Judge, 1900-09-29 · page 1 of 16
Judge — September 29, 1900 — page 1: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This cartoon satirizes the 1900 U.S. presidential election. A caricatured figure (likely representing Republican strategy or a political operative) displays a Democratic campaign emblem—a poorhouse labeled "Years of the Full Poor House" held by pincers labeled "Bryan and Stevenson." The satire claims Republicans designed this emblem to damage the Democratic ticket of William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson, arguing their policies would impoverish America. The accompanying text states Republicans adopted the emblem themselves, then claim Democrats created it. The cartoon attacks Republican campaign tactics: accusing them of manufacturing negative imagery while hypocritically distributing it under Democratic names. It's partisan criticism of political dirty tricks during the 1900 election cycle.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
SEPTEMBER 29 1900 suoce " PRICE 10 CENTS. Emrenes Av THe Post Ornice AT New Your as Secon> Class Maren. CopymenT 1900 ev Juoee Commany GMT 1900 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF WEW YORK. ‘Sacker A WilbelmsLiho § Ps THERE IS NOTHING MEAN ABOUT JUDGE. The Republican national committee having adopted Jupce’s “cull dinner-pail" as an emblem and campaign cry, Jupoe *S now designs an emblem for the Democratic party, which every Democratic newspaper in the land is at liberty to use, and we hereby give the Democratic national campaign committee the right to adopt and use regardless of our copyright. comicbooks.com