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"The True Republican Flag"

Topic:
Democrats and the Tariff Question
Source:
Harper's Weekly
Cartoonist:
William Allen Rogers
Date:
July 21, 1888, p. 525
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Having been nominated for a second term, President Grover Cleveland hoists a flag declaring that the Democratic Party of 1888 stands with the Republican Party of 1884 on the tariff question. According to cartoonist Rogers, the Republican platform of 1884 supported reduction of the federal surplus through tariff reform. That stance is contrasted with the 1888 Republican platform calling for surplus reduction through the elimination of all internal taxes, rather than dismantling the protective tariff system. In order to gain prohibitionist votes, Cleveland supporters emphasized the fact that tax abolition would mean "Free Whiskey."

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