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A disproportionately large man stands on a chair and warns Democratic presidential candidate William J. Bryan not to ask questions. Bryan, the forty-first United States Secretary of State, was the Democratic nominee for president in 1896, 1900, and…

Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon criticizes the Chicago Police Department's ability to fight crime in the city. In the top panel a detective holds two guns and stops three crooks. In the lower panel, two pairs of legs jump out a window with a…

A three-panel cartoon highlights legislator attendance before and after bills go into effect. The cartoonist suggests the introduction of a timeclock and reduction in pay as a solution for high absentee rates among Congressmen.Captions: "Under one:…

Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon provides commentary on news items of the day including daylight savings time, political unrest over the Danish monarchy, and Chicago city worker's demands for pay raises. Captions: "Under one: The Daylight…

A man attempts to impress upon an audience the importance of street cars in Chicago, but they only have eyes for the motor car. Captions: "Under one: Yes, sir-ee! I know this car matter from A to Z. I'll tell you whats the best kind of a car for…

Senator Albert J. Hopkins sits on a chair in the middle of a fenced in area labeled "Direct primary vote." Men representing the Republican and Democratic minorities ride the Illinois G. O. P. elephant as it breaks through the Deneen fence and runs…

Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon's commentary of the day highlights Chicago Black Sox players celebrating over the body of a giant baseball player, boots walking through the Riga region, and several eyes watching a man clutching money bags in…

Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon illustrates paradoxes emerging during World War I in this six panel political cartoon. In the first panel German leaders celebrate the German bombing of London and condemning the Allied bombing of Germany in…

A man reads several newspaper headlines presenting conflicting information on the status of proposals for peace during World War I.

On June 6, 1917, the San Salvador volcano erupted in El Salvador. One day later, the British Royal Engineers detonated nineteen deep mines at the Battle of Messines, destroying the German ridge defenses and leading them to believe it was an…

A man sits before an audience talking about his dangerous experiences and injuries in the top three panels. In the fourth panel, the group ushers him to the Cook County Home for Incurable Microbes where he refuses to enter. The Cool County Home for…

General Red Tape, Delay, and Swivel sit in a war room as battles rage outside, debating how to handle a mistaken burglary. Captions: "Under one: Gen. Tape - 'A burglar is Trying to break in!' Under two: Gen. Swivel - 'What kind of a gun shall we have…

A man attends a speech fest at North Side Hall featuring popular Republican reformist Graeme Stewart. Each panel illustrates the man's frustration as the event goes later into the night and Stewart does not appear. The final panel shows the man the…

The eight panel cartoon shows Czar Nicholas II hanging a sign reading "The Hague Peace Tribunal to Peacably Settle All Internation Difficulties" in the first panel. The following panels show seven international conflicts occurring after the…

The four panel cartoon shows Sherlock Holmes investigating the money trail in the Lorimer Scandal and looking for additional legislators who accepted bribes for votes.

A minister preaches to his congregation and passes the collection plate but has difficulty getting his congregation to follow his messages.

Medical professionals race to Cubs Park for a charity baseball game between the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Herald artists.

A man appears in two panels with his family, the first at rest and the second washing clothes. The bottom two panels depict him traveling the city on a street car and walking.

This three-panel cartoon demonstrates rising financial support for World War I in the United States through the Liberty Loan program as the political atmosphere in Austria-Hungary deteriorates. The top panel shows a man dropping coins into a bucket…

Interested parties watch and wait for the 1916 election results. President William Taft sits in the audience reading a book on fishing. Taft was not a candidate in the 1916 presidential election.

James Harahan and Edward Harriman kick Suyvesant Fish out a window only to have him return in the second panel. They throw him out an adjacent window in the third panel but he returns through a transem window in the fourth panel.Stuyvesant Fish,…

A man stands in the lower left corner gesturing to a hot air balloon labeled "Hearst Balloon" carrying political candidates Hopkins and Burke in the top panel. The center panel shows the balloon falling quickly with the two men clutching at its…

President William Taft portrays Mahomet, attempting to attract the mountain of sentiment in favor of further reducing the tariff downward to come to him using a speech on the progress of tariff reduction he gave in Winona, Minnesota. As the mountain…

In the top panel a small boat carrying one person and four cannons is hit by an explosion. In the second panel the man is searching for an unknown target while at sea. The lower panel shows the man rowing his repared boat loaded with a torpedo…

The top three panels show workers lining up to fill large bags of money in front of houses and the Socalists' Headquarters. In each panel the number of bags, size of the line, and size of the Socialists' Headquarters grows while the size and number…