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This page presents a political alphabet that mocks 1912 election figures and issues through coded letters. "A" references Jane Addams and Armageddon politics; "B" attacks the Bull Moose Party (Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive split) and William Jennings Bryan; "C" criticizes congressmen; "D" mocks demagogues aligned with Democrats; "E" represents the Republican elephant; "J" uses a donkey to ridicule Democrats as jackasses. The alphabet continues satirizing contemporary political concerns: tariffs, government corruption, labor disputes, and the nascent suffragette movement ("S"). References to "Teddy" (Roosevelt) and his "Bull Moose" candidacy indicate this judges the chaotic 1912 three-way race between Taft (Republican), Wilson (Democrat), and Roosevelt (Progressive). The page also features vintage advertisements—typical for Judge—and employs humor through crude political stereotyping common to early 20th-century American satire.

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