The Republican convention / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Theodore Roosevelt is passing the pike of "Policies" to William H. Taft, as "The New Mahout", sitting on the Republican elephant labeled "G.O.P."; seen through the left lense of Roosevelt's spectacles, labeled "Before Taft is nominated" are James J. Hill, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan, John D. Rockefeller, Edward H. Harriman, Joseph G. Cannon, Joseph B. Foraker, and Nelson W. Aldrich looking very somber, seen through the right lense labeled "After Taft is Nominated" the same group is cheering. In the lower right, Roosevelt refuses another curtain call; on the lower left he offers "Taft Bitters" to a cowboy. Across the bottom is Roosevelt's familiar toothy grin.

Illus. in: Puck, v. 63, no. 1632 (1908 June 10), centerfold.
Copyright 1908 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.