Show gueber mm A very liot contest mm conservatives LEAD the liberals are makins heavy grains march 3 tha elec tiou for anew house of representative laciny beld today the ce of Qi bec the returns up to neon chow that the liberals are polling a heava r vote bian had beai but it e conservatives are till confident of victory and say tha in view of the recent exposures M r does biot stand the of n hance of being returned to power tiia tAt ement however must b taken with due allowance for party feeling as notwithstanding his undoubted built tuilt marcier abill has a strong tollow ing amon the lower classes especially thy french oath lic whom he favored IB erera puy aible way during his administration the returns so far received are of ourse unofficial andai vie of tb act that they are mostly from uti on y french catholics lt vill oe seen that merciers strength ig only apparent appa reut and to an impartial there seems to b little doubt that when the returns are all in the conservatives will haab a afe majon tv As far as can be learned ebora haa been jio in any ol 01 the province but the conservatives claim stat the priests that le de komae the of tha vatican bag and hia method are their influence in his favor and if bj aay the liberals Libe rats are i will be due to their influent e ever ince liput governor anghis ed ahe mercier ministry in ex bean being returned taday at the time as deposed iab liberals biad a ina in the of ingv five anu it is claimed that in t f attia majority the dissolution ol 01 i j ministry by the cj j 11 ia nr laiad t t aija dismissal of parliament aitu n it to meet again within year was anoint r breach of tha constitution ailua while ahe liberals arp bading baaing their campaign on constitutional points the rely on the cx ei of bribery and corruption whit h 1 ave been revealed by alie ilyf s of he to d beat their and they certainly have a strong case mr mercier ame iu e power in 1887 and h s gimre of office ui jhb ein ss of the r m 22 to an there is a chronic deficit of revenue and the charges of nae hini and consequent in of the royal C ann ssi were baand baaed upon his partiality in he warding 0 ad the repart oi the commission Commis sli T that in the case of the iltis chai ora railway tha directors had to pay bleed money the railway the builders of the courthouse and all in proportion to the amount ui their contracts these revelations hv affected not only local in but have greatly diminished iha liberal throughout aba dominian Domin lan thero has tak et inducting indicting indic ting mercier but euch action would certainly loid to serpoui draube sa there is no doubt the masses are with him and would fight to the last rather than eee their idol in the dutchen of the law |