A Canadian Election Primer

The details change. The characters change. But the issues remain the same.

"We in Canada Seem To Have Lost All Idea Of Justice, Honor and Integrity."

So said the Mail, the leading Conservative organ on September 26. Grip sought to point out this lugubrious confession with an illustration drawn from the topic of the hour.

J.W. Bengough cartoon:

Sir John is saying: "I admit I took the money and bribed the electors with it. Is there anything wrong about that?"

Published in the Grip, September 27th, 1873.