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“The Full Dinner-Pail Argument Has Too Long a Reach for Mr. Bryan”

Topic:
McKinley and the Economy
Source:
Judge
Cartoonist:
Eugene “Zim” Zimmerman
Date:  April 21, 1900
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The boxing scene is a traditional setting for political cartoons, but is enhanced here by use of a large, muscular dinner pail to symbolize the return of economic prosperity during the first term of President William McKinley. Specifically targeting the labor vote, the emblem represents how Republican economic policies have benefited the average worker with “increased wages” and a higher standard of living (a “full dinner pail”) after years of economic depression during the Democratic administration of President Grover Cleveland (1893-1897). As a border for its magazine covers, Judge magazine soon began running the symbol and motto, “Four More Years of the Full Dinner Pail,” both of which were later adopted by the Republican National Committee for the 1900 campaign.

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