejudice and Providence
The pride of the Canadian caused
him to feel that in his growing
strength as nation he could get along
without any help from Uncle Sam. He
had asked for reciprocity repeatedly in
his earlier and weaker days. and had
been denied
The enormous prosperity Of Canada
enjoyed of late caused men to fear a.
change of any kind in anything and
gave opportunity to the opposition to
demand that Canada let well enough
alone.
The protectionists. with their bust
ness interests at stake, financed the
opposition and put up a campaign
strengthened by their great private in
te-ests.
Professionalism was a factor IN the
defeat OF reciprocity because of the
figure it cut in the opposition to
Premier Laurier. Questions of vital
ecclesia steal difference were being agi-
tated between Protestant and Catholic
and the country was about evenly di-
vided between the two schools of faith.
Laurier himself a Catholic, had lost
the confidence Of the Catholics without
winning the support of the Protes-
tants, and his personal defeat meant
the defeat of his ministry and Of reci-
procity.
Patriotism for the British flag is ex-
ceedngly strong among Canadians.
| People in the states are unable to COM
prehend the depth of this sentiment Of
| loyalty to the crown and, the Had
vised remarks of President Taft and of
Champ Clark permitted the opposition
to parade the British flag thruout Can
ada as being in danger of attack in the
reciprocity compact. Every political
| meeting in opposition to reciprocity
featured the flag as in some myster-
iosls danger
Prejudice played an important part
because Of the great number Of native
born Canadians and European immi-
grants who had never visited the
states. who knew nothing Of the people
here, and who were easily alarmed by
sensa tional newspapers.
Providence was charged with re-
sponihility for the final outcome be-
cause of the speaker, being strong ad-
vocate OF reciprocity himself, was UNI
able to account for it's defeat in any
other way. He firmly believes that the
Anglo Saxon race is destined to rule
the world, and that the two families of
Ang1o-Saxons on this continent must
eventually become one. but for some
reason an all-powerful Providence had
ordained that it should not be now.
Record Attendance.
The attendance at the dinner almost
exceeded the capacity of the room
During the dinner some one insisted
upon a straw vote being taken on
president, which resulted in Roosevelt
receiving SO, Cumn1ins SO. Taft II, La
Toilette 8, Clark 4, Bryan 1, Harmon
2. Wilson 2, and Debs l. Several
"wags' cast vote or two for local
men.
Addresses Students At High School.
Dr. Gordon, who remained in the
city today to be present at luncheon
in his honor served at the Congrega-
tional church, addressed the students
OF the high school this morning in the
study hall. DR.. Gordon's address was
on Success and was most inspiring
He was accorded the closest Of atten-
ton.
Before the brotherhood Of the Con-
gregational church DR.. Gordon spoke
this afternoon following the luncheon
at noon. DR.. Gordon is pastor Of a
Congregational church at Winnipeg
| which is the largest protestant church