The Democratic smithy – odd shoes for the mule
Subject(s): Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898, Blacksmithing, Blacksmiths, Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893, Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897, Donkeys, Forge shops, Grace, William Russell, 1832-1904, Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886, Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885, Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903, Horseshoes, Kelly, John, 1821-1886, Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893, McDonald, Joseph E. (Joseph Ewing), 1819-1891, Ottendorfer, Oswald, 1826-1900, Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911, Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890, Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886, Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921
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In the interior of a blacksmith’s shop, Samuel Randall, Abram Hewitt, and Benjamin Butler are putting oversized shoes labeled “Protection, Free Trade, [and] Incidental Tariff” on a mule labeled “Democracy.” Henry Watterson works on a shoe labeled “Western Policy” and Thomas Bayard reaches for a shoe labeled “Elastic Policy.” In the right foreground, Charles A. Dana is cooling rods labeled “MacDonald Boom, Hancock, Grace, Hendricks, [and] Tilden.” At the furnace are Grover Cleveland, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, and “Robbinson” with irons labeled “Business Principles, Southern Policy, Tariff for Rev. [and] Dodge Policy” in the fire. In the background on the right are John Kelly, Joseph Pulitzer, and Oswald Ottendorfer operating the “Dem. Press Bellows” for the “N.Y. World, N.Y. Star, [and] Staatszeitung.” Puck sits on top of a wall in the upper left, next to a notice that states “Tariff Tinkering Done Here.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1883-06-20
Creator(s)
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:
The Democratic smithy – odd shoes for the mule. [June 20, 1883]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288232. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896. The Democratic smithy – odd shoes for the mule. [20 Jun. 1883]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288232.
APA:
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896., [1883, June 20]. The Democratic smithy – odd shoes for the mule.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288232.
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.
