The resistless march of reform – the “hostiles” must go!
Subject(s): Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898, Blackburn, Joseph C. S. (Joseph Clay Stiles), 1838-1918, Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893, Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893, Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917, Civil service reform, Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897, Democratic donkey (Symbolic character), Dugro, Philip Henry, 1855-1920, Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1826-1900, Eustis, James B. (James Biddle), 1834-1899, Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892, Garland, A. H. (Augustus Hill), 1832-1899, Gould, Jay, 1836-1892, Halstead, Murat, 1829-1908, Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885, Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904, Kelly, John, 1821-1886, Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893, Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886, Mahone, William, 1826-1895, Manning, Daniel, 1831-1887, McLaughlin, Hugh, 1827-1904, McLean, John R. (John Roll), 1848-1916, Opposition (Political science), Phelps, William Walter, 1839-1894, Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912, Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897, Sherman, John, 1823-1900, Tammany Hall, Vilas, William F. (William Freeman), 1840-1908, Voorhees, Daniel W. (Daniel Wolsey), 1827-1897, Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904
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A large group of politicians, newspaper editors, Tammany Hall bosses, and others are dressed as Native Americans. One carries a banner that shows a crude drawing of the Tammany tiger labeled “Flathead Tribe.” The group is on a long march in opposition to President Cleveland’s civil service reform agenda. In the upper left corner is the “Blainiac Reservation” and in the opposite corner is Cleveland and his cabinet laying tracks for the “Reform R. R.,” keeping ahead of the “Administration Construction Train.” In the foreground, Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks is leading the Democratic donkey labeled “Bourbonism,” carrying two baskets, one with “Old Ideas” and the other labeled “The Perennial Pappooses” holding Charles A. Dana and Benjamin F. Butler. Standing just to the right is John Kelly carrying Philip H. Dugro in a cradleboard.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1885-08-12
Creator(s)
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937
Period
Dakota Rancher (June 1884-1886)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
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Chicago:
The resistless march of reform – the “hostiles” must go!. [August 12, 1885]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287578. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937. The resistless march of reform – the “hostiles” must go!. [12 Aug. 1885]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287578.
APA:
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937., [1885, August 12]. The resistless march of reform – the “hostiles” must go!.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287578.
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. January 29, 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.