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Charles A. Dana blows a large bubble that shows the face of Samuel J. Tilden. Dana is using “Sun Soap,” “Iroquois Club Suds,” and a pipe labeled with a “$.” In the background, the sun is visible on the horizon. Caption: C.A.D. “It’s no matter how big this Tilden bubble gets – I can burst it at any time!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-05-02
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
William Jennings Bryan carries a “Cross of Gold,” a “Crown of Thorns,” and a carpetbag labeled “W.J.B. Speeches” as he walks along railroad tracks headed in the opposite direction of Washington, D.C. Walking with him are newspaper editors Edwin Lawrence Godkin carrying papers labeled “Anti-American Editorials,” Joseph Pulitzer, Edward Atkinson, Carl Schurz carrying a drum on his back labeled “Anti-Expansion Band,” and Oswald Ottendorfer carrying a small bag labeled “Staats Zeitung.” In the background, William McKinley is riding on a railroad car labeled “Expansion Train” that is racing along railroad tracks, headed for Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-12-20
Whitelaw Reid, on the roof top of a building, looks through a telescope at the sun labeled “Civil Service Reform,” and Charles A. Dana, on the neighboring roof top, checks a “Sun Barometer.” Signs on their respective buildings state “Tribune Political Weather Bulletin – Terrible Traitor Earthquakes, Rebel Cyclones, ‘Dude-and-Pharisee’ Simoons, Hurricanes of Plunder and Tornadoes of Spoils!” and “The Sun’s Political Weather Predictions – Very Doubtful. Probable Cold Mugwump Wave Approaching. Cautionary Signals along the entire Political Coast.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-04-15
Grover Cleveland rides the Democratic donkey past the “Republican R. R. R. Hotel” on the way to his inauguration. He is surrounded by a host of characters that includes many political figures and newspaper editors, including Joseph F. Keppler with his diminutive character Puck. Among those depicted are: Roscoe Conkling, George Edmunds, Augustus Garland, “Hampton,” “William H. Barnum,” L. Q. C. Lamar, “Grace,” “Jones,” Joseph Pulitzer, James G. Bennett, Henry B. Ward, Samuel J. Randall, Thomas Hendricks, Abram S. Hewitt, U. S. Grant, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, “McDonas,” Daniel Manning, George W. Curtis, Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel J. Tilden, Thomas F. Bayard (carrying a flag that states “Public Office is a Public Trust. G. Cleveland”), Joseph Medill, William C. Endicott, John Logan, James G. Blaine, Carl Schurz, William F. Vilas, Cox, Winfield Scott Hancock, Benjamin Harrison, Henry Watterson, and Hermann “Raster.” Also shown is Puck’s Independent Party figure and papers labeled “Compliments of C. A. Dana.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-03-04
President Cleveland hands a paper that states “Re-appointment for Honesty and Efficiency” to Henry G. Pearson for his appointment as Postmaster in New York. Pearson carries a box labeled “The People’s Trust.” In the background are Whitelaw Reid with dagger labeled “N. Y. Tribune” and Charles A. Dana with dagger labeled “N. Y. Sun.” Both appear angry that an efficient and honest citizen has been appointed to a civil service position. Caption: Bravos in Background – “Ha! Foiled again!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-04-08
A hapless army of clergymen assaults a fortress labeled “Non-Sectarian Institution” around a building labeled “House of Refuge” with a battering ram labeled “Freedom of Worship Bill.” One bishop is carrying a military standard labeled “In hoc signo vinces” (In this sign you will conquer) that shows a ballot box labeled “Irish Vote.” Defending the ramparts are newspaper editors, including Puck. In the middle distance is a building labeled “Public School” and in the background, atop a hill, is a statue labeled “Constitution” that states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-04-22
In a crowded outdoor scene, possibly in “Times” Square, Japanese paper lanterns are hanging and almost everyone is wearing Japanese-style clothing. Among the porters, street vendors, and street railroad conductors are depicted Jay “Gould,” H. O. “Thompson,” Charles A. “Dana,” Whitelaw “Reid,” Benjamin F. Butler, “Bergh,” Elizabeth Cady “Stanton,” Joseph “Pulitzer,” Samuel J. “Tilden,” Thomas De Witt “Talmage,” William M. “Evarts,” and “Grace, Murray, [and] Barrett,” and Marcus “Daly,” along with Puck holding his lithographic pencil.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1886-01-13
Print shows newspaper editors Charles A. Dana, James G. Bennett, Carl Schurz, Henry Watterson, George W. Curtis, and Whitelaw Reid, as well as Puck, with a fleet of paper gunboats labeled “N.Y. Times, N.Y. Sun, N.Y. Herald, Ev. Post, Puck, Brooklyn Eagle, Courier-Journal, Harpers, Phila Times, Mail, [and] N.Y. Tribune.” The fleet is firing cannons, “ink” bottles, and pens, bombarding a fortress flying a flag labeled “Plunder,” where the walls are comprised of paper bundles labeled “Bills, Jobs, Bargains, Corrupt Bills, [and] Logrolling.” The fortress is defended by “Robeson Bey” standing at center with a bandage labeled “Record” around his head, “Keifer” and “Jones,” with John A. Logan labeled “306,” James D. Cameron, David Davis, John Sherman, and others. Cannonballs burst among them labeled “Criticism, Censure, [and] Condemnation.” The fortress cannons are labeled “River & Harbor Bill $20,000,000, Pension Arrears $103,962,300, Monitor Job, Public Buildings, Mileage Steal, [and] Mississippi Levee.” Within the fortress are the U.S. Capitol and the U.S. Treasury labeled “Ammunition House.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-08-02
Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled “S.J.T.” and “Buried in 1876” from “Greystone,” behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, glower and gesture in anger. Dana is using “Newspaper Cement” to attach arms, hands, and feet labeled “Popular Enthusiasm” and “New Political Footing” to the statue. One arm and hand with a flower labeled “Clean Record” have already been pinned in place. There is a basket of tools labeled “Editorials” and a pick labeled “Wire Pulling” at Dana’s side. In the background, a banner atop the White House states “Presidential Museum.” Caption: C. A. Dana (having excavated an Old Fossil) “I guess I can palm him off on the people for their Museum in 1884!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-04-05
Carl Schurz and newspaper editor George W. Curtis carry fellow editor Whitelaw Reid up the gangplank of a “French Steamer.” Puck, holding his lithographic pencil, stands at the bottom of the gangplank. Includes references to James G. Blaine and Louis Pasteur. Caption: Let him be taken to Paris and treated for Blainiac rabies without delay.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-12-16
Print shows the Republican Party, led by Chester A. Arthur, laying down their arms, with George M. Robeson, James G. Blaine, Roscoe Conkling, Whitelaw Reid, Carl Schurz, John Sherman, Charles J. Folger, Robert T. Lincoln, John A. Logan, Ulysses S. Grant, James D. Cameron, George F. Hoar, George F. Edmunds, and Henry Ward Beecher, exiting a citadel in the background. They are surrendering the presidency to the Democratic Party, led by newspaper editors Joseph Pulitzer of the N.Y. World, Charles A. Dana, and Henry Watterson. Samuel J. Tilden “Old Ticket,” Benjamin F. Butler, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Hendricks, Winfield Scott Hancock, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Thomas F. Bayard are on horseback, and Tammany Hall, led by John Kelly, marches under the banner “To the Victors Belong the Spoils.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-11-21
Print shows the interior of a barn crowded with horses and even more trying to get in. On the left in the back, George M. Robeson, George F. Hoar, Rutherford B. Hayes, William Mahone, and Thomas Collier Platt are trying to enter; but Uncle Sam, holding a “Rejected” sign, stops them at the door. At center is Benjamin F. Butler leading a horse that looks like himself, followed by Puck’s “Independent” Party figure leading two horses identified as “Cleveland” and “Mayor Low.” Puck, holding a lithograph pencil and a sign that states “Supreme Judge,” is standing with newspaper editors Whitelaw Reid, Carl Schurz, James Gordon Bennett, Joseph Pulitzer, and Murat Halstead. Among the horses waiting in the barn are Chester A. Arthur “Present Holder of First Prize,” Samuel J. Tilden being groomed by Henry Watterson, Thomas Hendricks, Roscoe Conkling, James G. Blaine, Ulysses S. Grant, Winfield Scott Hancock, David Davis, John A. Logan, James D. Cameron(?), Hubert O. Thompson, George Hoadly, Samuel S. Cox, Allen G. Thurman, Thomas F. Bayard, Frederick Edson, Abram S. Hewitt, William S. Holman getting a “Sun Mixture” from Charles A. Dana, John Sherman, and John Kelly as a mule labeled “Tammany” with its owner the “Irish Vote.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-10-24
William S. Holman holds up a page from “The Sun” newspaper that shows his portrait above the caption “Our Candidate for President – W. S. Holman.” His hat and coat are on a chair and he is rolling up his shirt sleeves. He is armed with guns and knives, and a large club is leaning against a desk. He is threatening to kill Charles A. Dana. Dana kneels before him, pleading for mercy. On the desk is another page of the newspaper that states “Holman – the Peoples Choice.” A display cabinet behind the desk contains Samuel J. Tilden beneath a sign “The Sun’s Candidate in 1876” and Winfield Scott Hancock labeled “A Good Man 250 lbs” beneath a sign “The Sun’s Candidate in 1880.” Caption: W. S. Holman–“This portrait settles it, Mr. Dana! I am forced to kill you in self-defense!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-10-24
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!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-11-18
Newspaper editors Whitelaw Reid and Murat Halstead try to distance themselves from Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa holding newspaper headlines that indicate their earlier support. Caption: They liked him before election – they disown him now.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-02-04
Newspaper editors present their candidates for government appointments. James Gordon “Bennett” holds up a bust of Roscoe Conkling labeled “Sect. Interior,” with a tray labeled “Bennett’s Beauties” at his feet. Whitelaw “Reid” holds a tray labeled “Please choose these and suit us, Blaine & Reid,” on which are busts labeled “KKK” for “Sec’y Interior, Sec’y of War, [and] Treasury.” Joseph “Pulitzer” holds up a tray labeled “The World for Pulitzer” on which are busts of himself. Charles A. Dana carries a tray labeled “Dana’s Darlings” with busts of John “Kelly,” Thomas F. “Grady,” George M. “Robeson,” Samuel Sullivan “Cox,” and Benjamin F. Butler. There is also a man carrying a basket labeled “Hens’ Rights Heroines” with busts of “Lockwood, E.C. Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Phoebe Cozzens [sic], [and] Lucy Stone.” President Cleveland is visible through a window on the right, conducting interviews for cabinet positions. Caption: Chorus of Journalistic Candidate-Peddlers – “Here y’are now! – I’ve got the only genuine article! – Don’t mind that other fellow!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-12-17
At a costume ball, a band of newspaper editors labeled “Herald, Sun, Staats-Zeitung, World, Times, [and] Evening Post” is conducted by Puck. Among those present at the ball are James Gillespie Blaine, Whitelaw Reid, William Maxwell Evarts, Roscoe Conkling, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, and John Kelly.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-01-28
Whitelaw Reid, pictured as a bishop, absolves James Gillespie Blaine, who is kneeling on a long list of scandals, at a confessional labeled “Tribune Sanctum.” On the floor between them is a statement published in the “N. Y. Tribune, Sept. 30, 1872” stating, “The startling exposure of Speaker Blaine’s venality in connection with the Union Pacific Road, Eastern Division, entirely destroys, of course, whatever credit some people may have given to his evasive denial of the Oakes Ames bribery, and puts the whole case of the Crédit Mobilier upon a different basis. *** Now it is shown that Speaker Blaine never deserved his good reputation. He has taken bribes in another case.” Caption: W. R. – “I absolve you! Go forth a pure and a guiltless man!” – Puck (aside) – “But that won’t save him on ‘Judgement-Day.'”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-09-03
Print shows the interior of the “N.Y. Sun Editorial Rooms” where “Political Scandals [are] Promptly Attended to,” also “Post Mortem Scandals Especially Desired”, with elderly editor Charles A. Dana sitting at a desk, listening through an earhorn to Stephen W. Dorsey who is labeled “Public Contempt,” wearing tattered clothing, and with his left arm in a sling labeled “Acquitted by a Washington Jury.” Dana is transcribing “Dorsey’s Own Statement”; an inkpot on the desk is labeled “Gall.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-07-25
Uncle Sam puts politicians, newspaper editors, and others on “Ice” in an icehouse to keep them cool until campaign time for the presidential election. Among those depicted are Ulysses S. Grant, Roscoe Conkling, James G. Blaine, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, Samuel J. Randall, George M. Robeson, Samuel J. Tilden, David Davis, John A. Logan, George F. Edmunds, Thomas Bayard, Abram S. Hewitt, Grover Cleveland, Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Daniel W. Voorhees, William Mahone, James D. Cameron, Carl Schurz, Whitelaw Reid, James G. Bennett, John Kelly, Joseph B. Foraker setting off firecrackers attached to the tails of Uncle Sam’s coat, George Hoadly, Henry Watterson, John Sherman, Thomas Hendricks, Henry Ward Beecher, and Stephen W. Dorsey trying to light a stick of dynamite labeled “Bulldozing Threats” beneath Uncle Sam.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-07-04