Judge — May 23, 1896 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "Grover's Gift" - Judge Magazine, May 23, 1896 This political cartoon satirizes President Grover Cleveland's administration. The central figure appears to be Cleveland's nurse or advisor, struggling to manage a baby (labeled "Baby Russell," likely referring to a political figure or policy) who refuses a large, unwieldy gift—a wheelbarrow overflowing with Democratic Party liabilities. The logs stacked on the wheelbarrow are labeled "Custom Question," "Democratic Inefficiency," "Treasury Deficit," and "Democratic Blinders," representing failures of Cleveland's Democratic administration. The baby's refusal to accept these problems—"Thanks, Nurse Grover, but I can't pull it"—mocks Cleveland's inability to solve or pass along the party's accumulated problems to his successor. The artist is Victor Gillam.