Life, 1901-10-17 · page 5 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 305 The page contains political commentary on the Schley-Sampson controversy—a heated dispute over credit for the Spanish-American War's naval victory at Santiago. The dialogue "The Case and the Verdict" presents opposing views: one speaker defends Schley while another argues the public is being manipulated by pro-Schley newspapers grooming him for a Presidential race. The cartoon "Scene on a Caterpillar Ranch at Shearing Time" (by E. Cussons) appears to satirize the controversy itself—depicting absurd, chaotic activity, likely mocking how the dispute has become ridiculous and out of proportion. "A Block of Wood" is a poem critical of Chicago's slow growth, and "Bravado" mocks a financier's boastful claim to own the earth. The silhouettes below show domestic humor unrelated to politics.
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WIRE THIN \ MINA . JENS SS 305 tire of the controversy—many are tired now—and each will adhere to the opinion he formed soon after the battle of Santiago was fought. SHE: How foolish and senseless. Can't the matter be settled finally ? Cus-pians- SCENE ON A CATERPILLAR RANCH AT SHEARING TIME, (Trig—* A Block of Wood.”’ — Webster.) You're ‘quite some”! O Triggs, Those digs At Longfellow Are too ‘yellow "! It would be prettier To let Whittier Requiescat Where he is at. O Triggs, We prigs Think when you're bigger You'll be slower on the trigger. Go slow, Chicago, Just grow. Make Triggs Talk pigs! ENL Bravado. «¢7 ET me but own the earth,” said the financier,with characteristic bravado, ‘‘and I care not who writes the people's songs !"” The Case and the Verdict. (A Dialogue between » Wife seeking information on the Great Questions of the Day and a Husband seeking rellef from Newspaper Controverates.) SHE : I wish you would tell me who is being tried—Schley or Sampson ? He: I should say that the patience of the American people is being tried. Sue: I'm serious—as serious as the Navy Department. He: No one is being tried. Brother Schley is ‘tin the hands of his friends,” and they are grooming him for the Presidential race. Ulti- mately he will lecture, no doubt. Sue (despairingly): What will the verdict be, do you think? He: The Honorable Court will reprimand Schley; then a part of the press will censure the Court; then the other part of the press will insult the pro-Schley newspapers; and then the American people will He: Ouly in one way. Schley and Sampson should both be condemned to life im- prisonment on the most Inxurions of our warships, one to command one day and the other the next. The vessel should patrol the coast of Alaska, keep- ing a sharp lookout for interviewers, they to be shot down as soon as dis- covered. The commanders should be permitted to communicate with the land only by means of wireless telegraphy — which probably won't work inthe Arctic climate. Above all, the American people should be granted a reprieve from hero-worship until the end of time. WN BLN, GAINST logic there is no armor like ignorance. er re The Cook: 1 NOTICED THERE WERE FIVE JARS OP PRE- SERVES GONE, PROM THE PANTRY TO-DAY. “yes, MARY Z THINK YOU "HAD BETTER PUT UP somE MORE; "SPECIALLY TUE STRAWBERKIES.” comicbooks.com