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A woman wearing a sash labeled "The Chicago Woman" hits a mallet on a carnival game labeled "Chicago Polls" illustrating quickly-rising voter registration while "The Chicago Man" cheers her on. A colonial figure representing New York waves his arms…

A woman representing Chicago sits with papers listing scandals and graft schemes next to a scale with weights resembling several political officials. The lower portion of the cartoon shows an imbalance when she attempts to weigh "Kern" against…

An arm strikes a staff labeled "Action" against a rock representing "Senatorial Deadlock at Springfield" allowing water to pour forth with the label "Proper Representation of Illinois Interest at Washington." The United States Capitol building is…

The legislature returns to Springfield to discover the rebirth of former governor Charles S. Deneen's Water Power Bill in the form of a bride. Speaker of the Illinois House Charles Adkins (1911-1913) crouches, ready to smash the bill yet again.

Governor Edward F. Dunne and his supporters wield swords while marching towards the Grim Reaper standing at a railroad crossing. Dunne and his supporters fought for the elimination of three crossing types: the hogback crossing, or those in which the…

Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr. stands next to a flag labeled "Police Department Reorganization" under a storm cloud labeled "Public Sentiment Against Commercialized and Protected Vice." The cartoon is in response to the resignation ofChicago…

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.

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…

Governor Edward F. Dunne ushers two girls named "Initiative" and "Referendum" to a second man depicting the Illinois State Senate. This man is holding an apple labeled "Approval," while a third man representing the Illinois House of Representatives…

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…

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…

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.…

Governor Edward Dunne is greeted upon his return from Washington, D.C. by a bill with human features representing the Illinois State Administration wrapping itself around his legs while looking fearfully at Lieutenant Governor Barratt O'Hara. Dunne…

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…

Four men labeled "Deneen," "Busse," "Campbell," and "Pease" have their hands in a pie labeled "Political Patronage Pie" while a group of Native Americans, led by a woman holding a "Pro Bunco Publico" banner, shoot arrows at them. One arrow labeled…

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…

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…

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…

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."…

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…

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…

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…

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…