Twenty years after
Subject(s): Clothing and dress, Democratic Party (U.S.), Monopolies, Political parties--Platforms, Reform movement, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Swimming, Tariff
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A man labeled “Republican Party” picks up the clothing of a man labeled “Democratic Party” who is swimming in the “Democratic Issue Pond” which is labeled “Socialism, Bryanism, Populism, Free Silver, Anti-Expansion, [and] Jeffersonian Simplicity.” At the upper right is a scene twenty years earlier, in which a man labeled “Democrat” picks up the clothing of a “Republican” swimming in the “Republican Corruption Water.”
Comments and Context
Puck refers to Puck for a history lesson, and it makes a perfectly valid observation based on a cartoon by the senior Joseph Keppler 20 years earlier. Political parties frequently evolve in their positions; it is rather less frequent that two established parties largely trade their beliefs, and in such a relatively short time. It is true that in President Cleveland’s time, the Democratic Party was in many ways the more conservative of the two. After Populism, Bryanism, and reactions to economic ills, the Democrats grew radical. Ironically, under Theodore Roosevelt and the insurgents in the nation’s cities and Progressives in Congress, the Republicans — or those in one wing — quickly absorbed or adapted many of the recent Democratic positions. Also somewhat notable about Pughe’s cartoon is that Puck recognized these shifting trends so early: oftentimes such evolution is clear in hindsight.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1902-11-19
Creator(s)
Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
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:
Twenty years after. [November 19, 1902]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276281. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909. Twenty years after. [19 Nov. 1902]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276281.
APA:
Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909., [1902, November 19]. Twenty years after.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276281.
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. February 26, 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.
