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In this cartoon the results of the fall state elections for the Democrats are
again compared to inclement weather. Democratic presidential nominee Horatio
Seymour, grasping a tattered umbrella, and his running-mate, Frank Blair,
diminutive and hunched-over, are forced down the Salt River-a metaphor for
political defeat-by the "October Gales." The Salt River is the name of
a small, shallow, and tortuous waterway in Kentucky, the transit of which is
difficult and dangerous. In the 19th century it was said that defeated political
parties were sent up the Salt River, and those hoping to rescue the party were
compelled to row up the Salt River after them. |
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1860
