Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1896 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

Bradley C. Newell, the Vermont “healer,” is at New York on his way to England, where, it is said, he will treat, the Princess of Wales. At Chatham, Ont., during political excitement a balcony of the Royal ‘Exchange Hotel collapsed while a crowd 1 stood underneath. Many persons were severely an I probably fatally injured. During the political excitement at Chatham, 'Ont., a balcony of the Royal Exchange Hotel collapsed, while a crowd stood underneath. Fourteen persons were severely and probably fatally in jured. Returns from Canadian elections show that the Government is badly beaten, and Laurier will have a majority in every province of the Dominion except New Brunswick. His working majority in the new House over all parties will exceed thirty. In New Brunswick Finance Minister Foster has been defeated, and Minister of Justice Dickey is also behind. The latest returns from the Province of Quebec show that that province will stand:: Liberals, 50; Conservatives, 15. Returns from the Canadian elections show that the- Conservatives have been totally routed. Out of a total of 213 in Parliament, the Liberals have a majority over all of 22. The victory was widespread and universal. It was not confined to any district, for from the Atlantic to the Pacific the cyclone swept. It was not a Quebec victory, for in no province has Premier Tupper a majority now, save in New Brunswick. The slaughter began in the provinces by the sea. right at the'homes of the strong men. of the Conservative party. Where seats were not overturned majorities were decreased. St. John City, whose claims as a winter seaport have been ignored repeatedly, put in two Liberals in place of two Tupperites. The lumbermen, the agriculturists, the fishermen, changed their votes in every riding. It was the promise of railway subsidies and the wholesale bribes that were dangled before the constituents that enabled the Conservatives to carry two seats in Prince Edward Island, which is the only province in which gains were made.