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The main cartoon, titled "GUS-DIRKS," depicts figures trapped in a large spider web, with the caption quoting "Mamma Spider": "Oh, children! see what has dropped into our web—a beautifully-furnished house. Just what we need." This appears to be satirizing the Democratic Party's predicament following William Jennings Bryan's defeat. The text "The Last of the Bryans" discusses how Bryan's loss has left the Democratic party weakened and vulnerable—trapped like insects in a predator's web. The "spider" likely represents Republican political dominance or the new Republican administration. The satire suggests Democrats have become helpless prey to Republican power consolidation, presenting their political situation as inescapable decline rather than temporary setback.

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PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK AT THE JUDGE BUILDING. Terms to Subscribers. Umrao STATES AND CANADA Iw ADWANCR. One copy, one year, of 52 numbers ‘One copy, six months, or 26 number One copy. for thirteen w feclading the Cn FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS — To all foreign countries in the postal union, $6.00 ayer Wastean Ornce— Henry Bright, manager, Uoyce building, Chicage Evroraan sains-acunrs-—/ncermational news company, Bream’s duitding, Chancery ane, 3 rentano's, avenue de Opéra, Paris: Saavbach's mews exchange, Mains, CORNER FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTEENTH STREET, NEW YORK. yr than any other cartoon weekly Ia the world. —The contents of Juoce are protected by copyright in Infringement of this copyright will be promptly and vigorously prosecuted. THE JUDGE, AMERICA’S GREATEST CARTOON WEEKLY. mpaign with a standing Mst of one «1 a political reputation, ly Its fall-dinner-pail idea Its representatio paper in th| AN OLD DANGER SENATOR HILL is trying to revive the old Democratic aiarm over Republican centralization of the governing power. We have noticed the thing, ourselves. All the power is crowding itself into the Republican party, and the party is accepting it without any apparent desire to escape the responsibility. But the remedy is not at hand, because the people want it that way. THANKSGIVING. HERE IS EVERY REASON for it. The country has been saved from a great danger, and so thoroughly saved that there is no fear The policies of the president abroad will be carried out without any treason at home, and the people have learned to trust to his justice and wisdom with utter confidence. The Chinese question will be settled ac- cording to his plan, and the war in the Philippines will be speedily ended. The cranks of politics have been subdued so that they can be no longer dangerous. The flag and the army have been vindicated, and there will be a full dinner-pail for four years more. Thanksgiving? Let the coun- try ring with it. left. THE LAST OF THE BRYANS. MANY DEMOCRATS undoubtedly wanted Bryan nominated to get him out of the way. They didn’t want him elected, but they knew he would hang on until he was beaten again, Not until that event would there be a chance for the old party to resume its control of itself. Had he trery Repatitene wrease 7 4LRTTANKUYG) sation ttvatana ant win [KOLA LM il : be w lendiog part me wa sasclas alce tor yonia-ts Ttaclreutat wand le ray ost wy eabsdipulen an ou Soe bsiesto pea o4 a sneak ; and as for Hill he says Croker is more things than might be enumerated in an auc- tion-bill, and each meaner than all the others, T WOULD be terrible, we beg to remark as a chivalrous man, to have QUS-DIRKS~ SH anything happen to the been narrowly defeated AV h eer this time he would have ate NS, I, Y been the candidate four pts Lisl \ | years hence. He is badly beaten, however, and he will_never come to the front as a candidate again. The Democratic party as an organization, great or small, will be Democratic for some years to come. The populists will desert the stolen wigwam and it will be occupied by its old owners. The middle-of- the-road men will resume their place in the mud, and their brethren who kick will get. back into the ditches, where they be- long. The cranks and the professional inventors of 4 issues will stand conspic- uous in the byways and highways, but they. will omit to lead the old Dem- ocratic party. They have ANS, KA As empress dowager: but it would be worse to bi: riothligg. Wappen: tu: lie house. Just what we need HE PENITENTIARY has need of those white men who are endeav- oring to stir up a race war in this town, ‘Their delicate sensibilities must be smoothed out or they will make more trouble than they can ever atone for THE EMPRESS DOWAGER is pronounced by a man known as the Chicago Georgia's pa the greatest man in the world, * bec: the only person tha se she is can hold an emperor's head under the spout with one hand and pump with the other.” “H mation is incorrect GRATED his large, ugly teeth together, caking of Governor Roosevelt. We hope this infor- While the governor is admittedly a great man, we had hoped he would never turn out to be a grater. s the Syracuse YOUNG MAN of West Virg fune nia entertained the Mf his wife by permitting them to see him n lady immediat endants at the rried to another A good showman generally keeps his he side-tent after the regular performance. y after the service audience MARLbOROUGH won but a small amount of military glory, having had no desire to endanger any part of the English army by attempting to command it. And hereafter nobody can doubt his patriotism or his con- tentment with the minor honors. He didn’t even volunteer to act as nurse. Manta Sripee—" Oh, children! see what nas dropped into our web—a beautifully-furnished been bumps on the log for a brief season, and will now get back to the dead level of their own dirt. It is another question how large the new Democratic party will be, but it will at least be itself, with all the humility that belongs to that situation. SAFETY HEREAFTER. LL THE FACTS favored McKinley, but the doubters needed more encouragement than they would care to confess to now. The man who had just been told by a person who couldn't give his reasons for it, but who had been through thirty-four states and seen many signs not to be reasonably explained, was unusually numerous and unusually confident on, the wrong side; and the chap who was saying confident things in the newspapers every day, and incidentally laughing at the doubters, was ob- served to grow pale a good many times without any reason whatever. And it may be observed that we shall not have that kind of campaign very soon hereafter. The people of this country may be relied upon to save their system of government. We have watched them rather closely through fifty years of rather warmly contested national elections, and while they have made local mistakes they have usually corrected them in the more important ones. The very dangerous ones—those which threaten the en- tire system of government—will be ventured upon by neither of the two great parties hereafter. There will be no further nominations of eloquent emotional gentlemen. The older men of the parties will have their innings, and in every great contest it will be felt that, whatever the result, the coun- try will be safe. Mark that! The period of the Bryans is over. There has been a return to common sense. ‘ i comicbooks.gom