Judge, 1893-01-14 · page 15 of 18
Judge — January 14, 1893 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a masthead/advertisement page rather than a cartoon. Judge declares itself "the great and only Republican cartoon weekly" and promises to satirize the Democratic party's "ridiculous positions" while championing Republican principles of Protection and Reciprocity. The magazine positions itself as a watchdog ("from its position on the Bench") ready to mock incompetence in government regardless of party—though its Republican allegiance is unmistakable. The page is mostly advertisements: a bicycle catalogue from Pope Manufacturing Company (featuring an illustrated monument scene) and promotions for Judge's Quarterly. Subscription rates and contact information fill the remainder. The 1893 date places this during Cleveland's second Democratic presidency, a period of economic depression—context for Judge's anticipated "happy time" mocking Democratic governance.
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“dpe FOR 169 WILL MAINTAIN ITS POSITION AS THE GREAT AND ONLY REPUBLICAN CARTOON WEEKLY. [’ will couple sarcasm with humor, anticipating an unusually happy time with the Democratic party by seizing every ridiculous position of the con- tending factions in their conduct of the Govern- ment. THE JupcE, from its position on the Bench, will be kind, and when detected be quick to watchful for shams of every in either party will denounce them with brush and pen. Temporary disaster has not shaken its faith in Protection and Reciprocity, the twin principles of Republicanism— the foundation-stones, as it believes, of lasting national prosperity. THE JUDGE WILL STAND FOR AMERICA AND AMERICANS, and every step likely to benefit the United States will have its best thought and truest effort. If you wish a Lively, Progressive Weekly Paper during 1893, subscribe for Jupce, either direct or through your newsdealer. $5.00 per year; $2.50 for six months; 10c. per copy. JUDGE PUBLISHING CO., tio Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK. The above cut is the frontispiece of our handsome Columbia Catalogue for 1893. It contains numerous illustrations’ of our full line of bicycles and improvements for the New Year, and is the finest bicycle catalogue ever issued. Free on application to us or any of our 1200 agents, or sent by mail on receipt of two 2-cent stamps. POPE MFG. CO. New-York. Chicago. Boston. Hartford. THREE MONTHS’ FUN FOR 25 CTS. Judge's Quarterly. ISSUED IN JANUARY, APRIL, JULY and OCTOBER. Sixty Pages of Fun, Pure Fun, and Nothing Else but Fun. Order it regularly from your Newsdealer, or send 2c. for a copy. JUDGE PUBLISHING CO., no Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com t