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“The Democratic Wild West at Denver”

Topic:
The National Party Conventions
Source:
Harper's Weekly
Cartoonist:
Edward Windsor Kemble
Date:
July 4, 1908, pp. 18-19
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This Harper’s Weekly cartoon presents the 1908 Democratic National Convention in Denver as a Wild West show, starring presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan and New York Democrats, presumably loyal to Tammany Hall, the Democratic political machine of New York City. Historically, the organization had a mixed record of backing the party’s presidential nominees. It originally opposed Grover Cleveland in 1884 and only gave him grudging support in 1892. In 1896, with “Boss” Richard Croker out of the country, Tammany Hall did not actively campaign for Bryan in his first presidential race. Four years later, Croker ensured that the machine backed the Great Commoner before his second nomination, playing an influential role at the convention and in the campaign. Prior to the 1908 convention, Croker’s Tammany successor, Charles F. Murphy, endorsed Bryan’s third nomination.

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