Puck — November 5, 1879 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Puck Magazine, November 5, 1879 **"WHERE IS THE WINNER?"** This cartoon satirizes a disputed election outcome, likely the contested 1879 elections. The main image shows several grotesque male figures in a forest setting gathered around what appears to be a spinning wheel or voting mechanism, with one figure operating it. The title questions who legitimately won. The top banner reads "What fools these Mortals be!" (a Shakespeare reference), with a small devil-like figure holding an anarchist flag—suggesting the cartoon views radical politics as foolish trickery. The satire appears to mock election fraud, manipulation, or the chaotic uncertainty of determining an actual winner through potentially rigged voting processes. The grotesque caricatures emphasize the cartoon's contempt for the political figures involved in the disputed contest.