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Several hands wave laurel wreaths under a waving American flag in front of a monument resembling the top of the Lincoln Tomb. Writing on the flag's stripes states "The Lincoln League for the Constitution, American Institutions, and Historic…

Three mice with horns on their head run around a large wheel of cheese labeled "Illinois Senatorial Cheese." A woman representing Illinois wields a large knife as though she is going to cut off their tails similar to the nursery rhyme "Three Blind…

A padlock representing political deadlock secures a safe labeled "The Senatorship" at the base of the Illinois capitol building. A lit fuse burns towards the padlock sitting on a pile of gunpowder containing sticks of dynamite representing different…

In this cartoon, the Republican elephant flees Progressive Republicans Charles E. Merriam and Robert Maron La Follette, Sr. La Follette, a Progressive Republican Senator from Wisconsin, ran unsuccessfully for president in 1912 as a Republican and in…

Iowa Senator and then-possible Vice-Presidential candidate Jonathan P. Dolliver and the Union League Club of Chicago, represented as a building on a man's body, bow to each other as the Union League offers Dolliver the opportunity to speak to its…

Dripping in political corruption, Chicago Mayor Fred Busse begs for help as a speeding governor, Charles S. Deneen, comes to the rescue with a medicine chest. After his 1907 election to the mayor's office, Busse was accused of using the power and…

Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Charles Adkins stands in front of a brick wall wearing a sign reading "Please- I Want to be Governor!" as a woman carrying a flower labeled "Job as Gov." prepares to pass him. Current Governor Charles…

Governor Charles S. Deneen throws Chicago Mayor Fred Busse out of the GOP and into the political graveyard.

Chicago shrinks back from a shield labeled "Jack Johnson" in this political cartoon by Harold R. Heaton, likely referring to the July 4, 1910, boxing match between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson in Reno, Nevada. The fight, between a white man and…

Governor Charles S. Deneen pleads with a man representing the Illinois Supreme Court as he prepares to chop down the fourth attempt to pass direct primary reform. Reform minded, Deneen sought to allow the people to chose their respective party…

Republican editors raise their pens and beg Governor Charles S. Deneen to shoot the target and take the Republican nomination for governor.

Chicago, holding a Chicago Police Department shield dripping with liquid and labeled "Bank of Montreal Robbery," shrinks back from "Father Knickerbocker" (New York) holding a New York Police Department shield dripping with liquid and labeled…

Political cartoonist Harold R. Heaton draws a vortex in which Illinois politicians Governor Charles S. Deneen and State's Attorney John E. W. Wayman, along with representatives of the Chicago press, fall into "The Browne Case." Tension between…

This cartoon depicts Governor Edward F. Dunne and the Illinois Legislature as a waiter and customer, respectively, at the Cafe Capitol in Springfield. Dunne carries out a tray filled with "The Governor's Legislative Menu" while the Legislature kicks…

In this political cartoon by Harold R. Heaton, Emmeline Pankhurst, a women's suffragist from England known for her militant tactics, cheers on the dust cloud of fighting over women's suffrage in Peoria.

Political cartoonist Harold R. Heaton captures the strong disagreements surrounding marriage and divorce through the image of a judge declaring"No More SUB ROSA DIVORCES!". The startled couple before him wears a set of shackels with a tag labeled…