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  Rewarding the Faithful
The prime minister needs to maintain support within the party and the Parliamentary caucus. One traditional way of bolstering this support is through the judicious use of patronage. As Mackenzie Bowell asserted, "You consult your friends when anything is to be done in a constituency, and it is the merest hypocrisy to preach or lay down any other doctrine..."
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