Hanging on / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows President Taft climbing a mountain labeled "White House Glacier" with members of his campaign committee hanging from ropes attached to his waist, on the left are "Crane", and "Penrose", and the Republican elephant, and on the right are "Sherman, Barnes, [and] Root" who is driving a piece of heavy machinery.

Caption: What can Taft do? They are his guides and he is tied to them.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 72, no. 1857 (1912 October 2), centerfold.
Copyright 1912 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.