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Hedden, Edward Long, 1828-1893

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Our good ship “National Credit” in danger from a silver-spout

Our good ship “National Credit” in danger from a silver-spout

The bow of a ship approaches a waterspout labeled “80ct $” and “$2,000,000 a Month,” and a shark labeled “Panic.” Along the side of the ship are President Cleveland as captain, and several men, all unidentified, but may include George F. Edmunds, William M. Evarts, William F. Vilas, Edward L. Hedden, John Sherman, and Augustus Garland, among others. They are about to fire a gun labeled “Repeal of Silver Coinage Act” to break up the waterspout. Caption: Captain Cleveland “Fire that gun, boys – it’s the only way to break it!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-12-16

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896; Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935

A “bogus” cremation for the benefit of the “life-long Democrats”

A “bogus” cremation for the benefit of the “life-long Democrats”

A group of men stand near the “Bourbon Crematory for Disbelievers in the Spoils System.” Some are identified by name, “Blackburn, D. B. Hill, McLaughlin, Thurman, Jones, Hedden, [and] Hendricks,” and some by association with quills behind their ears “Sun” Charles A. Dana, “Cincinnati Enquirer” John R. McLean, “World” Joseph Pulitzer, and “Star.” The newspaper editors are pushing a wrapped figure labeled “This is the Mugwump! And don’t you forget it!” into the crematorium. Hendricks stands on the right, next to an urn labeled “For Mugwump Ashes,” and the others observe from the left. Puck and the figure representing “The Independent Party” are watching from a window in the background. Caption: Uncremated Mugwump (from outside) – “If those old Bourbons take that dummy for me, they’ll be a little startled when they find out that I’m alive – and kicking!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-11-18

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

No welcome for the little stranger

No welcome for the little stranger

At center, Grover Cleveland holds an infant labeled “Civil Service Reform.” They are surrounded by a bunch of angry old men as orphans labeled “Hube Thompson, Eddie Hedden, Davy Hill, Hugh, Joe Blackburn, Charlie Dana, Eustis, Johnnie McLean, Pulitzer, A.P. Gorman, [and] Johnnie K,” and one as an old woman labeled “Hendricks.” On the left is the “Republican Home – No Civil Service Infants Wanted Here” and on the right is the “Democratic Home Restored in 1884.” Caption: Father Cleveland adopts the abandoned infant of the Republican Home, to the great disgust of the Jeffersonian household.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-10-21

Creator(s)

Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935

Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew – “This ship shall not turn back!”

Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew – “This ship shall not turn back!”

Grover Cleveland, as Christopher Columbus, holds a map labeled “Route to Reform,” aboard a ship surrounded by mutinous sailors labeled “Bayard, Whitney, Eustis, Sterling, Hedden, Pulitzer, Blackburn, Hill, McLaughlin, Jones, Thompson, Gorman, Grady.” Unidentified are Thomas A. Hendricks, John Kelly, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, and Charles A. Dana. A bird arrives from the left carrying a piece of paper that states “From Land of Reform.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-11-04

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896

False weights and measures in the New York custom-house

False weights and measures in the New York custom-house

Customs official Edward L. Hedden holds a balance scale labeled “H.O. Thompson’s Pat. Scales.” Weighing heavily on one side of the scale is a man wearing a pin-stripe suit, holding a bottle of “Rum,” and with papers extending from his pockets that state “Spoils-man, Ward Politician, Rum-shop Keeper, [and] Vote of the B’ys.” On the other side is a man with papers that state “Reputation, Integrity and Fitness, Navy Officer War Record, [and] 16 years creditable Service.” The center of the balance shows the face of Thompson. A paper that states “List of Removals by Order of H.O. Thompson” rests on a desk in the lower right.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-09-23

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896

A hard job with the hogs

A hard job with the hogs

President Cleveland, as a pig farmer, gets tangled in leashes attached to the hind legs of several hogs, each with a distinctive brand, labeled “Hugh McLaughlin, H. O. Thompson, Higgins, Beattie,” and one labeled “Tammany Hall” that looks like John Kelly. One hog labeled “Hedden” has broken free and is headed for the “Spoils Hog Pen” in the background. Standing on the left, observing, are Benjamin F. Butler, an unidentified man, Joseph C. S. Blackburn, and John R. McLean. Road signs state “Road to Spoils,” “National X Roads,” and “Cleveland Civil Service Reform Road.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-09-30

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896