The flying dutchman / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a ship labeled "Republican Machine" with Nelson W. Aldrich at the helm and Henry C. Lodge, Joseph G. Cannon, Boies Penrose, James S. Sherman and Chauncey M. Depew hanging on. The ship is starting to tip over in advance of a huge wave labeled "The Ultimate Consumer". Riding the crest of the wave is a ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, with Theodore Roosevelt standing at the bow or forecastle.

Caption: At the height of the storm, an added terror.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 67, no. 1722 (1910 March 2), centerfold.
Copyright 1910 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.