This Nast cartoon pictures two future presidents working together for reform. Republican Theodore Roosevelt, then a young state assemblyman, sponsored several reform measures, including changing the municipal charter of New York City (featured here). The bill was aimed at making the city's government more efficient and less corrupt. Roosevelt (left) holds the bills for Governor Cleveland to sign. The theme articulated in the caption, "Reform Without Bloodshed," is reinforced by contrasting documents in the foreground: a "Law and Order" book (left) for New York's reformed government and a newspaper (right) reporting riots against Cincinnati's unreformed government.