Pots

Grover Cleveland, who wears a “What and where am I?” feather; Arthur P. Gorman, who wears a “I am out in the cold” feather; and David B. Hill, who wears a “I am still a Democrat—very still” all hold down the lid on the “Democratic political pot.” Two lobsters—William Jennings Bryan and William Randolph Hearst—are inside. They each hold papers. Bryan’s reads, “Bryan the apostle of poverty. Income $50,000 a year.” Hearst’s reads, “God bless out home. Hear$t who pleads for the suffering poor while he enjoys his life on his mother’s $50,000,000.” There is a picture of Thomas Jefferson on the wall. Caption: Democratic chorus—”If they e’er take off the lid the worst will be yet to come!”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

President Roosevelt looks over a fence covering his mouth and nose, as Postmaster General Henry C. Payne stirs a pot of soup labeled “Post Office Department” with a stick labeled “Investigation.” Steaming out of the pot are “Foul Oders,” “Postoffice Scandal,” “Corruption,” “Dishonesty,” and “Fraud.” Caption: “Say, Payne, don’t stir that pot any more than necessary. I’m afraid the odor might undermine my political health.”

comments and context

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-22

In the upper left, there is a “coat of arms.” There is a gloved hand holding a lantern above a banner that reads, “I turn on the dark lantern.” Underneath is a masked, bearded face and a big stick breaking a pitchfork. The coat of arms says, “All men are liars.” In the upper right, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker holds a President Roosevelt doll. Caption: Foraker takes his turn. On the bottom, South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman uses his pitchfork to remove the lid of the “White House” pot. Caption: Tillman threatens to lift the lid.

comments and context

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-13

A female figure labeled “Cuba,” holding the Cuban flag, is caught in a frying pan labeled “Spanish Misrule” that is being held above flames labeled “Anarchy” raging between fighting factions labeled “Insurgents” on the left and “Autonomists” on the right, on the island of Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-05-11

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905