Unconditional surrender' President McKinley capitulating to special interests and political patronage by offering his sword labelled 'Patronage' to Marcus A. Hanna, Thomas C. Platt, and Matthew S. Quay. The dejected members of McKinley's cabinet, labelled 'Alger, Sherman, Bliss, Gage, Long, Wilson, McKenna, and Gary', are standing in the background.