Judge, 1889-04-13 · page 4 of 16
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This page from **Judge** magazine (likely 1889-1890s, based on references to President Harrison and Cleveland) contains brief satirical commentary and two editorial cartoons mocking political figures and social issues. **Key references:** - Stanley Matthews: Supreme Court justice whose departure is noted - Russell Harrison: The President's son, mocked as a "crown prince" - Jay Gould: Railroad magnate satirized for self-interest - Perry Belmont vs. James Blaine: A diplomatic appointment controversy - The "Solid South": Reference to Southern Democratic voting bloc being challenged by Mormon recruitment **The cartoons** titled "Trouble on the Congo" show figures labeled "Oil for ___" sitting on barrels—likely satirizing imperialist competition for colonial resources and commercial exploitation in Africa. **Overall tone:** The page attacks nepotism, political corruption, monopolistic business practices, and imperial greed while defending honest governance and criticizing office-seekers. Typical of Judge's Republican-leaning, anti-corruption editorial stance.
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4 HUM OF THE COURT. THE supreme court will lack hereafter the legal gospel according to Stan ley Matthews, [F ANY MAN wants to be forgotten let him hire somebody to propose a public monument to his memory. SIZ ISSED the wrong woman” is the title of a newspaper story. In many cases, mark you! the wrong one is exactly the right one, HE SOLID SOUTH is rapidly being broken up. We not Mormon missionaries ¢ that some have recently taken several thousand women out of Georgia, Alabama and ‘Tennessee. HE FELLOWSHIP existing between the ex-president and his cab- inet is a compliment to every man of the cor De Repcr (lookin Miss Bexpix— expected.” De Be Miss Be hat’s old gra nation ; but amiability on ® the part of the pigs out of Did he die intestate the clover can never be IX—"" Oh, no 10 closely watched. Colonel FE man couldn't ywhere wit SENATOR EDMUNDS fears lung trouble. The lung trouble of some senators, particularly men like Riddleberger, is an affliction to the enure country. COLON crown prince. OWS does well to go south, put doi In point of fact that g better than he does now. RSON mentions young Russell Harrison as the Well, if he is the crown prince this is tolerably cer- tain—he will never shoot off his head or his mouth, ELUAI HALFORD doesn’t want to be called * Plain * Mr, Halford’ is good enough for me." ‘That is such excel lent democratic sense that we are almost inclined to promote Elijah to the position of m WHATEVER the malice of Perry Belmont, Mr. Blaine is too big a man to have malice against him, It does seem curious that the first appointment to foreign place was that to Spain; but Mr. Bl forgot Mr, Belmont a great many years before the y and says, jor-general. probably ung man was born. THE LOCALITY OF IT. over the family aloum)—"* Who's this old gentlema ipa Bendix. somewhere down near Seabright, New Jersey, I believe.” [JF THEY HAVE any trouble on the other shore let us hope that John ricsson will still be on the American side. J AY GOULD would like New York to present him with her portion of the air and sky as terminals for his great humanitarian city railroads and general cash-box. a bigger queen than the queen of England here, because while Victoria rules over certain peoples our Frances is queen of the Victoria. EVERY LADY in pri- vate life ought to thank heaven that her face is never going to be printed in the daily pictorials as if she were the mere wife of the president or a cabinet officer. PER HAPS if the office- seekers would let President Harrison alone they would advance their prospects ; in uniform?" He failed t6 leave us a lot of money we because no president can confer office after he has been talked to death, ISERY LOV By the way the Sux says it is “a conso- lation to find that the fools are not dead yet.” THE HEREDITARY PRINCIPLE is not right, but at the same time 4 man ought not to be barred out of official favor merely because he had a distinguished A NRITER for the Course Grover Cleveland rem company, -Journal says the resumption of private life by nds him of the throwing of a stone in the water “ plunk, bubble, and silen Now it seems to us there was no plunk. BECAUSE a man has suc a post-office department and really it is cabinet, a congres Jed in business he cannot possibly manage that is the slush of the mugwump pres ybody but a lawyer should go into a or a legislature, azing that 3 to us that abuse of a man merely because he is president is not only unjust but unpardonable. Here is a newspaper which calls Benjamin Harrison a mugwump, and there is no law which provides for knocking its editor in the head or suing him for libel. TROUBLE ON THE CONGO. ENTERPRISING ADVERTISING AG NT—" This is the first good rock I've found to paint on since 1 arrived. Say, young feller, that tickles!” comicbooks.com