Judge, 1888-03-31 · page 13 of 18
Judge — March 31, 1888 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a satirical **labor political joke** rather than a cartoon image. The "Labor Vote" section ridicules immigrant German-American workers and their political vulnerability. **The Satire:** A German communist claims to control 700 immigrant workers' votes in his neighborhood. He boasts they'll follow him and "Henry George" (the 1880s single-tax advocate). However, the punchline reveals his actual leverage: he only truly owns them for 364 days—on election day (day 365), they abandon his radical politics for any candidate offering a "two-dollar pill" (bribe), continuing "the present iniquitous and outrageous state of society." **The Point:** Judge mocks both immigrant laborers as easily corruptible and communists as deluded about their influence. The thick German dialect emphasizes xenophobic stereotypes common to 1880s American satire. The rest of the page is **Pears' Soap advertising**—a full-page commercial touting the product's century-old pedigree and suitability for infants' delicate skin, alongside minor news briefs about travel excursions and medical gossip.
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