A hint to the Democratic convention
Subject(s): Olney, Richard, 1835-1917, Presidents--Election
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Cartoon showing Puck holding an artist’s palette and brushes, with a box of paints at his feet, gesturing toward a portrait of Richard Olney, labeled “Straight Democracy.” Caption: Puck. — Here is an able Democrat, a rational Expansionist and a Sound-Money man! Why not nominate such a man rather than a discredited mountebank?
Comments and Context
Despite its assertion of independent politics, Puck was with few exceptions a supporter of the Democratic party. It was one of many Democrat journals that disdained William Jennings Bryan. It ridiculed Bryan and populist Democrats when he ran in 1896 and 1900 and even in 1904, when he did not secure the Democrat nomination. Here the magazine — through its cartoon “spokesman,” the figure of Puck — forwarded the name of Richard Olney, a conservative Democrat who had been Cleveland’s Secretary of State and was a “Gold Democrat” in favor of sound money, generally a Republican stance. Puck‘s nomination went unheeded, and Bryan was nominated for the second of his three Presidential runs.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1900-04-25
Creator(s)
Period
Governor of New York (October 1898-1900)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
A hint to the Democratic convention. [April 25, 1900]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o275431. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956. A hint to the Democratic convention. [25 Apr. 1900]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o275431.
APA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956., [1900, April 25]. A hint to the Democratic convention.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o275431.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
