Judge — June 27, 1903 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# "Out of the Race" — Judge Magazine, June 27, 1903 This political cartoon satirizes the 1904 Presidential race. The large caricatured figure labeled "Hanna" (likely Mark Hanna, Republican political boss) sits at a betting table showing odds for various candidates: Roosevelt, Fairbanks, Crane, Odell, Beveridge, and Spooner. Hanna announces he's "scratched"—withdrawn from the race—claiming all others are "running but me." The irony is that Hanna, though not a candidate himself, was a powerful kingmaker whose influence shaped Republican nominations. The cartoon mocks his diminished political power by 1903, depicting him as marginalized despite the betting odds he still controls. The smaller figure appears to be listening to his boast.