CANADIAN POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 75, 19 September 1911, Page 5

CANADIAN POLITICS.

CHARGES AGAINST LIBERALS. By Gable—Press Association -Copyright. Ottawa., September 17. -Mr. Rogers. Minister for Public Works in the State of Manitoba, has publicly charged Federal Liberals with falsifvnig the voters' list, also with arranging to import ruffians from the United States on election day to intimidate voters. PROSPECTS OK THE CAMPAIGN. According to the Daily News correspondent at Winnipeg, all'the signs point to a victory by. the (lovernment in the general election which will take place this month.

In the old Parliament the Liberals held ];):{ seats, and the Conservatives .90. There has been no deep change in public opinion since the last election, and the party balance is likely to be little disturbed. The accession 'of rural Free Trade Conservatives to the Liberal ranks counterbalances the defection of Liberal Protectionists. Liberal "insurgents," too, are rejoining the party. Mr. Clifford Silfton's desertion only'strengthens the party, though it is true that his great organising talent is a valuable asset to the other side. In the Maritime Provinces, where reciprocity has always been popular, the Liberals may gain two seats. Mr. Borden himself is not secure at Halifax. In Quebec Mr. Bourassa may carry ten scats for the Nationalists. 'The Liberals may win a few English seats in Quebec. 11l Ontario, the cities and the districts dominated by small manufacturing towns are all Conservative, but the purely rural eonstituences are' Liberal. The previous reciprocity election guve the Liberals better results in Ontario than recent contests. Little change is anticipated in Toronto. The Sun, the independent farmers' paper, which was hostile at the Inst election, now favors reciprocity. In the Prairie Provinces the Government may gain six seats. The Liberals will allow the grain-growers to run independent candidates as before, reciprocity is very popular with the farmers. The advantages of the scheme, indeed, mc realised even in the towns. The American vote, as might be anticipated, is sojid. and the attempts being made to inlluence the British vote will probably fail. In Columbia the Liberals may lose both seats. The party is biullv 'disorganised there. The Conservatives have vast campaign funds at their command. This fact, and their Acquisition of the organising ability of Mr. Sifton, are their principal advantages over the Government. The Liberals, on the other hand, have the support of mffny independent papers which were hostile at the last election.