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Show ! POLITICS IN CANADA7 1 CAMPAIGN METHODS By Frederic J. Haskin TORONTO, Canada.CampaJgn meth-oda meth-oda taj vogue among Canadian politician mora nearly resemble those -of England than those of tha lntted States. Tha fact that In Canada, aa la England, tha only persons to be voted for are candidate candi-date for parliament, and that there la therefore, no complicating problem of local lo-cal tickets, tends to make tha campaijea much simpler than It la In America. Tha fact that the elections are an held on the same day, and that there Is universal manhood suffrage tends to mak the Cm nad ian cam pa I en even more simple than that In Kngland. where the eleo-j tione are scattered over two weeks and, where property queUA cat Ions deny suffrage suf-frage to some men and give many votea to other men. In Canada, aa In Great Britain, a men ber of parliament ta not required to reside re-side in the district which he represents, as is the esse In the I'nlted) Rtates, and. as fn England, one man may he a candidate candi-date In more than one constituency. In tha last general election Hlr Wilfrid Ijaurler ran In two constituencies, one In Quebec and the other In Ottawa, one In tha province of Que bee and the other fn the province of Ontario. He was euv cewfu! in both, and after the election he 'elected to sit for Quebec. Thle occe-i occe-i sloned a bye-election in Ottawa, whih was retained for the I, I he rale. Tn the I nmanl Kamnaltn ft I v XL' 1 1 frtH alatoiriawV to that's what It ta. Laurier wants to sell bis country." Tha Liberal apeaker, proceeding: "The Americans offer us a market of ae.oon,. I ooo and wa In turn offer them a market of ,wo.o.- A voice: "Tea: they have it on us every time, and don't forget It. Leave It to tba Tank to get tha best of a bargain." bar-gain." Under snch circumlrtsnreg it Is exceedingly exceed-ingly difficult to maintain a calm and dignified discussion of any Issue, however how-ever weighty. In the western provinces the campaign la enlivened by the discussion of a peculiar pe-culiar local Issue. The Canadian census was taken this year, but the result haa pot yet been announced. It la certain that the four western provinces of Manitoba, Mani-toba, Haakatchewaa, Alberta and British Columbia have made great gains In the past decade, and are. therefore, entitled to a larger representation In parliament. If the dissolution had not been forced by the Inability of tha government to secure a vote on the reciprocity pact, the general election would have been postponed post-poned until after the census returns were tabfueted and a redistribution of seats had been made. In tha weat the Liberals attack the Tories for having forced the election, and thereby having deprived the western provinces of adequate representation repre-sentation In the new perllament. The Conservatives, on the other hand, plead stand for election only in the riding of Quebec east, but after the campaign was well advanced he accepted tha Liberal nomination in a rural riding of Quebec, where It appeared thst only his great name and personal popularity could aava the aeat for tha Liberals. Ia Candidate isuXhrea TMatrirta. In this same campaign Mr. Rudolph Forget, a wealthy citizen of Mont rem I and a Conservative, is running for parliament tn three different districts. It is said thst he has a chance to win In all three, and that he la almost certain to be elected m two. The principal difference in the coursr of the campaign In Canada, as compared to a campaign In the United States, arises from tha fact thst the Canadian government la purely parliamentary. The !adra nt th dnmlnant natrtv the nrlme for western support ror mr. uoroen oe-cause oe-cause Sir Wilfrid dissolved parliament land precipitated the election before the i reapportionment under tha new census j could be made. Aa both sides are endeavoring en-deavoring to make capital out of this seme Issue, It is impossible to say who will profit by It. On the whole the Conservatives hv a natural advantage In the campaign, since they have been so long out of power and are free to assert and promise, prom-ise, while the Liberals, long In power, are compelled hy circumstance to devote de-vote a great deal of time and Ingenuity to the business of explaining things. Tomorrow: ' POLITICS IK CANADA. IHL Taa Campaign la th Fran. minister and the members of his cabinet, not only must captain the tight for their party throughout the dominion. b:tt each one of them must he elected to the house of commons from at leaM one particular rldlna. Sometimes this ia very awkward, especially when a man la expected aa a nartv leader to discuss national laauea In thn hroad federal field, while at the aame time he may bi In danger of defeat In hla own constituency by reason of aome local factional fight. In this campaign the two party lead-era. lead-era. Sir Wilfrid and Mr. Borden, have been on the atump dallv for the naet three or four weeks. Kir Wilfrid first toured Ontario, then went to Quebec, thence to the maritime provinces, and llien hack again Into the Tory stronghold strong-hold of Ontario. Mr Borden epoke first In the east, then covered In turn Ontario snd Quebec, and the maritime provinces aaaln. Neither Sir Wilfrid nor Mr. Borden went west of T.ake stuperior. aa both of them, at different tlmee. toured the western provlncea laat vear. making known their position on the reciprocity pact and other issues. Interrupt Speak eri at Will. "On the raging stump'l the Csnadtan campaign la a -mixture or Bngtish and American customs. Following the PJng- Men practice, ine.auaiiora at a pomicai meeting are free to interrupt the apeaker at any lime with queatlona or exclama-tinna. exclama-tinna. and nftenttmea a political speaking oecomea tittle more than a defeat 'between 'be-tween one man on the platform and a score or mote of other men In the audience.. audi-ence.. Heckling la sometimes experienced by public epeakera In political campaigns in the United Btstea, but rarHy, If ever. Is It carried to the extent that It la tn tiraat Britain or In Canada. , Collo-A-lr.g un rid American custom, now somewhat fallen Into disuse except in the southern slates, Canadians frequently, hold joint debatee In which the opposing candfdatea face each other on the aame rilatform and fight out their differences n a wordv duel. When, aa often happens, a joint debate of thia character la interrupted inter-rupted by general heckling cm the part of those presumed tn be auditors,, the effect la almoat riotous The joint debate la eapectally popular In Quebec, where the greater portion of the campaign speaking la done In the French language, fuch a joint meeting la called an ''assemblee contradlctolrer' and It Is ssld to be ethical and proper for an opposition candidate to show up unannounced at a meeting advertised by another candidate and to demand on the spot an ''aesemblee contradictoire.' Demand Soraetimea Kafsaesl. Once In a while thia demand is refused, re-fused, and in that event the dlaceurteey of tha refusing party Is made much of by tha opposition. A week or two ago Mr. Rouraasa. the Kattonaitat leader, went to Hull, a city In Quebec Just aemaa tha river, from Ottawa, the dominion capital, to spesk In behalf of the Conservative Con-servative candidate, Louie Couaineau. E. pied a aeat on the platform, and at the very beginning demanded an "aaeembiee contradictoire. Thia waa refused, whereupon' where-upon' the Liberals In the audience tried to put the meeting out of aiisineaa by felling out for a debate and crying "Viva .aurter." Finally the mayor of Hull, a Conservative sympathiser, sent for the police and aucceeded tn raetoring a semblance sem-blance of order, although Mr. Bourasaa waa rarely permitted to proceed for more than two minutes at a tint without Interruption. In-terruption. - As a result of heckling many of the campaign mecrlnga are 1 1 verted from dla-cussloits dla-cussloits of the national Issues Involved Info free debatee concerning local conditions. con-ditions. Liberal epeakera are interrupted by embarrassing queatlona concerning charges of corruption that have been laid at the doora of more than one Liberal minister, and in explaining thin away th epesser Is compelled to leave reciprocity alone. Whfen a liberal speaker oiakea a declaration that the Canadian navy haa been eatahllahed eootebody In the audience au-dience la almoat aure to call attention to the fact that one-half of that navy, the ship Ntohe. la piled up on the rocks. Things like this are constantly happening. Praia (?) for Taaksa Bhrawdnaa. ror Inetsnce, rme Liberal apeaker said: "Now, gentlemen, let ua com to th reclprocliy pact. What I the pactT" A voice: lt Is a damned big boodle |