Judge, 1925-03-07 · page 30 of 36
Judge — March 7, 1925 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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The cartoon depicts a man relaxing in a chair while a mechanical "meter" device dangles above him, measuring something. He exclaims "OH THEY CAN'T DO THAT!" The caption reads: "The same fellow who said a prohibition amendment was impossible." **The Satire:** This mocks someone who previously claimed Prohibition (the constitutional ban on alcohol) was politically impossible to enact—yet it was enacted in 1919. The cartoon suggests he's now facing some new regulatory measure he believes equally impossible, implying his judgment about what "can't" happen politically is unreliable. The meter device appears to reference alcohol measurement or enforcement, fitting the Prohibition-era context. The joke satirizes both overconfidence in predicting political outcomes and the irony of facing consequences from legislation one thought impossible. **Context:** This would have appeared during or shortly after Prohibition's passage, when Americans were adjusting to unexpected legal changes they'd dismissed as unpassable.
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