Closed!
President Roosevelt’s footsteps can be seen on a road with a sign, “This way to the 3rd term.” They cannot get around the “Solid South” barrier in the road, and the footprints turn back away from the barrier. Caption: “‘If I could be positively assured of the electoral vote of a single Southern State I would gladly be a candidate for the presidency next year.’ –T.R.”
Comments and Context
“The Mysterious Stranger” by John T. McCutcheon was another cartoon that dealt with presidential politics, the “Solid South,” and footsteps; and this drawing, “Closed!” by Camillus Kessler, employs the same themes and memes, but three years later and without figures. In a way, then, it is more of pure political cartoon, relying on symbols as it does.
