Judge — February 6, 1892 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon satirizes American anxieties about potential war, likely from the 1890s. The page mocks several targets: **Top section**: Military officers (Sherman and Grant busts) fantasize about future glory, while young soldiers imagine themselves as famous generals. **Middle**: References "Tammany Hall" (NYC's corrupt Democratic political machine) and "Dave Hill," suggesting that sending soldiers could solve domestic political problems. **Bottom**: Depicts unemployed "bomb-throwers"—likely anarchists or radical agitators—finding military service as employment, sarcastically suggesting war could solve social unrest. **Left panel**: "The War Scare" shows fearful civilians, implying public anxiety about conflict is being manufactured or exploited. The cartoon critiques how war rhetoric distracts from or seemingly "solves" domestic problems—corruption, unemployment, radical discontent—rather than addressing them directly.