Judge — September 29, 1888 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a satirical cartoon from *Judge* magazine depicting a graveyard scene with a tombstone reading "HERE LIES THE BOOK OF THOSE A HENDRICKS DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OF HARD WORK FOR CLEVELAND'S ELECTION 1884." The cartoon ridicules Democrats, specifically referencing Thomas A. Hendricks (Grover Cleveland's 1884 running mate) and suggesting the Democratic Party "lost their don[something]" through exhausting campaign efforts. The graveyard setting, with well-dressed figures in top hats mourning around the grave, satirizes Democratic defeat or the supposed death of their campaign efforts. The incomplete OCR text prevents fuller interpretation, but the imagery clearly mocks Democratic Party struggles during Cleveland's election cycle.