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# "The Rival Republican Fortune-Tellers" (Judge, September 21, 1895) This political cartoon satirizes competing Republican presidential candidates for the 1896 election. Two figures dressed as fortune-tellers occupy a storefront labeled "Presidential Fortunes Foretold." The left figure, identified as "The Original Prophetess," advertises "Good Luck Promised" and claims to offer "Presidential Fortunes Foretold," while the right figure—appearing to be a rival candidate—holds a telescope/divining rod, positioning himself as an alternative oracle. The joke mocks how Republican candidates were making conflicting predictions about their electoral prospects and party direction. The fortune-teller setting suggests these politicians were offering voters dubious, competing visions of the party's future. The satire criticizes the uncertainty and self-interested maneuvering within Republican leadership during this election cycle.
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VOL.29 NO. 727 SEPTEMBER _21 1895 Tmt Post Orrice AY Mew Yorn as Secons Cass Martea. Convent [695 Wy THE Jeece PURLiEMiN Co, TiKe PeorsrERee THE RIVAL REPUBLICAN FORTUNE-TELLERS. i (to Republican presidential candidates) —“ This is the place to have your future predicted.”