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A person wearing a mask and women's clothing sits next to a man representing the voter. The voter states "She loves me! She loves me for myself alone!" while holding a vote which the woman reaches for. A man labeled "Prince $$$ski" hides behind a…

William Jennings Bryan prepares to speak while holding a megaphone to the ear of the Democratic donkey as he prepares to accept the Democratic nomination for president for the third time. Bryan, the forty-first U.S. Secretary of State, was the…

A man rushes into the Turbine Steamship Company's office offering $1 million if they could take him across the Atlantic Ocean in four days. The second panel shows him asking the captain about the boat's arrival time. The third panel shows the man…

The upper panel illustrates a partially-filled Senate where legislators are reading the newspaper and yawning during debate on the Phillippines. In the lower panel, the full Senate attends and actively participates in discussion on a ship subsidy…

The three-panel cartoon illustrates the political fallout over the Lorimer Scandal in which Illinois Speaker of the House Edward D. Shurtleff and his followers broke the 1909 deadlock over the election of a new U. S. Senator from Illinois by bribing…

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

A man presents the U.S. Senate with a railroad rate Regulation bill approved by the president, pupit, press, and people which the Senate rejects. A tycoon then brings a ship subsidy bill condemned by the president, press, and public and the Senate…

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…

Opportunity in the form of a goddess knocks on the door of the 1912 Democratic National Convention while Alton B. Parker and William Jennings Bryan fight inside. Former New York Governor and 1904 Democratic presidential nominee Alton B. Parker headed…

A three-panel cartoon depicts two bankers founding a private bank for small investors due to the state's lack of supervision for private banks. The middle panel shows lines of depositors entering the bank. The bottom panel illustrates the bankers'…

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…

John McCutcheon illustrates the 1903 Chicago livery driver strike in a three-panel cartoon showing a young couple hurrying to their wedding venue only to find another couple and no minister. The bottom panel shows the minister and a woman standing…

The Lincoln League positions a recruiting station in front of a statue of Abraham Lincoln next to the Illinois State House while members of the public hurry away. President William Taft attempts to stop one man from leaving by grabbing his…

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…

A large crowd cheers for Grover Cleveland, lending their support for a possible third nomination for president in 1904.Alton B. Parker, a New York judge, ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904 against newspaper tycoon William R.…

A farmer complains to Uncle Sam about political corruption in Washington, D.C. declaring farmers are beginning to support a third party candidate. In the lower panel Uncle Sam shows the farmer two voting booths labeled "For Governor- A Candidate with…

The two-panel cartoon shows scenes of Americans arriving at hotels abroad and the greetings the received before and after the Lorimer Scandal. The clerk in the top panel exclaims "Ah! I see monsieur is from Illinois! Zat grand state of Lincoln and…

A large line of soldiers stand in line to subscribe for war bonds in front of a baseball-like scoreboard tracking war bond subscriptions by infantry and batallion. A soldier in the lower left corner states "They are willing to give their money as…

Tax payers watch as the GOP's elephant grazes from the income tax reduction proposal of 1927 as Democratic party leaders pull the donkey away, fearing a trick.

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

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…

A club labeled "Progressive Sentiment" chases three men representing boss rule into the sea of defeat at the New York Republican Convention.

Unseen people push Senator Boies Penrose onto a theater stage to explain $25,000 in donations from the Standard Oil Company. Penrose tries to divert attention onto Theodore Roosevelt, but then sees William Randolph Hearst sitting in a box set holding…

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…

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…