Finally, as this cartoon exemplifies, it was not a winning issue for Bryan because of his association with prominent Democrats who were tied to controversial trusts. Here, Bryan carries a “Repeating Winderbuss” (a pun on his long-windedness) to hunt the “octopus”—a common metaphor for business monopolies, connoting their multiple, powerful, grasping, and slimy tentacles. Yet, the gun-toting octopi are marching right beside the nominee (right-left): William A. Clark of Montana, a former and future senator from Montana who was part of the Copper Trust; Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and member of the Cotton Trust; and, most prominently, Tammany boss Richard Croker, a member of New York City’s Ice Trust. (Rogers misspelled Clark’s last name in this cartoon.)