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The Grip cartoons: vols. I & II, May 1873 to May 1874

Chapter 4: No. 2. “After the Session.”
By J. W. Bengough
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A curated selection of satirical cartoons re-rendered and presented with a brief introduction and concise annotations by the artist. The plates use caricature, visual puns, and topical pastiche to critique parliamentary scandals, civic disputes, public commissions, and notable public figures, shifting between single-panel gags and recurring motifs. Explanatory notes accompany each image to clarify local allusions and the cartoonist’s intent, so the sequence functions both as humorous commentary on contemporary public life and as an organized record of editorial opinion.

No. 2.
“After the Session.”

On the 2nd April, 1873, Hon. L. S. Huntington, member for Shefford, from his place in the House, charged Sir John A. Macdonald, Premier of the Conservative Government, with having corruptly sold to Sir Hugh Allan, of Montreal, the Charter of the proposed Canadian Pacific Railway, for a large sum of money, which had been used as a Ministerial Bribery Fund in the preceding General Election. Shortly after this, and before any decided inquiry had been made into the matter, Parliament was adjourned (on May 23rd,) until the following 13th of August. The Cartoon playfully suggests the feeling of the Opposition, (represented by Hon. A. Mackenzie,) towards the accused ministry during the “vacation.”

May 31, 1873.

No. 2.

AFTER THE SESSION; OR, ‘THE SITUATION.’

J. A. M—c—d—n—ld.—“Come on, Old Fellow, it’s all Right, you know; it’s My turn to Treat!”

A. M—k—n—ze.—“Oh, aye, Joney! bet y’ maun recollec’ I’m Te-total—more especially till August!”