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This double-page cartoon of the pro-Republican Judge predicts that Democratic presidential nominee Alton B. Parker will be unsuccessful in his dive for presidential treasure. As in the past, cartoonist Victor Gillam critically equates the Democratic call for tariff reform with free trade. Other parts of Parker’s scuba-diving suit refer to proposed reductions in military spending, support from Tammany Hall, a progressive income tax (not included in the party platform), and “Tricky Politics.” The candidate is assisted (on the far left) by businessman August Belmont Jr., Parker’s campaign treasurer, and Democratic National Committee Chairman Thomas Taggart, a former Indianapolis mayor (1895-1901), who both hold the wheels of the “Democratic Machine.” James K. Jones, former U.S. senator from Arkansas, listens to New York State Senator Patrick H. McCarren, boss of the Brooklyn Democratic machine. |
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1860
