Judge — January 25, 1896 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "A Bitter Pill" - Judge Magazine, January 25, 1896 This political cartoon depicts an argument between two figures identified as "Doctor Cleveland" and "Uncle Sam." Cleveland (the rotund man on the left, sitting beside a bottle labeled "Sherman's Ready Relief Protection Tonic") is insisting Uncle Sam must take medicine. Uncle Sam (the tall, thin figure on the right) protests that it's only temporary relief and asks why Cleveland won't give him the actual cure instead. The satire criticizes President Grover Cleveland's policies as merely offering temporary solutions rather than genuine remedies for the nation's problems. "Sherman's" appears to reference Secretary of the Treasury William McKinley's economic policies, suggesting Cleveland's approach was inadequate or ineffective medicine for America's ailments.