Judge, 1904-05-14 · page 2 of 20
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This page satirizes American political figures using animal metaphors common to Gilded Age editorial cartooning. The text columns mock various political topics through allegorical commentary—comparing politicians to a "Democratic Donkey" and discussing political strategy. The large illustration at bottom shows chaotic political activity, likely depicting election campaign turmoil or political infighting. The caption references "Extract from the Candidates' Letter," suggesting commentary on campaign rhetoric versus reality. The smaller decorative images at top appear to be Judge's masthead illustrations featuring anthropomorphic creatures, typical of the magazine's visual style. Without clearer identification of specific candidates or election dates from the OCR text, the exact political figures and events remain unclear, though the satire clearly targets Democratic politics and electoral processes of the era.
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PARKER at present enjoys a kind of popularity that is very apt to cause the average man to fancy that he was named after a e chewing-gum. tee HE INTELLIGENT COMPOSITOR builded better than he knew when, in setting up a spring poem, recently, he caused the brook to lint and ** gargle” down the glen. AN EXCHANGE speaks of Democratic harmony as a necessary though unwritten plank in the approaching St. Louis platform. Whether a joke or not, it is certainly anything but unlovely as a proposition. N READING the squibs of the Democratic press, anent Democracy and the approaching campaign, we notice that a great deal is said about “highest ideals,” ** best traditions,”’ ** Jeffersonian principles,”’ *‘ patriotic interpretations,” etc. They sound and mean just what they did four years and what they will four years hence, They are bright and dazzling from a pyrotechnical point of view, but they I the quality that convinces and fools people of ordinary intelligence. Though high-sounding and euphonious, these stereotyped phrases are quite as empty and unsubstan- tial as are so many bangs on a bass-drum; and, with all due respect, it might not be unjust or unkind to say that they are bass-drum bangs of thought. THIS is the time at which the crafty, long-headed farmer sprays the earth with the preferred and properly selected seeds for that crop which, in the picturesque language of the day, is called gilt-edged. Mr. Roosevelt is a farmer in whom the appreciative expert notes a combination of intelligence and strenuosity that stands for the quality that means success. He does not fertilize for cucumbers the plot in which he plants for succotash; and when the seeds are sown he calculates upon reaping not only as he sows, but also as he weeds and as he sprays against potato-bu; other voracious destroyers that fracture the peace of mind of the agricul- "s full name and address Yoritten pl. descriptive letterpress should tn ébery instance be written upon its individual picture, and NOT upon a separate slip of paper. on each and every separate sketch. The accompanying joke or Inciosure of stamps 10 the full amount of postage ts also required, fo turist. At present he is capering gayly over the plowed and harrowed landscape and scattering seeds that are warranted to be sound and guar- anteed to come up and thrive. They are the seeds of conscientious effort in the flowery field of honest administration. He is known by his seeds as he will be known by his fruits. Superstitious people and people who are not superstitious are affected alike by certain signs of the times, and these people give it as their unbiased opinion that, when next the golden leaf- lets are scurrying athwart the windy wold, Mr. Roosevelt will have so large and unprecedented a crop of votes to his credit that he will be in no danger of having to pay rent for the ensuing four yea THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY is always a frisky as one in which all people, without reference to politic never fail to find a certain kind of amusement. The Democratic donkey is usually more or less hilarious and skipful, and if he could only learn the art of going ahead half as fast as he casts his hinder members into the air he would have a much better chance of winning. It must certainly be a source of discomfort and chagrin to them that would enjoy his indorsement to realize that he prance with the vim of a one-minute horse, and at the same time stand as still as a rampant bronze steed on a park croquet-lawn, At the present time the Democratic donkey is being coaxed and cajoled, propitiated and flattered, by his adherents, each one of whom would be the favored one. It is certainly a trying and unenviable situation for the poor beast when he looks over the sea of faces that flash into his vision and bob about in the same like spots upon a coach dog. Between so many men who are so widely different in every y, the graft-fed donkey is naturally more than sorely puzzled when it comes to the matter of selecting a rider. It is no wonder that he kicks and snorts in dismay, and belches forth flames that indicat ything but soulful harmony and rapture. The Dem- ocratic donkey, like the suburban contractor, knows better than he builds, and he is well aware of the fact that not one of the candidates in whose midst he caracoles can ride him to victory; and in knowing this his knowl- edge easily exceeds that of any of his would-be riders. EXTRACT FROM THE CANDIDATE'S LETTER. “Although not of my political faith, the citizens escorted me to the train amid cheers."