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.
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