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A petty annoyance' Illustration shows President Cleveland (1837-1908) walking down a path toward a building flying a banner labelled 'Non-Partisan Gov...

A flag the Independents will fight under' Illustration shows the Puck figure for the 'Independent' party standing on a raised platform, hoisting a fla...

The resistless march of reform - the 'hostiles' must go!' Illustration shows a large group of politicians, newspaper editors, Tammany Hall bosses, and...

Arthur's awkward 'white elephant'' President Chester A. Arthur sitting on a rock with a large white elephant that looks like Roscoe Conkling standing...

A free feast for the congressional coloured boys - they are all after a slice' Print shows several legislators slicing up a large watermelon labelled...

Sweet dreams' Print shows President William McKinley asleep in bed dreaming of William Jennings Bryan riding the Democratic donkey and leading members...

'Who will haul it down?'' President William McKinley standing at the top of a road leading to the White House in the background; he is delivering a sp...

He'd better cut behind' President McKinley driving a sleigh labelled 'Prosperity', drawn by a horse labelled 'Administration', and towing two small sl...

A way out of President Arthur's dilemma' Ulysses S. Grant recommending to President Chester A. Arthur some 'friends' of his as political appointees; a...

Our busy old women' A gang of 'Old Women' with ropes trying to pull down the statues on a large monument constructed 'A.D. 1898' showing statues of Pr...

Foes in his path - the herculean task before our next president' Grover Cleveland as Hercules carrying a large club labelled 'Honest Legislation', enc...

Two political paths' Evarts, Reid, Robeson, Logan, [and] Blaine and William W. Phelps standing on the remains of a bridge 'Washed Away by the Freshet...

Richelieu's defiance' President Cleveland as Cardinal Richelieu embracing a young woman labelled 'Civil Service' as he is confronted by a group of cou...

Consistent civil service reform' President Cleveland handing a paper that states 'Re-appointment for Honesty and Efficiency' to Henry G. Pearson for h...

The old and the new year' Father Time presenting the new year labelled '1886' to Puck standing in the foreground, holding his lithographic pencil; beh...

Thanksgiving day, 1885' President Cleveland standing at the head of a table with his cabinet officers around the table at placemats labelled 'Bayard,...

Our good ship 'National Credit' in danger from a silver-spout' Bow of a ship approaching a waterspout labelled '80ct $' and '$2,000,000 a Month', and...

The carol of the 'waits'' Group of office seekers labelled 'McLean, Pulitzer, Dorsheimer, Blackburn, McLaughlin, Hill, [and] Dana' singing Christmas c...

A moment of anxiety - who is going to get left?' President Cleveland as Santa Claus standing in front of a fireplace where stockings are hung from the...

A civil service reform version of an old fable' Grover Cleveland as a shepherd standing among his flock labelled 'Treasury, Supreme Bench, Office, [an...

The living president's tribute to the dead president' Statue of Roscoe Conkling, with cloven hooves, seated on a bench labelled 'Supreme Bench' atop a...

'Barking dogs never bite'' President McKinley walking onto the White House grounds with a woman labelled 'Prosperity', passing a group of barking dogs...

How will our German-American vote?' An elderly German American man with one hand pointing to his head and the other pointing to a coin bank labelled '...

Thanks to whom thanks are due' President William McKinley, standing, leading a toast to a dejected William Jennings Bryan sitting in a chair labelled...

Inaugural ball, March 4th, 1901 - engaged for another dance' President McKinley and Columbia, arm-in-arm, heading for the inaugural ball.

The coming struggle' President Roosevelt as a knight on horseback carrying a lance labelled 'Reciprocity' facing a giant ogre labelled 'Infant Industr...

Harmony and envy' A street scene with three monks, Whitelaw Reid, James G. Blaine, and John Logan, walking a few steps ahead of a band of merry revell...

The rehabilitation of the Democratic party' Scene inside 'Cleveland's Clothing Establishment' where President Cleveland and Thomas F. Bayard are fitti...

Echoes from Governor Hill's message' A large parrot, David B. Hill, perched on a stand next to President Cleveland's desk, filling the air with it's c...

A hard job with the hogs' President Cleveland as a pig farmer getting tangled in leashes attached to the hind legs of several hogs, each with a distin...

Our government farm -- President Cleveland finds an effectual protection against the twenty-five-year locusts' President Cleveland stands directly beh...

The confusion of tongues' Disagreement among many Republicans who were working together to construct a tower labelled 'Republican Harmony'; they have...

Just a vision: that is all!' Theodore Roosevelt sitting in a chair with a bull moose who is crying and looking up at him; in the background the vision...

Crowding the cabinet-making business' Newspaper editors James Gordon 'Bennett' holding up a bust of Roscoe Conkling labelled 'Sect. Interior' and a tr...

The honour of the country in danger' The spirits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln looking at a throne draped with an American flag beneath a s...

The modern Cassandra' George F. Hoar as a modern-day Cassandra prophesizing doom, which evokes the laughter of President William McKinley, William R....

The bugaboo of the anti-expansionist' President William McKinley riding on an elephant driven by Marcus A. Hanna and carrying Russell A. Alger, Nelson...

Honour to McKinley!' Joseph Pulitzer and a monkey, possibly meant to represent William R. Hearst, as editors of yellow journalism newspapers wrapped u...

'Poor thing! - they have taken the life out of it!'' Lame duck president Grover Cleveland and Secretary of State Richard Olney looking at a knocked-ou...

Inauguration day, 1897 - a good beginning' President William McKinley sitting at his desk in the oval office, as former president Grover Cleveland dep...

A little suggestion' President McKinley taking a break to smoke a cigar while a wax figure sits at his desk to suggest that he is hard at work reviewi...

He has one medicine for all ills' President McKinley as a physician dispensing strong 'Tariff' medicine in the men's ward of a sanatorium where beds l...

No more of those hideous monuments!' Puck grabbing the arm of Uncle Sam who is staring in dismay at statues labelled 'Coggswell, W.H. Seward Madison S...

A promising chicken' Small chick labelled 'Prosperity' that has emerged from a large egg labelled 'Easter 1897'; a rooster labelled 'Rep. Party' is cr...

Unpleasant plight of the 'advance agent of prosperity'' President McKinley riding on the back of a large tortoise labelled 'Congress', its body bound...

Firing up the wrong boiler' President McKinley holding an oil can labelled 'Patronage' and turning the crank on a 'Prosperity Engine' while Nelson Din...

He keeps them worried' Former president Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances playing with their children, Ruth, Esther, and Marion, in the backyard o...

Another delay' President McKinley addressing an audience from a stage in a theatre; behind the curtain, an overturned hat labelled 'Aldrich' lies on t...

A fourth of July celebration under difficulties' President McKinley, as a young boy, attempting to light the fuse to a fireworks-rocket labelled 'Pros...

Thanksgiving' Mark Hanna about to carve a large turkey labelled 'Presidency' resting on a gold platter labelled 'Sound Money Vote'; newly elected pres...