The Judge, Vol. 6, No. 141

The Judge, Vol. 6, No. 141 (June 28, 1884)

This cover cartoon depicts Uncle Sam confronting a figure labeled "Harper's Weekly"—competing Republican publications of the era—over a suitcase marked with the publication's name. A caricatured man in a top hat gestures from behind a wooden fence bearing a Post Office sign and Capitol building, while a smaller figure holds a framed image. The caption reads: "Come Curtis, move on, move on; I don't like that whining music. And I don't like that Nasty monkey of yours!"

The cartoon engages in the partisan warfare typical of Judge's editorial content during the 1884 presidential campaign season. Harper's Weekly, also Republican-aligned, faced criticism from Judge over editorial direction and tone. The imagery combines the publication rivalry with period visual conventions of political satire and caricature common to 1880s American humor magazines.