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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…

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.

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

A group of anumals and puppes have a picnic in front of a pile of broken machinery at the Illinois capitol building while discussing the political turmoil and deadlock between the General Assembly's rival political factions.Political cartoonist…

Governor Charles A. Deneen beats the legislature into shape, using a bat to prorogue the legislature, or to discontinue a legislative body without dissolving it, as Attorney General William H. Stead encourages him. Political cartoonist Harold R.…

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…

Goivernor Charles A. Deneen stands in front of the Illinois Governor's Mansion in a face off with Illinois Speaker of the House Edward D. Shurtleff who towers over the Illinois capitol building.Political cartoonist Harold R. Heaton captures the…