Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-08-15 | Page 2 | Alberta Mormons for Reciprocity

ALBERTA HONS rajporr John Herron, Late Member of That Constituency, Deserts Leader Borden. WINNIPEG. Man., Aug. It. There lb every promise of lively doings when the conservatives meet In Brandon, the heart of tho wheat growing area of Manitoba, on Tuesday to select a candidate for tho contest of the Brandon constituency. The nomination of A. B. Hill of Gris-wold. Gris-wold. Man., by the Liberals has given tho antl-reciproclty supporters a Bcvcre jolt, for - thoy "openly admit that Hill is the strongest man the Liberals could havo put In tho field. Since Hill's nomination the leading conservatives outside of Brandon Bran-don have started a vigorous campaign for support of Mayor Young of Sourls, while Brandon City conservative leaders are Btrong for the nomination of J. M. AU-kens AU-kens of Winnipeg, chief counsel In western west-ern Canada for tho Canadian Paclflc railway. rail-way. .T. P. Curran. law partner of Hon. Mr. Coldwcll, provincial secretary In the Rob-lln Rob-lln cabinet, Is also frcquontly mentioned as likely to get the nomination If it goes to a city man. As things stand now there Is every reason to expect that when the convention opens tomorrow there will be a bitter fight to control. That reciprocity sentiment Is growing was Indicated this afternoon when John Herron. late member for MacLeod. Alberta, Al-berta, on the eve of the Conservative nomination in that rding, came out strongly for reciprocity. Herron spolec with Borden during his recent western campaign, but novor repudiated re-pudiated his leader's views until todav. His constituents are largely Mormons, formerly of Utah, and they are strong for reciprocity. The growth of reciprocity in southern Alberta Is alarming those who ooooso the government. A prominent banker from Weyburn. Saskatchewan, and a worker In tho Conservative Con-servative ranks, remarked today that 1 from what he could loam, all tho candJ- 1 dates In Saskatchewan that are Deposing Depos-ing reciprocity will be o.erwhelmluglv defeated. de-feated. It Is dfeclared by friends of reciprocity i that In the west the strongest opponents i arc the Canadian Pacific rallwav and the Canadian Northern railway.