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Pacific scandal

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pacific scandal 1873, a major event in Canadian political history. Charges were made in Parliament that the Conservative administration of Sir John A. Macdonald had accepted campaign funds from Sir Hugh Allan in return for a promise to award Allan's syndicate the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Macdonald's statement that the contract and the contributions were unconnected was received with skepticism. Donald A. Smith (later Lord Strathcona ) broke with Macdonald over the crisis and through his publicly expressed lack of confidence in Macdonald was partly responsible... Read more
Credit Mobilier scandal
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... Illegal manipulation of construction contracts for the Union Pacific Railroad that became a symbol of corruption after the American ... House of Representatives were censured. Credit Mobilier scandal Credit Mobilier scandal Credit Mobilier scandal Read more
Union Pacific Railroad
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from ... line, where it was to connect with the Central Pacific RR—which was to be built simultaneously ... capital. Also in 1864 and again in 1866 the Central ... Read more

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