Judge, 1886-10-23 · page 3 of 19
Judge — October 23, 1886 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two interconnected political pieces from Judge magazine advocating for Judge Daniel Lamont as a presidential candidate. **The Main Cartoon** (top): Depicts Lamont shopping in a city store, accompanied by another man. The satire plays on Lamont's humble origins—he rose from a shoemaker to the supreme court through self-made effort, embodying the American meritocratic ideal the article champions. **The Political Message**: The text argues Lamont deserves working-class votes because he "lifted himself from a humble position" through honest labor, unlike wealthy politicians born to privilege. He represents "the people's candidate." **"Some Political Dry Goods"** (bottom section): A humorous anecdote where Lamont confuses shopping terminology with political rhetoric, joking that he sometimes mixes the two up. This gentle mockery humanizes him while reinforcing his everyman credentials. **The satire's point**: Judge endorses Lamont by emphasizing his working-class authenticity against competitors of inherited wealth, positioning him as the candidate who understands ordinary Americans' struggles.
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lat politician has ne His nominat ath lost common: sense ? missed a portion of his wise diplomacy 7 Surely the I y must have stolen the portions of those attributes now in their pos- session—for, after all, Providence is not given puragement of large temporar to ¢ w vd THE PEOPLE—FOR WHOM WILL THEY VOTE ? There is a n for the la- t which goes out | It presents Judge t naker's good deal of suggest boring man in the suppl with this issue of the Tun Daniels as the people's candidate for the It shows him on. the shoe While he worked he studied. By his own forts he has lifted hinself from a humble posi tion to one which is honored beyond most The experience of the late duc her, by the of Eli was that of Judge Dan went from the shoemaker’s bench to supreme court, and his record will live with the bench and bar as lor s there are law and civilization ras nothing to offs of Judge Pi Itis it, He honors as. inherited t \. He i men—m« majority us betwe of whom ink wking people e: Labor is hone As betwee in the m ion the latter has two ely tion to the forn the shoemaker, the a other things being ned suc- cess with hisown hands and his own brain ? Is there not a principle ich the people the workers especi: Tord to ignore? its just reward too seldom. a pow ter of of nces of noni Does it not be the tailor, the mechanic and to le for the man, man and a rich one “Son isan generally, JUST NOW. The last of the October days bring us pretty nearly 1 severity. ‘The astute weather tor generally snow for the first Tuesday after the first Mon day in November, and men surround the polls, to fight for the eternal principles of some thing, with their caps drawn down over tl ears and the collar of the winter over worn for the first: time, them half way. Buckwl er now up principally to barometric prognosticate in mat, thrown up to meet nd sausage come unyielding chunk, country n goes painfully over it to the dislocation of your neck. Now there are huskings in anticipation, and the potato- bin is heaped far beyond the top are barrels of apples stored aw. barrels on the road to. market shop-giri finds roses in her cheeks how they dle of the and the almost ‘ow the city nd wonders but pauses in the mid- pt the meagreness of the money lothe hersel the frost and still retain her con form and countenance. wealth and the rliness of Now her sister with other sister with fair means Who hath) vil in order to} © | wish they wove | provides | ‘ow the,country road is made | | yatinst the i “A full line fall fashions qui nd refuse, more unre: comforted. ov there is the at bracing weather brings. Now mm to announce standing-room: y contemplates its winter: And the plumber, the coal-dealer, the he of the rubber, he of the loth as well, rub t only, whirl. man of hardware, pf the winter anticipation of such eth been bern. wretched poor | SOME POLITICAL DRY GOODS, It was observed du jel Lamont’s the shops in this ¢ a care look. A. mau pmpanied hin. |who had a care-worn look too. Apparent] | they were both nervous and apprehensive. a rach lacked the information as to things that he should have h: But Daniel med an air of confidence whenever he dressed a clerk or floor: ker that was de- lightful to behold.“ I know ull about shop- ping,” he said. “I like to mix it with polities. Tean launch out on shopping, because Mrs. Lamont trusts it all to me. But sometimes I et a little confused as to the two, and that xeS In Forgive me if I seem at times to © unreflective in my repli T mean noth- ing of a ful nature to any of my: friends. |T want a yard of union and four pounds of harmon; The last words were addressed to a clerk ina goods store, who blandly remarked, witha start of surprise, ** We do not keep them, Perhaps all buildin “Tdon't resumed Di walked on, further down nything about the offices,” went out and but Ithink you're safe. You see mes to this.” The pr nt feels hing possible must be done in be- and stocking that every half of silk dresses dresses of the latest pattern an unavoids ble necessity at this stage of things, and the » stite . While the rules and reg of fall goods.” rs must be of the six-button hes on the upper si By this time the other man had become ex- ceedingly nervous, and as Daniel pushed his hat back on his head, the better to get the wind on his brow, it was observed that his eyes blazed with excitement he said fiercely to the clerk of artment at which he presently found a mugwump with silk trin it will make it squ ni a glass at its left eye. ewise a civil-servic reformer without any knowledge of the rule . done up in red velvet and with a ch shoulder that talks through its. kind and “Gimme,” mings. nose. Here said wh suspicton at his companion, “Be calm, colo nel, for the sake of the loyal Democ hosts. I may ask for some little considers tion for myself. I think you may have no- ticed that Tam not well. 2" exclaimed D; turning upon the man. “If you're sick of me? It's soodd that in the ith man spoke up. “Be and a side g fax a great city goods that Mrs. Lamont urgently needs. I um deeply pained. However, let us resume the subject. I may that Collector is doing exceedingly well. The presic hat his ideas of distributing are not fluted in the back, and the gore at the sides is lamentably def nt of that ensanguined liquid; but you must admit tha: the basque flows gracefully over the hips. re so on the sas to give entire satisfaction, and the bon- t is endowed with all the virtue of Jefferson to say nothing peand bia of Andrew Ja “And is this Ik trembling with agitation. it is harmony