Puck, v. 53, no. 1369 | - Theodore Roosevelt Center

Bryan’s hobby

William Jennings Bryan, as a horse racing jockey, sits on a rocking horse trying to catch Grover Cleveland, who is walking away from him on the right. Caption: “I’ll run that man down, if I have to kill the horse.”

Comments and Context

Former President Grover Cleveland never admired and scarcely supported William Jennings Bryan. While still president and after Bryan was nominated for the presidency by the Democrat and Populist parties, Cleveland supported the “Gold Democrat” candidate Palmer in 1896. As Bryan never surrendered his radical principles, Cleveland never wavered from his essential conservative beliefs. Who was titular head of the party?

The only way out – fighting them with their own weapons

A larger-than-life-size man, the representative for the “Employers Union,” gestures toward a sign on a wall around a construction site. The sign states “Notice – The right to lock out is as absolute as the right to strike – Employer’s Union.” A labor union “Walking Delegate” is standing with two laborers. They are shocked at being locked out and unable to work.

Comments and Context

At the same that unions were gaining recognition and rights to organize, business in the United States were also organizing to counter their efforts. Groups like the Employers Association and the Citizens’ Alliance were comprised of businessmen who worked, especially in parts of the country where labor strife was violent, for instance Colorado and on the West Coast, to work together. These groups used means ranging from court challenges to influencing legislation to hiring scabs and strike-breakers to advocating for open shops. The National Association of Manufacturers became a lobbying organization, and still exists today, although other groups died or merged.