Life, 1896-07-23 · page 5 of 18
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# Political Satire from Life Magazine This page promotes **John W. Goff for President and Anthony Comstock for Vice-President** in what appears to be a satirical endorsement. The text claims these are "safe men" tested in public opinion, though it ironically admits "there may be others, but we do not know them." The bottom comic strip, "How the Hen Fooled Him," uses wordplay about eggs transforming into different things—a clever visual pun suggesting deception or trickery. This likely mocks one or both candidates as gullible or easily deceived. **Anthony Comstock** was a real historical figure known for anti-obscenity crusades. The satire appears to mock both candidates' fitness for high office while simultaneously punning on farm imagery (corned beef, the goat illustration), suggesting rural simplicity or naïveté.
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LIFE’S TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT JOHN W. GOFF. ANTHONY COMSTOCK. TTENTION, voters! Lire has felt for some time that the future is fraught with a grave menace to our institutions, and it is to avoid any possible catastrophe that we are proud to put forward into the field two such sterling citizens as those whose pictures ornament this column, We want men whose judgment, no matter what grave crisis in our national affairs may present itself, will remain clear and unclouded to the bitter end; who can be relied upon at CORNED BEEF, all times to uphold the sacred rights of our country. We want safe men, men who have been tested and tried in the fierce fire of public opinion and who have not been found wanting. In presenting, then, the names of John W. Goff and Anthony Comstock to our fellow citizens it is with the firm conviction that there are no others in this broad land who can so safely be trusted to cope with the welfare of our common country. There may be others, but we do not know them. We feel that these two noble candidates need no in- troduction. They are too well known already for us to add one word to the weight of their prestige. In Mr. Goff, pre-eminent for his keen sense of justice, seeking nothing but his own advancement, we have a man who can safely be trusted to preside over our destinies. In Mr. Comstock, immodest and unassuming towards his fellow creatures, retiring in his habits and shrinking from the public gaze, what more fitting candidate could there be for Vice-President ? Let us then unite in this common cause, and in the interest of our country lead on to Goff, Comstock and Victory! HOW THE HEN FOOLED Him. VICH I WILL SHANGE INTO TREE EGGS, AND FROM DOSE TREE E: Laties ann $ 3 MATCH OUD TREE LETTLI HERE T comicbooks.com