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# Political Cartoon Analysis: Judge Magazine, February 18, 1899 This cartoon satirizes **Senator Jasper Hoar's position on American expansionism**, specifically regarding colonial acquisitions like Hawaii and the Philippines following the Spanish-American War. The figure labeled "Rev. Uncle Jasper" (a caricature using racist imagery typical of 1899) represents Hoar as hypocritical. He smokes Havana cigars and drinks Manila wine—products from territories America was acquiring—while appearing to moralize against expansion. The cartoon's subtitle mocks his contradiction: he profits from colonial goods while publicly opposing imperialism ("Excuse de word"). The satire suggests that opponents of expansion were economically complicit in the very imperialism they claimed to oppose, unable to refuse the luxuries colonialism provided.
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VOL.36 NO. 905 FEBRUARY 18 1899. PRICE 10 CENTS +cheit Withetens Liha & Pry Co New ford GREE DERNANET O78 comrmont OMT 1899 GY AAKELL PUBLISKING COMPANY OF NEW YORK. THE REV. UNCLE JASPER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE-ON EXPANSION. Rev, Jaseer Hoar—“ With his a-smokin’ of dem Havana seegars an’ a-drinkin’ dat Manila wine, Uncle Sam am on de sure road to ! Excuse de word.” comicbooks.com