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“The Mistake of a Lifetime” |
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Cartoonist: Frank Beard |
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Source: Judge |
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Date:
August 16, 1884, p. 201
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Complete HarpWeek Explanation:
Based on Democratic presidential nominee Grover Cleveland's
Maria Halpin scandal, this cartoon presents Harper's Weekly editor George William Curtis as a
seduced and abandoned woman. Curtis led the New York committee of Independent
Republicans who bolted their party upon its nomination of James Blaine, and
endorsed his Democratic rival. In his editorials, Curtis attacked Blaine's
domestic and foreign policies, but especially his reputation as a corrupt
influence-peddler.
Here, the editor holds the result of union with Cleveland, the Independent
Party rag baby, made up of Harper's Weekly, the New York Evening Post, and the
New York Times. The disillusioned Curtis stands in the wind and rain, staring at
a poster of Cleveland, and shut out of the Republican home. She/he, like the
nation, has been "Led Astray" by the acting talents of the New York
governor. "Salt River" (on the poster behind Curtis) was a slang term
for political defeat. |
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