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Not since the era of the " Family Compact ** of Upper Canada has this Country been
called upon to behold the painful spectacle of Minister?: of the Crown
growing wealthy directly through the influence secured by their official
positions until the inauguration of the corrupt system now in vogue by
the Dominion Tory party. Is it any wonder that the rank and file of their par-
liamentary supporters have joined in plundering the country of timber
limits, coal mines, farms and ranches, to say nothing of Boodle Bills, " Blind shares " and
ndlway subsidies 1 In this leaflet, reference will be made only to the members of Sir John
Macdonald's administrations, who have been using the public trusts committed to
their care by the people to advance their own pecuniary interests.
6IR JOHN MACDONALD:— The recipient of a testimonial from cor-
porations and friends of $80,000, notably the Northern Railway and
Sir David Macpherson. The former he endeavoured to relieve of an in-
debtedness of half a million to the country, and the latter he installed a« a
Cabinet Minister, and recommended him for Knighthood.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Syndicate made the Premier's son,
(Hugh J. MacdonaH, of Winnipeg,) one of its solicitors, at a salary of
$5,000 per annum, for reasons that may be well understood. During the
re-arrangement of the loans to the Canadian Pacific Company in the
session of 1885, Sir John Macdonald declined to relieve the Company of
the $10,000,000 special loan. Before the next session a member of his family
was presented by the C. P. R. magnates with a diamond necklace,
estimated to be worth from $25,000 to $50,000, (upon which duty has not beoD
paid). Then at the session of 1886, the C. P. R. was relieved of tne
re-payment in cash of the $10,000,000, as they had requested and
been refused twelve months previously. Sir John Macdonald's pleasure
jaunts to England from 1879 to July 1885, have cost $1 1,324.33.
See Public Accounts and Audit(^-Qeneral's reports for those years.
8IR CHARLES TUPPER :— When he accepted office was a pOOr man, but h
now reputed to be very wealthy. He has always been the leading Spirit
. when a 0. P. R job was to be put through, and the bosom friend of tJu
Onderdonk's, Manning's, Shield's, McLaren's and others, whost
THE BOODLE BRIGADE— Continued.
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exorbitant Claizna hare reoeiydd favorable consideration. His mb, (J.
Stewart Tupper, of Winnipeg,) was also appointed O. P. It solicito*
at a yearly salary of $5,000. Sir CLarles went to England m Lord Higk
* Oommiasioner in 1884, at a salary of $10,000 per annum, and returned to parlia>
ment to force the new 0. P. R loan through the House. ">
Sir Charles departed for England again, the Government purchaa-
ing and furnishing a residence for him at a cOSt Of $42,000. An idea of
the extravagant furnishing may be had from a statement of a few of the items : —
"Furnishing servants' bedroom on the fourth flat, $240;" '