Judge, 1888-11-17 · page 3 of 18
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# Judge Magazine Political Satire Analysis This page from Judge satirizes the 1884 election, likely following Grover Cleveland's victory. Key elements: **"The Farmer Speaks"**: Rural voters claim they voted based on principle despite limited campaigning time, supporting Cleveland ("doing this thing for Grover Cleveland"). **"They Came Too Late"**: Republicans' late-campaign speeches were ineffective—speakers were breathless and made no impact, their silence preferable to their actual words. **Political jabs**: References to candidates multiplying "his cups" (drinking) mock John L. Sullivan's reported support for the Prohibition candidate, questioning his judgment. **"An Unfortunate Interruption"**: Social satire mocking a woman (likely a public figure) for monopolizing conversation at a gathering. The page combines election commentary with general social humor, using the farmer as everyman validating Cleveland's legitimacy while lampooning Republican campaign failures and personal vices of political figures.
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JUDGE the bursting bin, the burst- ed politician, and the ever mourning man who hath not how to clothe himself with a winter overcoat ; and the sleigh-bells are ringing just beyond the bearded, smiling, fat little man that comes between every two years may be pected to show the fur of his shaggy cap at almost any moment. Well, it has been a good year thus far, and the smoke of the - country chimney of a frosty morning tells of ample fare below. FAR DIFFERENT. ** ARE YOU a A of the Lord ed a THE FARMER SPEAKS. “We farmer folks didn't have no chance t’ do much hollerin’ owin’ t’ th’ late fall crops, but, by ginger! we know what bandanas wuz made for an’ we voted accordin’,”” by a blank sight!" 4 prompt respons doing this thing for Grover Cleveland.’ e THEY CAME TOO LATE. SOME ORATORS of the Republican party were so anxious to catch up with the procession during the last days of it that when they came to talk they were too much out of breath to make an echo. And on the whole the echo was rather better because of their failure to disturb it with their hoarse and exhausted silence. WHERE THOU go, West, there also will | follow thee.—G. Cleveland, ALWAys REMEMBER that if you do not vote you cannot register. HE ALMANAC that is to be relied upon in this climate says on every fit doesn’t snow to-morrow it will rain SOLL made one speech during the late campaign. It Postscript: I'm so wounded in my magniticent egotism that I shan’t speak a word.” AN UNFORTUNATE INTERRUPTION. Younc Mx. Mas. Bee Mr. Sitar Mrs. Brextox— ww did you enjoy my—er—declamation 7" Trancing ? fo; gulfed in conversation.” C, LEONARD isa great and * good she doesn’t talk you to death; but the best principle she ever enun- ciated is known as the Lihan Russell. woman if SAY that John L, Sul- n voted for the prohibi- tion candidate for president. Well, well! John must have multiplied his cups as well as his original idiocy. WITH AN APOLOGY FOR THE DECEPTION. .,_ Mr. Strawfoot.of Coxsacie, when he stopped to look at that high building, failed to notice the open coal-hole immediately behind him. But as he unconsciously stepped over it and walked off, this item resolves itself into what is termed a honeycomb-cell on our read