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President Roosevelt wears a sultan’s turret, sits in the “White House,” and holds a rope attached to a Republican elephant. David B. Hill—”I am a Democrat”—is depicted as a rooster and stands on top of “Wolfert’s Roost.” In the background, a large sun with Alton B. Parker’s face and “safe and sane” rays shines while a “Bryanism” cloud covers part of the sun.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-04
A sun with President Roosevelt’s face rises over the “Chicago convention” as a rooster dressed like Uncle Sam crows, “Roosevelt!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-19
William H. Taft in the shape of the moon uses a “my policies mirror” to get the sun in the shape of President Roosevelt to shine on him. Around the sun are three stars: J. S. Sherman, Frank H. Hitchcock, and Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. Taft sings, “I care not for the stars that shine.” Meanwhile, on “the earth,” a Republican elephant looks up toward the moon through a telescope. Caption: Presidential firmament.
Unseasoned cartoonists — and the St. Louis Republic’s Edward Joseph McBride did not have a long or distinguished career — often bite off more than they can chew, conceptually, or seldom are able to focus. These are two explanations for the nature of his usual genre cartoons. They are like mother hens, gathering as many topics and issues of a campaign week under its wings, instead of addressing one.
A group of well-dressed people greets the sun at Easter. On the right, an old woman carrying a sack labeled “Hard Times” is overshadowed and forgotten.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-03-21
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
Vignettes show messages sent from various cities to philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, along with the scenic postcard views each is requesting: a mountain for Chicago, caves in Philadelphia (where the sun is too bright), a river connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific Ocean, a fountain of beer for Milwaukee, a sun in Pittsburgh (where the smog is too thick for the natural sun to penetrate), a “Palm Beach” oasis for the Eskimos, and a “natural bridge” crossing the East River into Brooklyn, New York. Caption: His gift of a lake to Princeton suggests other deficiencies of nature which Carnegie may supply.
This double-page cartoon by L. M. Glackens is an example of Puck‘s increasing reliance of humorous current-event news commentaries, with vignettes surrounding a major theme.