Life, 1912-04-11 · page 21 of 46
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**"Life's Presidential Candidates" section:** This mocks Simon Guggenheim, a wealthy Colorado senator and mining magnate, as a 1912 presidential prospect. Life's satire argues Guggenheim represents the dangerous influence of Wall Street finance over Western resources—he's brought Alaska and the West under the control of J.P. Morgan & Co.'s financial empire. The cruel joke: Life suggests they could bribe Guggenheim into candidacy privately, treating high office as a business transaction. This reflects Progressive Era criticism of oligarchs and corporate capture of politics. **Lower cartoons:** "Insured" jokes darkly about a surgeon billing patients before confirming successful outcomes. "Same Old Trouble in Suffragette Times" shows a woman interrupting an artist's work, with accompanying text about female jealousy—a misogynistic reference to contemporary women's suffrage activism, implying women's participation in public life creates domestic disruption.
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‘LIFE Life’s Presidential Candidates OR the Presidency in 1912 we beg leave to present the F pane of Mr. Simon Guggenheim. Mr. Guggenheim needs no introduction to the people of America. As the from Colorado, he has brought the West closer to Wall Street than it ever was before. He has reduced the distance between Alaska and the office of J. P. Morgan & Co, so that with a very little additional effort Alaska ay be placed in a safe deposit box at 26 Broadway or er formidable stronghold where it can be at- tacked by neither moth nor mob, rust nor riot, bourgeois nor busybody. Mr. Guggenheim has always been true to his ideals and, ns a consequence, he is a very rich man. We present this, rot only as a political but as a business proposition. If we decided to have Mr. Guggenheim and mentioned it to him privately, he would no doubt make us a handsome offer. Mr. Guggenheim could easily carry New York, Insured D' XCTOR A: So Higgins died after all. 1 thought the operation was going to be a success. WOMAN is always a little ashamed of the husband Surcron B: It was. We collected the bill in advance. of whom she cannot be jealous. SAME OLD TROUBLE IN SUPFRAGETTE TIMES The Artist: on! 1 SAY, STAY JUST WHERE YOU ARE. THAT'S A STUNNING LIGHT EFFECT comicbooks.com