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No welcome for the little stranger / Zimmerman. Joseph Pulitzer

No welcome for the little stranger / Zimmerman. Joseph Pulitzer

Illustration shows at center Grover Cleveland holding an infant labeled "Civil Service Reform", they are surrounded by a bunch of angry old men as orphans labeled "Hube Thompson, Eddie Hedden, Davy Hill, Hugh, ... More

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

Illustration shows President Cleveland as a pig farmer getting tangled in leashes attached to the hind legs of several hogs, each with a distinctive brand, labeled "Hugh McLaughlin, H.O. Thompson, Higgins, Beat... More

The administration's hardest job / J. Keppler.

The administration's hardest job / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows President Cleveland and his cabinet officers struggling to push and pull the Democratic donkey labeled "Bourbon Democracy" into a stable labeled "Reform Stables"; on the donkey's hooves, acti... More

The carol of the "waits" / J. Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer

The carol of the "waits" / J. Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer

Illustration shows a group of office seekers labeled "McLean, Pulitzer, Dorsheimer, Blackburn, McLaughlin, Hill, [and] Dana" singing Christmas carols outside the "White House" where President Cleveland is visib... More

Barred out from the promised land / Gillam.

Barred out from the promised land / Gillam.

Illustration shows a group of Tammany "Ward" workers and men identified as "J.R. McLean, Grady, H.O. Thompson, Spinola, [Alexander V.] Davidson, H. McLaughlin, [and a] Chicago Boss", along with Charles A. Dana ... More

The Administration sawmill / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

The Administration sawmill / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President Cleveland standing next to a large "Reform Buzz-Saw" labeled "Pat. 1884 by G. Cleveland" at a sawmill, where three members of his cabinet "Manning, Whitney, [and] Bayard" are millin... More

The resistless march of reform - the "hostiles" must go! / F. Opper.

The resistless march of reform - the "hostiles" must go! / F. Opper.

Illustration shows a large group of politicians, newspaper editors, Tammany Hall bosses, and others, dressed as Native Americans, one carrying a banner that shows a crude drawing of the Tammany(?) tiger labeled... More