Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A book with a picture of a man in a bed, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

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Illustration shows former Governor of Massachusetts, William L. Douglas as a courtier gesturing toward a woman labeled "Democratic Victory" on a bed "Asleep Since 1892", and asking Oscar W. Underwood, Woodrow Wilson, Champ Clark, and Judson Harmon which has "a better chance of waking her". A lady-in-waiting, the Democratic donkey, has fallen asleep at the foot of the bed. The room is filled with cobwebs labeled "Defeat in 1896, Defeat in 1900, Defeat in 1904, [and] Defeat in 1908", and is becoming overgrown with tree roots.

Caption: Douglas of Massachusetts Which of you gentlemen stands a better chance of waking her?
Illus. in: Puck, v. 71, no. 1842 (1912 June 19), centerfold.
Copyright 1912 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.