Kite time / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt sitting on a fence on a hill, flying a kite labeled "Popularity"; below are several potential Democratic presidential candidates, all of whom are having difficulty flying their kites, from left to right are William Jennings Bryan labeled "W.J.B." holding a bellows labeled "Moral issue" and blowing on his tattered kite labeled "1896" and "1900" with ribbons on the tail labeled "Free silver, Populism, Anti-imperialism, [and] Free riot", next is David Hill holding a kite labeled "Parker boom", then Charles Murphy holding a kite under his arm labeled "McClellan boom", followed by Grover Cleveland, then Richard Olney holding the string to a kite labeled "Past record" lying on the ground, with ribbons labeled "1884" and "1892", "Tariff reform, Independent vote, [and] Personal popularity", then Arthur Gorman whose kite is tangled on a tree branch labeled "Panama blunder", and in the center is a little yellow kid labeled "Willie" who is all tangled up in his own kite string, the kite, lying on the ground, is labeled "Yellow journalism" and the string spells "McKinley slanders".

Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1414 (1904 April 6), centerfold.
Copyright 1904 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.