Barred out from the promised land / Gillam.

Illustration shows a group of Tammany "Ward" workers and men identified as "J.R. McLean, Grady, H.O. Thompson, Spinola, [Alexander V.] Davidson, H. McLaughlin, [and a] Chicago Boss", along with Charles A. Dana and John Kelly; all are wearing top hats that emit rays of light or horns (Kelly is stomping on his hat with his left foot) as if all are Moses. They are disappointed office seekers who feel they should have been rewarded by the Cleveland administration. A large broken tablet on the ground is labeled "Old Commandments - Thou shalt divide up the Spoils". Banners atop the U.S. Capitol, "Interior Depart[ment], Treasury U.S., [and the] White House" state "A Government for the People not for Politicians, Reform Administration, Civil Service Reform, No Removals except for Cause". This last banner probably in reference to the recent removal of Capt. George B. Bacon in favor of George H. Sterling for government weigher at the New York Custom House, an action that was reversed pending investigation.