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Show 00111! ELECTION TIKES ME TGI Supporters of Union Government Gov-ernment Stake All on Conscription Con-scription Issue. By International News Service. OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 16. Conscription is the leading Issue upon which the spotlight spot-light o? public opinion will be turned in tomorrow's general election. The Borden cabinet, Conservative, which came Into power in 1911, put conscription into effect ef-fect and is standing staunchly upon that platform and seeking re-election on ite past records. Laurier, former premier, is leader of the Liberals and is bitterly attacking conscription con-scription as the main issue of the campaign. cam-paign. While conscription has been the pivot of the campaign, it has by no means been the only issue. The Liberals have bitterly bit-terly attacked the Borden cabinet for "doing nothing" with the food problem. While the union government promises to commandeer the food or appoint a food dictator, dealers have Deen making exorbitant ex-orbitant profits because of war conditions, is one of the contentions of the "Liberals. The food situation and the franchise act, which Laurier calls the "disfranchise act," have been used as strong arpru-menis, arpru-menis, mainly in the sections where loyalty loy-alty to the union government is strongest because of conscription. While a t tacks on the Borden cabinet have constituted tiie main platform ot' the Liberals, the same argument has been used against him. Policies of the Laurier cabinet have been brought again into th limelight, and to a good advantage in somo sections, for the union government. Laurier is a forceful speaker and away.? a great Influence over t he voters, but his allegiance to the French Catholic church is against him. On the eve of the election, both sMt are confident and making extravagant claims. The break-up of tlje political lines caused by the conscription issues is expected to bring forth some surprising sur-prising results. , |