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This political cartoon satirizes Post Office Department corruption scandals. A rotund figure labeled "U.S. Post Office Dept." pursues two fleeing characters—one labeled "Honest" and another representing "Corruption"—while holding banners reading "Investigation" and "Corruption." The cartoon illustrates President Roosevelt's quoted comment (below) about prosecuting criminal acts and bad methods in government service without favoritism. The imagery suggests the Post Office Department was chasing down dishonest practices, depicted as figures literally escaping. This references the Post Office scandals of the early 1900s, where mail contracts and mismanagement became a major corruption issue requiring Roosevelt's intervention and investigation.
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VOL. 45. NO.1134 JULY 1 1903 Koramen av rae Poor Ormce at Kew Yous as Secon Case Marten, Corvarent AM 1903 ey Jucet Conmuy True Peomrence Ae 4 Trane Mann, COPYmenT 1903 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. GOING FOR THE MAIL. ‘Sackett Witheims Lite & Pg (0 Rew York, “Those guilty of criminal acts must be prosecuted and suffer the penalty. Those guilty of bad methods or irregularities in the government service must be dismissed. No friends, no favors, no party! Go to the very limit."—President Roosevelt's comment on post-office scandals, as reported in the New York ‘‘Herald,” comicbooks.com