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A large pile of broken machinery representing several political factions sits in front of the Illinois capitol building. A large banner waves from the top of the building proclaiming "Shurtleff Forever" while animals representing "Peace" and "The…

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…

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…

Political cartoonist Harold R. Heaton demonstrates the political striations in the nation during the early part of the twentieth century. To the left, radical Democrats led by presidential candidate Robert M. La Follette and Charles E. Merriam wave…

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…

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

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…

Governor Charles S. Deneen and Chicago Mayor Fred A. Busse shake hands while their fingers dig into a pie labeled "Convention Feb. 3, '12; Jobs: Indorsement for Governor" allowing steam labeled "graft" to rise. A smaller figure representing the plain…

One time Republican and now third-party candidate (Bull Moose Party) for president Theodore Roosevelt kicks Governor Charles S. Deneen down the stairs of corruption.

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 throws Chicago Mayor Fred Busse out of the GOP and into the political graveyard.

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…

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…

President William Taft sits on top of an elephant wearing an Illinois G.O.P blanket next to a sign reading "To Nov. 4." Taft and the elephant look behind them to find a basket carrying Governor Charles Deneen tied to the elephant's tail with a tag…

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…

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…

Governor Charles S. Deneen stands in front of two doors fretting over which issue to tackle- trying to elect a senator out of the divided Republicans in the Illinois House of Representatives, or facing a recount.

Governor Charles S. Deneen hugs a woman representing Boston as they mourn dead animals hanging on the walls. A cat labeled "Pet Cats Kidnap[p]ed and Dissected" hangs under a Boston Medical Colleges sign while a rabbit labeled "Rabbit Shepherds…

President William Taft holds boards and nails while preparing to repair "political fences" surrounding a field filled with grazing animals representing the Democrat, Progressive Democrat, and Insurgent candidates in Illinois. A frightened Republican…

A road sign posted on a fence reads "To the Governor's Seat in 1912" above an elephant wearing a saddle labeled "For the Reg. Rep. Candidate" crouching in the road. Armed groups on either side of the road representing Charles Deneen and Charles…

A dentist wielding a dental drill and other instruments stands over Governor Charles S. Deneen while he signs a bill exempting dentists serving jury duty. As he signs the bill, a hand reaches in from the left with a paper labeled "Objections of Att'y…

Governor Charles S. Deneen stands at the end of a diving board wearing swimming clothes while hesitating to dive into the "Candidates Swimming Hole" decorated with signs pointing in opposite directions for the "governorship" and the "senatorship."…

State's Attorney John E. W. Wayman walks through the streets of Chicago shining the light of investigation. Additional people search the city with binoculars and telescopes from the roof of the City Hall building while a person peeks through…

Political cartoonist Harold R. Heaton articulates the divide in the Illinois Republican party, as Republican representatives B. M. Chipperfield, David Shanahan, Edward Shurtleff, and Illinois Speaker of the House Charles Adkins beat Governor Charles…

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.