Judge — June 16, 1906 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a satirical cartoon from *Judge* magazine depicting a cherubic infant crawling toward the U.S. Capitol building (labeled "U.S. SENATE"). The child is surrounded by dark, thorny vegetation or obstacles on the left side of the image. The cartoon likely satirizes legislative inefficiency or corruption—suggesting that even an innocent baby could navigate toward the Senate, or conversely, that the Senate is being "infantilized" or rendered powerless. The thorny growth may represent the obstacles or "legal traps" mentioned in the partially visible caption below. Without the complete text or publication date, the specific political target remains unclear, though it critiques Senate operations or legislative gridlock of its era.