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# Analysis of This Page from *Judge* Magazine This page contains three distinct editorial pieces rather than cartoons proper: **"A Tidal-Wave Governor"** criticizes Pennsylvania's young Governor (likely Pattison, serving 1883-1887) for failing to wield his reform axe effectively despite promising action against long-standing state evils. **"The Newsgatherer"** defends newspaper reporters against outdated negative stereotypes. The *New York Sun* had recently acknowledged that modern reporters—contrary to their reputation as vagabonds from twenty years prior—are industrious, gentlemanly professionals who endure poor conditions and must converse intelligently with prominent figures while denied home comforts. **"The Red Flag"** appears incomplete in the OCR but likely addresses socialist or radical movements, suggesting such ideologies exploit citizens' grievances. The page also includes tributes to recently deceased figures (Peter Cooper, Jerome Buck) and notes on the President's Florida visit. This is primarily serious political commentary rather than humorous satire—*Judge's* editorial voice here educates readers on contemporary reform debates and journalistic standards.
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THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO, 326 and 328 Pearl St., Franklin Square. vontismED. A WEEK. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. MEANY 2, 8 apd 2M Taek St, New York. NOTICE, Pons, February 1 ‘Tue death of the venerable from th er Cooper was an event which drew ‘ommon people the warmest expressions of approval of a grand ca und that his memory will be forever honored by them is as and setting of the ifortable cireumstances ¥ 1 honored by th in. such e¢ Ilis name ated with good deeds. The loved a will ever be a m erected by him will stand as nt. The men of mil- e him now have yrious- mond who survi an oppor- tunity of knowing how easily they may make s into the hearts of the and, ave behind them names that will be blessed forever more, THE PRESIDENT IN FLORIDA. Ovr with the Presidential furnished some highly f Tur n stories, party in F interesting sketches for this number they will tell their « The President is ev himself, tru Jone ly enjoying le will, we « of state, and we are and to disp officeholders in W elsewh | fear neither THE JUDGE. A TIDAL-WAVE GOVERNOR. Wine Governors Butler and Cleve are hard at work with reform axes, choppin existed in their re- the young Governor of Penn- ria seems to be unable to wield the away evils that have lo spective State ly axe which he made haste to secure at the beginning of his administration, THE NEWSGATHERER. Av editorial in the New York Sun sets forth this fact: ‘The reporters of today 1 reputation bean provident Bob lived down the 1y the witty but im- twenty years ago. Nowa vm Land energetic the York It is better late than never for a great newspaper like the Siw to pi ranks of served tribute to the newspaper reporters of The alent in some the present « impres long been p portio munity that reporters are vagab jod nv solute in. the welcome in polite Such iety. 1 impres- sion docs injustice toa class of industrions, painstaki honest vntlemanty, and, in the main, en. ‘There was a time, and the Siw draws the line nted a notorious r ‘Those who sat around the tables still remembered for their zled beer. in that genius in satisfying the literary appetites of thousands of newspaper reade stich men could not held positions on a daily newspaper for twenty-four hou man in the whol mo York re- porter, and no one does harder work than he led upon to perform. He must ne sarily bea gentleman, or his services are not tired. He is expected to visit and con- with the most gifted and famous men and women of our times, and must know how to talk intelligently upon all subjects, He must be able te ind write fluently upon the news of the community p day th hours during t na New is ca re ve lay honrs, in fair weather and foul, to serve his paper. He is denied the comforts of home, | which men in other business pursuits enj becomes a machine w Ife is bros most con- stantly in motion. ght fi face with crim | with misery and wre d and his he he rt ness in their worst rows larger in} tempts to benefit the downtrodden and ken. In his habi the erage of men who toil for a living, and he is more self-reliant, thought- | ful. is cleaner t Mr. Jerome Bees, in the New York Dis- | patch of the Ist inst., paid an eloquent trib- ute to the memory of an old fri ued Mason, Thor Deratu has played havoc with eminent | men this year. the busy newsgatherers of New | y this well-de- | and must be ready at all | nd all their punishments, | THE RED FLAG. «of illimit- «al hypocrites. } Tins isan | ort-comings to an- swer for, goes without q However, be its sins of omission or e¢ they may, * Free America” r will tolerate proletarian outhn mob excesses. Every citizen of the great re- public is constitutionally secured in the to quietly join his fellow-citizens in petitions Native-born cated alike wel little D 1 creator and tl for redress of grievan zed, all are t or natura bly. Te bombast, and equita- at hom nd take pop-gun oratory. shum-fatten uthorities itched imported nestic Violence and its th. from Maine n threads of mi ntir at. with the gol perity. Yet we are not happy, id for a sufficient ational dig blotches working blouse ised by the These defilements are ¢ ialistic blatherski its, the riff-nulf of E the lepers and. spawn of and the toreh-wavers atthe recking altars of Nihilism and Rapine. This is a land of patient waiting, Incky chanc ping ropean capi- inet nid the Commune, raped writs of habeas cor pus, and of lukewarm, dilly-dallying justice: but, of a verity, it oftenappears to be tamely submis gly indifferent when it is the worst riled. The people nettled at the machinations the Drurys, the Schwab: sophie, hot-headed, s« disturbers of patriotism and contentment are If they continue to sow the wind, they will surely reap the bliz: before Herr M ‘and provok uid the mouthed clacquers. ive, intr ned in time. may be © of pub- ne hand-writing of out- 1 self-respect has m: ant marks in the independent pr land, where every industrious «no concert ble, The th have always been polit- his own, of Herr Most + fore; tigers’ t r of other irri spewed medle whatever, | blasphe ical suicides pluck ment, They tear up benches and down forms, defame law nd decide precedents. tempests which they are powerl and miserably perish in the ruins ambition, and amid bl attainable. The Socialists and Communists of the present hour will share the fate of all of their clan, ‘The red flag, if ever unfurled on this soil, will be trampled into the m kers and bearer nd govern- They ri te quell, toppling torn into c from wh g. ‘Tempt America too far, ye Yahe v Tur oldest Odd F most as numerous becoming al- the oddest old fellows, comicbooks.com