Puck's plan to relieve the country of two embarrassments - give Grant the surplus, and let him spend it on a little court of his own / Gillam.

Illustration shows Ulysses S. Grant as a king sitting on a throne, surrounded by his courtiers, identified as Rev. J.P. Newman, Henry Ward Beecher, Roscoe Conkling, Jay Gould, George W. Childs, William Belknap, G. Jones, Senator John P. Jones, Simon Cameron, James Donald Cameron, James D. Fish, John A. Logan, T.C. Platt, George M. Robeson, [and] Joseph W. Keifer". The unidentified man standing behind Logan may be Ferdinand Ward. At center is a large cushion covered with coins labeled "$150,000,000 Surplus - Result of Over-Taxation". In the background is a standard that states "Glory to the Ex-Decoy for Grant & Ward".

Illus. from Puck, v. 15, no. 376, (1884 May 21), centerfold.
Copyright 1884 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.