Judge — March 3, 1923 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon satirizes the Ku Klux Klan during Prohibition era America. The skeleton figure labeled "PROHIBITION" stands guard over KKK tents marked with the organization's initials. In the foreground, a figure labeled "TURKISH AMEN" (likely representing Turkey or Ottoman interests) appears to be attacking or stabbing the skeleton. The cartoon's title—a biblical reference to death's powerlessness—suggests the cartoonist is ironically mocking either Prohibition or the KKK as ineffectual or doomed. The juxtaposition implies these entities threaten each other, possibly commenting on how Prohibition and KKK activities were contemporary social forces competing for American attention and power during the 1920s-30s.