Judge — November 18, 1882 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a satirical cartoon from *Judge* magazine mocking Republican Party leadership's grief over Secretary Folger's electoral defeat. The image shows caricatured "Republican bosses" in exaggerated mourning poses surrounding what appears to be a coffin or defeated candidate, with labels visible on their clothing. The satire targets the Republican establishment's emotional investment in protecting Folger's political position. The cartoonist is ridiculing their theatricalized grief as insincere or overwrought—suggesting the bosses' concern is self-interested rather than genuinely patriotic. This reflects *Judge*'s general satirical stance toward political machines and their manipulation of power structures during the Gilded Age period when this magazine was published.