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# Political Cartoon Analysis: "Get a Horse!" (Judge, September 9, 1905) This satirical cartoon depicts a cowboy figure riding a large bomb labeled "PROSECUTION OF POLITICAL GRAFT." The text references "PANAMA QUESTION," "RAILROAD REBATE LAW," and other regulatory issues. A small figure labeled "UNCLE SAM" appears in the window, observing. The cartoon criticizes the Theodore Roosevelt administration's anti-corruption efforts during the Progressive Era. The cowboy imagery suggests aggressive, reckless action—satirizing the administration's approach to prosecuting political corruption and railroad abuses as overly wild or out of control. The caption "GET A HORSE!" implies these prosecutions are as outdated or ineffective as riding a horse instead of using modern methods.