Judge, 1890-11-22 · page 2 of 20
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This cartoon depicts two men in conversation at a table. The caption suggests a waiter addressing a diner, with dialogue about gauging ("'Ize ye gauge it 'tip me, s'h'?") and not touching yet—appearing to satirize class miscommunication or service-industry confusion. The surrounding text addresses political matters: McKinley's tariff policies, Democratic opposition, and Republican strategy. The cartoon likely illustrates the disconnect between working-class concerns and political leadership's understanding of them—a "non-comprehension" of ordinary citizens' needs. The specific figures are unclear, but the satire targets how politicians discuss trade policy and tariffs while common people struggle with their practical effects.
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JUDGE PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK. W. J. Aww, Braxwano Gintas 1. M. Grncony, Editor. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. UNITED STATES AND CANADA, IN ADVARCE. One copy, one year.or s2 numbers - $5.00 One copy, six months, or 28 numbers - "2.80 One copy. fori weeks ess has Including the IsTMAS JUDGE. CRIPTIONS—Te all for tn the postal wnion. 6 ayear THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CoMPANY (Jupce IUILDIN Cor. Fifth Ave, and 16th St.. New York C2 We guarantee advertisers a larger circulation at cheaper rates than any other American satirical paper published. _ The Juvce is for sale at Brentans's,17 Avenue de COper ican Newspaper dcency at 15 Kine William strect, Strand, W. and by the Amer- lon. 'HE CHRISTMAS JUDGE will this year be issued December ad, and will be the regular issue of the Jvpce for that week instead of the customary extra or special issue. It will embrace forty-four pages of full size, printed tastefully on calendered per, beautifully, illustrated throughout by the best work of the artists on the staff of Jebce and its ablest contributors" The cover of the Cusistuas Juoce ia'a. symphony in blue and gold, and will be admired by every one who sees it, not only for the be- witching beauty of the pretty woman in its foreground, but also for the graceful mam ner in which all the artistic work is done, and the softness and harmoay of the multi- plied colors employed. This year's Cusisiuas Jvoce will be sold af the retail price of twenty-five cents. It will rival in beauty the Cheisimas numbers of the past, and will, we believe, outstrip them in popularity HE WHO FOUGHT with Mat- thew Quay now wishes he had stayed away. [@ OCCURS to us that James G. Blaine was never as big a man as he is to-day. S© MUCH of the glory is given to D. B. H., I begin to wonder what's become of me.—G. C. HE LOSS to the Congressional Record ia the retirement of Mr. Blair willbe incalculable. E BEG to congratulate Major McKinley on the fact that he will be the next governor of Ohio. E THINK we may congratu- late the Republican party on the survival of little Annie Rooney. E. FEAR itis too late for one man. While the lamp holds out to burn the wicked Gibbs can- not return, THE TARIFPSBILL was worked too much in its extreme youth. It will be strong enough in 1892 to stand the pressure THE NON-COMPRE Tue neap-war Mr. Haynors E MUST never, never forget the result in Maine and the magnificent conclusion reached in November of 1888. HE PEOPLE of Ireland were courteous to Mr. Balfour, but he is grieved and shocked because they were not affectionate. ENGLISHMEN are in so much haste to condemn Stanley, they regret that the facts to sustain the falsehoods have yet to be developed. eae DAVID TO GROVER —* Will you take the senatorship presidency, or shall I take the presidency and you the s (eTHE GREAT WANT of the day is men, live men,” says the Penn- sylvania Farmer. “1 cordially concur,” says Susan B. Anthony. E TRUST there are no differences between the newly- wedded Stanleys, but it is a fact that Henry has permitted Mrs. S. to write a book, COLONEL FELLOWS is pe: so from his peculiar and am to vacate uliarly fitted for congres: We azing unfitness for the « ¢ judge fice he is 2 —"‘Isn' yo! gwine t' tip me, sah?” Lord, no! T won't touch yer. “tentive, but I don't lay it up agin yer ‘nough t' lay hands on yer.” THE ELECTION—THE TARIFF, BROTHER HILL, speaking of the Democratic success, said, "Tidal wave? It is a regular Johnstown flood.” Did the governor mean (un- intentionally) to state that it was likely to be a parallel disaster, and sweep away homes, factories, iron-furnaces and stecl-mills, before the destruc- tive crest of prospective free trade? Did the great Democratic editor who characterized the recent success as a" Waterloo” also intend his readers to infer that it was a victory for British aggression and interest? Wher. the leader of the Quebec parliament exuberantly expresses his delight at Democratic success; when the British press applauds the same, and pre- dicts English advantage in the check to the Republican policy, it does look as though this so-called political Waterloo was in parallelism with the old military victory, and would on this continent, as on the European, inure to British supremacy. No wonder the allies of the Democracy and the importer and free-trader are in hopeful high feather. Pht After any defeat it is easy to detect the causes. The location of the hidden mine is apparent after the explosion. The weak points of the breastworks are discoverable after they are carried. Post-prandiat gener- d of course very The Democratic success was ingenious if not ingenuous, cunning if not truthful. McKinley's defeat was largely helped by a trick. It is affirmed that the Dem- ocratic committee sent circulating through his district peddlers with wagon-loads of tinware instructed to ask double the usual price, and say the rise was owing to the Me- Kinley tariff bill. The deluded voter, not knowing that the added duty, on tin, small as it is, did not go ‘nto effect before July, 1891. voted’ against the wicked author of the raise. Yet the heroic Republi- can, rich only in intellect, wiped out within three hundred the nearly three thousand Democratic majori- ty against him, and by fair means would have triumphed over War- wick the millionaire. The middle- man’s greed was also an assistance. By asking an advance on every- thing under the excuse of the tariff, Oh products on the free list as well a$ on those on which the tariff was lowered, he helped his party and coveréd his selfishness under the color of increased duties. tt The new tariff has not yet had a chance. Industries it proposes to foster have hardly been begun. The country is still flood- ed with importations in anticipa- tion of and to avoid the increased duties. Excessive importations have temporarily lowered instead of increased values. The two cents taken from sugar has“not yet reached the pockets of the consumer, and delusive and untruthful statements for political ‘effect were shaped into a political lever. The party that forged the three-forty-nine of the Garfield campaign, that schemed Burchard’s three R's against Blaine, used the instructive tergiversation for success. Yet, notwithstanding these abhorent accessories, it is doubtful if Democratic success could have been achieved had it not been for the assistant protests of disgusted Republicans aching against the “bossism” that had infected the party. Boodle Brice, Senatorial - purchasing Payne, Fraud-stimulator Gorham, Dictator Croker of the Tammany banditti, are the accepted and acceptable masters of Democracy. Republicanism follows leaders with loyalty and devotion, It accepts generalship. It is restive, and protests to its own discomfiture even against the sutlers controlling a campaign and then gathering the results of success into their own baggage-wagons. It is the looters and brigands of the party that have hypnotized political enthu- siasm into political paralysis. ION OF A WORD. You tt been very t tt Political helpfulness is more than likely, however, to come up out of political defeat. 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