Life, 1900-11-01 · page 7 of 20
Life — November 1, 1900 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Political Satire from Life Magazine This page contains a three-panel comic strip depicting "The Man Across the Valley" waiting patiently through seasons—summer, autumn, and cold weather. The accompanying text criticizes Theodore Roosevelt's extensive Western tour, describing it as an "enormous outcry" that was "hard work to publish." The satire targets Roosevelt's active campaigning and public visibility, suggesting his constant presence and activity made him difficult to avoid or ignore in the press. The text notes that while such campaigns are typically "mortal dull," Roosevelt's generated significant controversy and media attention—characterizing him as bold and resonant rather than merely a conventional political figure. The comic illustrates the tedious waiting game of politics across changing seasons.
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TWVEREVER, a brickbat or a bad word was thrown in the direction of the Hon. T. Roosevelt during his late extensive tour in the West, an enormous outery was made about it by some of our contemporaries. ‘This was partly because it was hard work to publish a column a day about our Governor's THE COLD WEATHER CAME, AND THEN— trip, and the most had to be made of every incident. And it was partly because the campaign has been mortal dull, and an in- fusion of missiles into it, or anything else that would go, was naturally to be desired. But this has had the un- fortunate effect of making Mr. Roosevelt might say, a timid, . It is quite unwarranted. Everyone who really knows Colonel Roosevelt recognizes that he is as bold and resonant as brass. He no more minds brickbats than a bell minds a clapper,