Judge, 1897-04-17 · page 8 of 16
Judge — April 17, 1897 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This cartoon appears to reference the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, recontextualized as political satire. The injured man labeled "LABOR" lies by the roadside while "free-silverites" and "free-traders" pass by indifferently. A woman (likely representing a sympathetic political faction) tends to him. The satire critiques late-19th-century political movements—free silver advocates and free traders—for neglecting working-class interests during economic hardship. The Samaritan figure represents whoever the cartoonist believed actually helped laborers (likely protective tariff supporters or another faction). The exotic setting and palm trees suggest this addresses broader economic debates of the Gilded Age era.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
THE GOOD SAI And the free-silverites, and likewise‘the free-traders, passed by. But a certain Samaritan as and went to him, and set him on his own beast #4 br comicbooks.com;