Judge — April 30, 1910 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two cartoons satirizing President William Howard Taft (1909-1913). **Top cartoon**: "Moving towards home" depicts Taft as an elephant (the Republican symbol) being transported by ship, suggesting his political journey or removal from power. **Bottom cartoon**: The caption "Taft—'Not for your Uncle Billy!'" shows Taft (in top hat, left) rejecting something from a funeral wagon. "Uncle Billy" likely references William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic politician and three-time presidential candidate. The funeral imagery suggests political death or defeat. The cartoons appear to mock Taft's political position or unpopularity, possibly relating to his split with Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Party fracture around 1912—when Roosevelt's Progressive Party challenged Taft's reelection.