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# "Balked" — Judge Magazine, March 10, 1900 This cartoon satirizes William Jennings Bryan's 1900 presidential campaign and his "free-silver" platform. The illustration depicts a man (representing Bryan or his Democratic faction) with a wagon pulled by reluctant horses, labeled "TO THE WHITE HOUSE." The caption explains this references Bryan's attempt to sell a "free-silver horse" to "Deacon Democracy" with intentions of fooling Uncle Sam—a traditional personification of the American government/people. The satire suggests Bryan's free-silver policy and his political maneuvering were seen by Judge's Republican editors as fraudulent or untrustworthy. The horses "balking" (refusing to move forward) represents public or Democratic resistance to Bryan's agenda. The cartoon mocks both the policy's viability and Bryan's credibility as a candidate.
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VOL.38 NO.960 . MARCH.10 1900 PRICE 10 CENTS Cwrenen av tHe Peat Ornice Ar New Yows as Secono Case Marrem. CorymienT 1900 ev Junee Commer. THTLe Reorerence AB A TaAse MARK, “1 seen somebody in the road, an’ when 1 come up closter I see it was the deakin himself, in trouble, an’ I kind o''slowed up to see what was goin’ on. There he was, set- tin’ all humped up, with his ole broad-brim hat slopin’ down his back, a-sheddin’ water like a roof. . Then I seen him lean over an’ larrup the hoss with the ends o' the lines fer all he was wuth, It appeared he hadn't no whip, an’ it wouldn't done him no good if he'd had. Wacal, sir, rain or no rain, | jest pulled up to watch him. He'd larrup a spell, an’ then he'd set back; an’ then he'd lean over an’ try it agin, harder'n ever. Scat my—! I thought I'd die a-laughin’. { couldn't hardly cluck to the mare when I got ready to move on. I drove alongside an’ pulled up. ‘Hullo, deakin! 1 says; ‘what's the matter?’ He looked up at me, an’ I won't say he was the maddest man I ever see; but he was long ways the maddest-/ookin' man, an’ he shook his fist at me jest like one o the unregen'rit, ‘Consarn ye, David Harum!" he says, *T'll hev the law on ye fer this.’ ‘ What fer?’ I says. ‘I didn’t make it come on to rain, did 1?" 1 says. ‘You know mighty well what fer,’ he says. ‘You sold me this damned beast,” he says, ‘an’ he’s balked with me nine times, an’ I'll fix ye ia (Copyright by D, Appleton & Company.) GRAS WREST OSS — COPYRIGHT 1900 BY JUDGE COMPANY CF NEW YORK. Sackett 8 Wibeles Litho & Pr Co Rew York. BALKED. (The horse-trade from the popular novel, “David Harum.”) The free-silver horse sold by David Harum Bryan to Deacon Democracy with the intention of sticking the reverend Mr. Uncle Sam with a good-for-nothing plug. comicbooks.com