Speaker Keifer’s kaleidoscopic speech, at the NewYork Chamber of Commerce banquet, held at Delmonico’s, May 9, 1882
Subject(s): Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886, Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893, Capitalists and financiers, Carriages and carts, Commerce, Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888, Corruption, Employees, Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892, Gould, Jay, 1836-1892, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, Keifer, Joseph Warren, 1836-1932, Kelly, John, 1821-1886, Monopolies, New York (State), New York Chamber of Commerce, Public speaking, Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897, Sage, Russell, 1816-1906, Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886, Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry), 1821-1885
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Print shows a vignette cartoon with a carriage at center in which Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and William H. Vanderbilt are riding with large money bags; the wheels are labeled “Corporations” and “Monopoly.” The carriage is driven by an eagle dressed like Uncle Sam wearing a top hat labeled “1882” and carrying a whip labeled “Revenue Tariff.” The carriage is pulled by an “Underpaid Workman,” a “Starving Laborer,” a “War Widow,” a “Sewing Girl,” an “Old Merchant,” a “Poor Clerk,” and a “Cripple,”among others, with ropes labeled “Tax.” The surrounding vignettes show scenes of corruption, misfortune, presidential office seekers, Valley Forge, and “Charitable Institutions for the poor and unfortunate” from “Maine” to “California” showing buildings labeled “Poor House” and “Jail.” Featured in these vignettes are such figures as Chester Alan Arthur, George M. Robeson, Samuel J. Tilden, Roscoe Conkling, John Kelly, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin F. Butler, and Joseph W. Keifer, as well as “Honest Labor, Patriotism, [and] Integrity.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1882-05-24
Creator(s)
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894
Period
New York State Assemblyman (1882-May 1884)
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:
Speaker Keifer’s kaleidoscopic speech, at the NewYork Chamber of Commerce banquet, held at Delmonico’s, May 9, 1882. [May 24, 1882]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287930. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894. Speaker Keifer’s kaleidoscopic speech, at the NewYork Chamber of Commerce banquet, held at Delmonico’s, May 9, 1882. [24 May. 1882]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287930.
APA:
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894., [1882, May 24]. Speaker Keifer’s kaleidoscopic speech, at the NewYork Chamber of Commerce banquet, held at Delmonico’s, May 9, 1882.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287930.
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. March 5, 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.
