The Ahkoond of Swat

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Title

The Ahkoond of Swat

Subject

Political cartoons
Heaton, Harold R., -1940
Deneen, Charles Samuel, 1863-1940
United States. Congress. Senate
Elections
Shurtleff, Edward D.
Stead, William H.
Illinois. General Assembly

Description

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. Heaton's graphic depiction captures the tension between Governor Charles A. Deneen and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Edward D. Shurtleff, both Republicans, during the tense deadlock over the 1909 Senate election, known as the Lorimer scandal. The title refers to a 1878 poem by George Thomas Lanigan.

Creator

Heaton, Harold R.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

n.d.

Format

jpg

Language

eng

Identifier

400934
Harold R. Heaton Collection

Original Format

political cartoon
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

40 x 37 cm