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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page from **Judge** (a satirical weekly) primarily contains editorial commentary on contemporary political issues rather than illustrated cartoons. **Main Content:** 1. **"The Star Route Trials"** - Mocks the seemingly endless legal proceedings against government officials (Dorsey, Brady, and others) accused of mail-route fraud. The satire suggests trials drag on endlessly while lawyers profit. 2. **"The President Advised"** - Critiques President Chester Arthur's cabinet as incompetent and urges him to replace his advisers with capable men. The text suggests Arthur wastes time socializing rather than governing seriously. 3. **"Mr. Sitting Bull's Retirement"** - Sarcastically questions whether the famous Native American leader can genuinely become an "honest farmer," implying skepticism about Native Americans' capacity or sincerity. **Context:** This appears to be from Arthur's presidency (1881-1885), addressing his reputation for insufficient engagement with executive duties and patronage-based cabinet appointments.
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THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO, $24, 326 and 328 Pearl St., Franklin Square. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. (Usrrep States axp Casapa.) ambers, Ove copy one year : Maumber, vee ees One copy. ale months Owe copy. f S sea Serrosriot Fue dt Address, THE JUDGE FUBLISHE Contributors must put thetr valuation upon the articles they send te us (aubjec we may ourselves fix) or utherwise y wil gratultoma Stampa should te tacked Teturn postage, with nate and addres, if writers wish to thelr declined art THE STAR ROUTE TRIALS. reader no doubt wonders Route trials closed, and we regret that we cannot satisfy his desire for information upon that point. It is barely possible that the Washington court room may resound with the eloquence of Ingersoll, Merrick, and Bliss in the pros- ecution of Dorsey, Brady, and others for many y be a THE average whether the Star will ever be urs to come. ‘The defendants may infirm, and tottering, when the clo- sing speeches are delivered, and we may never know whether they were guilty or not guilty. ‘The general public has wearied of the seen ingly interminable trials, and verdict of some kind with delight. But law- yers must live and their clients must pay the bills, THE PRESIDENT ADVISED. ‘Tue Jupoe this k presents to Presi: dent Arthur, and to the people of this coun- try, life-like representations of the ( as it and as it should worthlessness of the Cabinet, as it composed, has been fully demonstrates we do not hesitate to advance the opinion we ‘abinet, The is now is, be. and would hail a } that no one is more thoroughly satisfied than | the President himself that a change of of- ficial advisers is necessary in order to make his administration worthy of the times in | which we live. In all who desire that President Arthur’s administration shall be an eminently successful one, we urge him at once in the matter of transforming an inactive, incompetent Cab- inet into one in which brave and brilliant .men may give him much-needed support. We have no desire to curtail the pleasant hours of the President. We are aware that he enjoys a good dinner and the companion- ship of jolly fellows, and observe that he has recently displayed a fondness for the society ofa We shall enter no protests against this line of conduct, but fect called upon to suggest that the President of these common with to act istocrats. THE JUDGE. United States has great duties to perform. He should in fact, be a business man, and that ** business is business ” nobody will dis- pute. Let President Arthur, therefore, awake tothe importance of the occasion, and turn his present advisers adrift. Let him look at the familiar faces which the artist has presented in the picture of the as it should be. whi were as true He will be reminded of men steel to him in his politi- cal battles, men of brains, integrity, and fi- delity to the principles which should govern mankind. He will also be reminded that such menehould be in close communion with him, and that he should act accordingly. Th rican people like a bold, as well as an h man, in the Presidential chair, A Am MR. SITTING BULL'S RETIREMENT. Tar the charming, and illustrious Mr. Sitting Bull, it is to become an ** honest farmer.” It is re- ported that he has made public declaration of his and if bound to believe him, upon his honor as an Indian and as a gentleman, Did any ever hear of an Indizn who could be guilty of falsehood? Did ary one ever hear of an Indian who was anyious to become an ‘honest farmer?” The are which the people of the wild West may an- swer. dis We trust f his warlike stock in intentions this is so we are one not questions We do not intend to prove! cussion with Mr. Sitting Bull that he has disposed trade to good advantage, “honest farmer ” of the pattern too fre- quently found inthe neighborhood of New York we might cherish the hope that his in- tentions have been misrepresented and that he will remain in his wigwam, DIX AND DIVORCE. Ir is directly within the province of a widely-circulated paper, as well as incumbent on all spiritual and secular instructors to de- bate topics of national import. Agriculture, mechanics, art, science, commerce, politics, finance, general education and development, and the hygienic and moral condition of the people, each, in its turn, becomes a cogent theme of interest. During the past twenty years America’s social fabric has been rudel shaken. It stands, to-day, riven and muti- lated by the dynamitic blasts of vanity, ex- travagance and lust. Man is shamelessly de- nt ; won the names of * satire, and ister,” nd “mother,” are lip-phrases of | contempt and ribaldry., At this deplorable juneture, an apostle of virtue and humanity arises on the most prominent church rostrum in the country’s metropolis. He delivers plain truths in simple, convincing language. His special audiences listen to the eloquence of sincerity, and all classes, except the hope- lessly wanton, acknowledge the vividness and justice of his presentments. Fashion i ituns, Society a leper Cabinet | but if he isto be an | », brazen and degraded. Home | and reproach. Is it not high time to ery halt, and to deery Mammon and all his train of venal masqueraders and soul-corruptors ? Law hides its dimished crest, and polygamy flourishes in two territories of the United States. From one end of the land to the other, in every municipality, township and hamlet, the sacred ordinance of marriage is little more than a gau divorcee courts have lor the gate- ‘The stati perjury Our been recognized as 8 to easy, open licentiousness. stics of these temples of intrigue, and harlotry, are monstrous. evi- dences of social wreck and disintegration, None too soon have leading pastors torn away the veil of hideous, bestial crime. Go on, brother Dix! You are the true, blunt-speaking son of a brave father, an in- corruptible patriot, a fearless n Tue June is with you, heart casional editorials, of decency. strate, soul, and oc- His Honor upholds with all the grace and majesty of divine, moral and statutory law, the sacredness of mar- | riage, the integrity of home, the crown of motherhood, and the rights of generations yet to be. He grants you an elastic order to show cause for all you have done and pro- | pose to do in this social crusade. You have manfully sounded the alarm, now speed the glorious battle against hydra-headed infamy. Tow will Gen, phere outside of Spinola weather the atmos- ‘ammany Hall ? Frepericn A. | der) Soytue is the best Recor- ew York has had in many years, Ir is very risky business for at least one of Now York's State Senators to institute suits for libel. PeruArs on future occasions Senator Koch wiil pause and reflect before attempting to do dirty work for Senator Grady. Does Senator Grady really believe that he can compel Hubert O. Thompson's party. te support him: for re-election this fall 7 Axy amendments to the charter which | will give the city of New York fewer office holders should be welcomed by the people generally. ans have an itching for dead isgustingly apparent eneral Howe's death as soon as Postmaster- was announced. Tue devotion of such aman as the late John Brown, was worth more to England’s Queen than the toadyism of royalty, and that this was so iscreditable to her. Wuar becomes of the money obtained by the Police Commissioners for the services of | patrolmen at the great dry goods establish- ments on the east and west sides of this city? To whom do the Commissioners account for | the money thus received? comicbooks.com