The Portland daily press., 1886-11-03

The political pot is already boiling furi-
ously in the Dominion. The Toronto Globe
In its issue of Monday contains what it calls
the ''frightful record of the Macdonald min
lister, and If the picture is not oyerdrawn it
IS certainly correctly characterized. The
Globe charges that the Premier has Inc reased
expenditures and taxation from 1871 millions
to 36 millions; has increased the debt to $50
millions and for this has nothing to show
but railroad to the Pacific built farther
than the wants and the best interests of the
country required; road which, now that il
is built the majority of the people of Cana
da find is of little benefit to them" 1t al
leges furthermore that under Macdonald s
administration there has been vast increase
In the number of office holders that there
has been corruption Of the most loathsome
kind in the Cabinet, in Parliament and
amongst all the dependents and hangers-on
Of the government. Under this head it
specifies no less than thirty-seven transac-
tions. We quote few of them:
The diamond necklace and other diamond orna-
ments, worth $4,000 20 s25, 900, presented n
Lady Macdonald and the arrangement with the
@. 7. X. which followed it.
Inc terrible mlSgovernment in the Northwest
the seven years cruel and caleus neglect Of the
Halfbreeds, the transfer of their lands al Batochs
tothe Mnlte-Jameson Company the starvation
OF Lne INDIANS, the supply Of putrid food to the
Indians and the pestilence and death which they
caused, the waste OF several hundreds of thous.
ands OF dollars OF the money voted by Parliament
for the use Of the Indians the Entertainment Of In.
dams by political partisans, the degradation and
deDasement OF the Indians by Sir John Macdon-
alus employees, as described by Methodist and
Presbyterian missionaries
Inc creation OF the great railway monopoly in
the Northwest. - =
The disallowance of Nanitoha rai,,v.x, oh.r.a.s
Inc creation OF numerous land monopolies
=. Inc making OF regulations that would increase
tne pr0nts OF the monopolists.
The reservation of large tracts from settlement
Tor the same purpose
AT dh ,s general msgovernmsnt of the Northwest
prongates and worn out Tory hacks.
:, The driving away Of thousands Of settlers, and
ue preventing of settlement.
Two rebelli0ns In the Northwest
Inc loss Of over 200 valuable Canadian lives
me irlgntiul sunerlngs OF women and children
OF missionaries, and clergynen.
The waste Of millions IN suppressing the last re.
bellion, and all the jobbery and corruption coun-
tenanced by the government.
The Gerrymander Act.
The Franchise Act.
Down In New Brunswick the Liberal press
is attacking the government with equal bit
~terness, The recent advertisement for pro-
posats for a firrc of steamers 20 run to Mon
treal In the summer and Portland in the
winter Is being used to convict the govern
ment OF sacrificing the interests of st. John
which aspires to be the winter port. The
Globe OF that city alleges that the Conserya-
tive organs concealed this advertisement as
long as concealment was possible in order to
avoid making the "humiliating statement
That the government proposed to continue to
make Portland winter port of call for
steamers for the next ten years." and now
that the information is out it thinks that the
government will have to vary the proposals
In some way SO as to put better face upon
the matter UNTIL at least, the elections are
over
And all this acrimony, all this heat has
been worked up on simply suspicion that
general election is soon to be held No for
NAL announcement that Sir John Macdonald
intends to appeal to the country has yet been
made. Compared with the politics across
our northern border our politics are frigid.
and yet we think our campaigns are pretty
red hot