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# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page This page from *Judge* magazine contains several political commentaries on the Arthur administration (Chester A. Arthur was President 1881-1885). **"Uncle Sam's Christmas"** (main article) is a satirical wish-list for the nation, requesting that President Arthur provide: a real navy, civil service reform, postal rate reduction, and tariff reform. The tone is sarcastic—presented as gifts Santa should deliver to a struggling Uncle Sam. **The key attack concerns Colonel George Bliss**, Arthur's confidential adviser. *Judge* accuses Bliss of mismanaging the Star Route fraud prosecutions (a major scandal involving mail contractors). The article suggests Bliss deliberately bungled cases to protect the President, and demands Arthur remove him—sarcastically urging Santa to give Arthur a "new back-bone" to stand up to Bliss. The satire's point: Arthur is weak, controlled by a corrupt adviser, and failing to deliver needed reforms. The magazine uses Christmas-gift language to shame the President into action.
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THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO, 34 and 36 North Moore Street, N.Y. LISHED ONCE A WEEK. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Ustren Stare asp Casati) One Cope, sem PS, BOF AS weeks Aileen THE SUtwie PURLIRHISH C4, 38 ane 24 North Moore st orice: ators mnst put thelr valuation is (sulyeet to a pice We tay ourselves Ma), OF © wise they will be teyanled as a weak mek forrretNEH peostage. WII Nanie ated wish to regain their Uncle Sam's Christmas. Sayre Chats should make an old-fash \ n this year, The old man needs bracing up, and it ts to be hoped that the time has come when the great domain over which It is alle: anxious eye wilt be showered with ood thir heart is with the Ain ave real ships in a reat navy refonn, eb a raluction of the all that tn: ake this country treo and civilized tinue to becom itants of the rest of the workd Lotus real civil service serve tor voto ple, but a 1 fairer We want brighter a navy, beeanse we have neither at ‘nt time, and because in all well-regnlated nts a navy i wml thing to have on th water, Wet upon any of t that we hav ay not Ito open tire ywers amd we ho + Wat the re for as our own de done with w Repub shouki have a navy which would be of serview in any We want real eiv civil an has sickened oped for ssrand re- view reform at preseat in ve: the better elas of our people who We want eh exorbitant, a sntts, er posta’, bec e present J communication between the | n of the taritf as it would be were the We war demand th were required during the strate fo of the Union, But slow with this 3 ft to our beloved u ction would © ry to he done t areducti < tl not ive rates the petuatio Santa Clans must A stn: Lat the work lea re pani bring it abont ma rea Let Santa Claus furnis! 4, but not least, lot wel a new back-bone for Pres! al Arthur was a potitical political lea 1 10 po howe for such a calling, but as President of the U 1 States he is apparently lacking in that nsefal arti- Tur: Jence has always counted Chester A. Arthur as among his vast eirele of and therefore it in the most kindly way that Tie Jean Santa Clans the present of a new haek-b seat Arthur. It is not pleasant for his friends to know that he bas a8 his most confidential adviser Colonel Georce Bliss, a ly. When this r med to represent the Presitent in the prosecution of the Star Route thteves, and succeeded in mixing mp the cases in hope- he miade it appear that the President is declaration that the rascals shonld bitterent. FE: ory result of th Santa Claus give to Vnele Arthur, Whe ler in this city e he seen t hack id ts to ne for Dees’ eryboly knows the | saying, | for comp THE JUDGE. + the President's humiliation, Colon proclamat‘on setting forth t hy him to bring U that the President is m sym President, 1 Bliss Genel a further attempta to judgment, ant thy with him No, Mr. won't do'to keep Colonel Bliss as your tial +. Tun Jeper has had fre quent oecasion to warn you a; him, There may nl to shake him off! be ni thieves come a time when you eannot Then we shall pity” you. There are other men le from the ssovernment turned adrift, Therw is an old and somew! To the victors belons the spo While we do not fully azree with the advocates of that doctrine, we Mo believe that the President shoukl have in the great partments and in the offices throughout the country at his disposal, ‘men who are his f » who will work with him inthe interest of Bring forth the ax, Me. Preshlen ping off of offi cals aid in blac les Colonel Bliss drawing, large salaries who sho rment Men who would oak not hold with their heads ! © begun, Iministration oifices un! Opening of the Ball Sec on has been fairly son, Now that the ball se: ay be permit prise upon the p ot slisplay rt of our stnpid contemporaries in before their more oF less interes eur of a military hall attended by the col forest aristocracy of this city. Not only does Tu Jenur rebuke his dull and ¢ uh , but he gives to an the splendors, a Lexalted dignity of sue! Who that knows anything of « brethren will say t of the and radiant colors tiguret colored sisters And satistied as we are, of U Hole heal so that th placed upon our brow, alon erit laurel Strike up the our work, we bow our v wreath may be music so that Augustus and his Julia may slide th the mazy ¢ Hear the number twelves clatter on the floor. Keep it up, sisters a the day of jab , when the who conduct our monrnful ry tickets of a h ma ugh s they brethren, white trash,” ontemporaries, will beg om to your halle Who's in the Corner? Tr becomes painfully evident lator in stocks, grain, oil, ete the year that Vanilerbilt, Jones, or Robin nen who comp ter were madly striving, to ¢ that they were bon ception, perhaps, of the transit of Venus hecomes of the One of the wi ittee shold be selected to look . at almost amateur specu ny season of som has a corner, whether it is av, Field, Keene, Smith, Brown, While the el the Senate ¢ vince their constituents thin + What stators proposed that ae into “corners he a master-atroke of met fell into line itt Average Senator saw in this move niu, and each of his fellow and voted for the It was doubtless true that th men had been nity I lives, and it was about stat appointment of such a com; frog time, they U to prevent corneri understand tion should he taken 5 in the fates lid n ubject declared that they should tn ignora and after the n hay-seed legislators, naturally asked: © How m ere in it?” A short time tors Boyd » Comi ra, be y. Why two New Yorkers sho hers of this commit Those who lon; ine ot ch is ittee on Corn an their labors in this he chosen is something that transtlyes th p horror, And right bere let Try antry sen: ors from this county. country senators w admonish the © nt to the mem! xperie ors by payin Thro ce in He hfully to ¢ Assembly, hav tions than have n the attention tothe lack of enter | | avowe districts beyond thik county, It was ther which did credit to the wisdom of the resid Senate that New York members wer corners.” We are also prond of that in naming the New York members of the comtnit- tee, th the picked ont snch amiable, unsophistica as Senators Boyd » them corners. were ax the Chinese puzzle before thoy be of looking for ther Now Senators Boyd ani Browning have their minds el full of thoughts of such bold and br: ould, Keene, Beecher and Tal 8 told their atoriea, and Se Boyd and Browning reveled in the thoug Vouehsafel to them to be the directors of such a ¢ ous ente vestigate President « senate edd gentle and Browning, the-work yntinaed until th xt Legal ncis Train, Te try are yet to appear It tnust be a matter of deep regret to many of our nt-snek over whieh Senators Browning not ‘of the Academy of M twenty-four foot platform in the Madison Squa Thousands would be charmed by the manner of the tw ned the questi pounded by them woukl swing th answers given by the fa publ, Hatch and Keene would m wonder that in should be forest Vit so mach fraud and Boyd pr ven on the st such 2001 aint @ know all about comers, Let have their say. Kut, senators, let us bear from the men who have been corne Lai thein tell us how they were enticed into the robher's ut slivested of t Isit to be expected that the robbers will make a clean breast of their n 1 foolish, uileless se Is it to he ex- pected that pulpit shepherds can know th coniuct of the chief wolves in their foldat and reverend senators, not this year deals, ors actual mi No, wrav Langtry’s Advertising We int of declaring tha lieve Mrs, Langtry has strack the if not the most tant. Pre intention of a cyclonic had been land, but, with an idea to further su ypted a still more ultra position, witnessed the harnin Scheme. almost on the } we be vost stiee tho of 9 asful aud cheap ped, an heraett vertising with” Ube swoop on American ons to her arrival, trea, sh aulvertised to the echo in Eng: in that tin Landing on of her de stirnad a lost ber had social scandal, with ber duenna, pet poodleate an tinaatisfactory displ ess; it they badd be vthe required stanlant comment. wou hael and then t idly youth back ou bh alves (see her ‘e been pad her bu: with 4 seen fer swear he saw her st the pad, went to Boston Wwhereapon ber chaperon went entirely, gets the art the cou ly to pr unquench- Fy, and, ty eap all, on the way to the Ths wi steamer, have her bag of va have Mrs, Langtey’s adv wut tine; what at will be in the future ea lay out a fittle scheme keep ber boomi hes stolen, te the p only be conjectured; hut we ea for the Lily,” ought t the newspaper tising np whic Mra. Laboneh nd when half way home, course change, and 1 Langtry, e must onder the. ste urn to New York, Mrs. Langtry must a husband appear ont La duel, be arr pavicted, and im- nolested with the once from Mr. money, poison, scone and fi prisonel, She can then run off fellow, get_a Connecticut di Langtry, marry the other fellow, get hi “bob up serenely,” and yell: Next!” In the can be incidentally robbed, abducted, ad accntonts, sued for breach of reste as a tramp, and finally other 30 Ick to land with a * har’ Trvvrinns’ clearing house: The railway station, comicbooks.com