The Judge, Vol. 6, No. 153

Published during the 1884 presidential campaign, this cover depicts "Butler's New Party." A caricatured figure operates a mechanical dumping device labeled "Republican Dump," loading refuse into a boat marked "Green" on the water below. The scene satirizes General Benjamin Butler's independent political candidacy, positioning him as a tool disposing of Republican Party refuse. Judge, the Republican-leaning weekly rival to Puck, used such cartoons to mock rival candidates and political movements during heated election cycles. The imagery reflects the era's partisan combat through visual metaphor—here, the suggestion that Butler's third-party run merely served to discard unwanted Republican baggage rather than represent a genuine political alternative.