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Two masked legislators labeled “Anti-Administration Senator” and “Jingo Senator,” holding long knives labeled “Hatred of Cleveland” and “Hatred of England,” stand outside the “U.S. Senate,” waiting to ambush an “Arbitration Treaty” standing at the entrance to the Senate.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-03
Print shows Puck talking to a veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic and gesturing toward a shark in the background wearing a military uniform, holding a gaff, and standing on the steps of the “Pension Agency” where a sign hangs that states “Pensions for Everybody. Apply Early. War Record Immaterial.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-08-09
Pope Leo XIII sits between bust sculptures of William E. Gladstone labeled “Gladstone, the Great Commoner, 1809-1898,” and Otto von Bismarck labeled “Bismarck, The Man of Blood and Iron, 1815-1898.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-24
A female figure labeled “Cuba,” holding the Cuban flag, is caught in a frying pan labeled “Spanish Misrule” that is being held above flames labeled “Anarchy” raging between fighting factions labeled “Insurgents” on the left and “Autonomists” on the right, on the island of Cuba.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-05-11
Uncle Sam, wearing a military uniform and holding a sword labeled “U.S.,” sits at a table on which is a small cake on a platter labeled “Cuba,” with a decanter labeled “Philippine Islands” on the table and a bottle labeled “Porto Rico” in an ice bucket. On the left, John Bull is holding a sword labeled “England,” slicing a large cake on a platter labeled “China.” Around the table, with him, are four figures representing “Russia” (Nicholas II), “France” (Felix Faure), “Germany” (William II), and “Japan” (Meiji), each using a sword to carve up the cake which is labeled “Wei-Hai-Wei, Coal Fields of Shan-Si, Ta-Lien-Wan, Port Arthur, Hainan, Kai Chau, [and] Formosa.” Looking on from behind a wall on the far left are Italy (Umberto I) and Austria (Franz Joseph I). Caption: John Bull (to the Powers)–What are you mad about? We can’t grudge him a light lunch while we are feasting!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-05-25
An American Sailor stands on the deck of a battleship, holding the American flag. In the water around the battleship are the ruins of the Spanish fleet.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-01
Uncle Sam and John Bull, holding rifles with fixed bayonets, stand atop a fortified barrier with the American and British flags behind them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-08
Print shows Mars, the Roman god of war, bruised and holding a battered and bent sword, and wearing a sign that states “Job Wanted.” He is seated on a trunk labeled “Mr. Mars, God of War.” A notice posted on the wall behind him states “Peace Declared Between Spain and U.S.” John Bull and another man, who may be Czar Nicholas II, are observing from behind a hedge on the left.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-31
Print shows Uncle Sam wearing a sword and using the American flag to shield a woman labeled “Cuba Libre” from three men wearing hats labeled “Insurgent Leader.” They are standing on soil labeled “Cuba” and shows the “U.S.” as just across a narrow body of water.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-09-07
Thomas Collier Platt offers his sword labeled “N.Y. Republican Boss” and a paper labeled “Nomination for Governor” to Theodore Roosevelt who is dressed as a Rough Rider. A pistol at Platt’s feet is labeled “Corrupt Legislation” and the holster he is wearing is labeled “Bribery.” Behind Platt, on the left, is a tent with flag labeled “Camp Platt” and behind Roosevelt, on the right, is a tent with flag labeled “Montauk.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-09-14
Uncle Sam helps four little girls labeled “Philippines, Ladrones, Porto Rico, [and] Cuba” onto a wagon filled with many other young children, including “Hawaii.” Two horses harnessed to the wagon are labeled “Liberty” and “Union.” An old man, wearing a hat labeled “Monroe Doctrine,” sits on a log nearby and asks Sam if the wagon isn’t getting too full.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-09-28
A gigantic snowball labeled “Morton Boom” is rolling down a hillside toward four men labeled “Allison, Reed, McKinley, [and] Harrison.” At the top of the hill are Thomas Collier Platt, Levi P. Morton, and another man.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-02-19
A female figure labeled “Civilization” pulls the pigtail labeled “Worn Out Traditions” of a man labeled “China.” She is holding a pair of scissors labeled “19th Century Progress” and is about to cut the pigtail. There are telegraph poles, plows, and locomotives hanging from her waist.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-10-19
Presidential hopefuls labeled “Davis, Tillman, Chandler, Lodge, Quay, Frye, Wolcutt, Turpie, Hoar, Morgan, [and] Hill” are wading through a swamp labeled “Financial Buncombe, Jingoism, Blunders, Demagogism, [and] Brag,” chasing a glowing chair with wings labeled “Presidency.” Puck, standing on the side of “Statesmanship Highway,” tells them they are taking the wrong way to the White House. Caption: Puck–My short-sighted friends, none of you will ever reach the White House by that road!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-03-04
Matthew Quay, senator from Pennsylvania and political boss of dubious character, stands at a podium labeled “Keystone Auction Rooms, Matt. Quay, Auctioneer.” Quay is auctioning off Pennsylvania’s 32 electoral votes, labeled “32 Delegates for Quay,” to the highest bidder. The four men at the foot of the podium are William McKinley, Thomas B. Reed, Henry M. Teller, and a man labeled “Morton.” Caption: Auctioneer Quay–Now then, gentlemen, what am I offered for this lot? – the highest bidder gets ’em!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-03-18
Several men are on a ship at sea, with a waterspout labeled “Western Republican Silver Sentiment” and looking like Thomas H. Carter bearing down on the ship. At the helm, labeled “Sound Money,” is John Sherman. Others on deck are “Platt, Allison, Reed, McKinley, Quay, Morton, Hackett, Wellington, Chandler, Burrows, Clarkson,” and an unidentified man who may be George F. Hoar.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-03-25
William McKinley struggles to ride a wooden bicycle with wooden wheels labeled “McKinley’s Financial Bicycle.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-04-08
A ringmaster labeled “Harrity Chairman Dem. Natl. Com.” stands on the left, offering an opportunity to ride the Democratic Donkey which wears a saddle labeled “1896” and “$50,000 a year for the man who can ride on this donkey to the White House.” Several reluctant man observe from the grandstands. They are identified as “Stevenson, Hill, Pattison, Olney, Matthews, [and] Campbell”, and William R. Morrison. In the background, riding on the Republican Elephant labeled “1896” are “McKinley, Morton, Reed, Allison, [and] Quay.” McKinley holds a pennant labeled “Protection.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-04-15
An octopus with the head of a French military officer (which may represent General Boisdeffre or General Gonse), wearing a plumed hat labeled “Militarism,” has settled over Paris, France, with its tentacles extending in all directions. The tentacles are labeled “Deception, Dishonor, Forgery, Assassination, Corruption, Falsehood, [and] Blackmail.” Caught in their grasp are military officers Georges “Picquart” and Alfred “Dreyfus,” two female figures labeled “Honor” and “Justice,” and the author Émile “Zola” holding a quill pen labeled “J’Accuse.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-10-26
General William R. Shafter, larger than life, is pictured in Europe standing before the rulers of France (Felix Faure), Austria (Franz Joseph I), Germany (William II), Italy (Umberto I), and Russia (Nicholas II), and with John Bull representing England. They bow, tip their hats, and salute him, acknowledging his success during the Spanish-American War. Depicted in an insert is the treatment Shafter received in the United States from the dogs of “Yellow Journalism” and hands with pointing fingers labeled “Amateur Magazine Strategist” and “Know-it-all Critic” holding a quill pen labeled “Hate,” and other hands labeled “Sensationalism” and “Impudent Newspaper Reporter” holding clubs labeled “Malice” and “Revenge,” as well as a boot labeled “Jealousy.” Caption: How our hero of the most remarkable campaign of the century is regarded abroad, and how some of us treat him at home.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-11-02