Judge — September 8, 1900 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The main cartoon titled "A Better Plan" depicts a hotel proprietor offering a guest unusual room arrangements—suggesting the guest use a closet for sleeping while the proprietor uses the room itself. This is satirical commentary on post-WWI housing shortages and landlord exploitation. The text section "Aids to Bryanism" references William Jennings Bryan and criticizes Democratic political figures like "Larry" Godkin of the *Evening Post* for supporting Bryan's presidential ambitions while allegedly accepting donations from wealthy interests (Aguinaldo's Filipino junta, President Boer, etc.). The satire suggests these supporters are hypocritical—funding Bryan's "common man" campaign through morally questionable sources, thereby undermining his populist credibility.