On the Sly, 1888
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 11
- Scope and content:
bound issue from April 4, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 578. Lithographs address various topics, including: the Republican nominees for the 1888 election after James G. Blaine's withdrawal as nominee; tariffs and their effect on the poor vs monopolists; Jason "Jay Gould, railroad robber barron, and his control of western railroads, specifically the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Lithographs include "On the Sly" (title page; shows a little boy dressed as a police man, a baton held in his hands behind his back. The boy is peering from behind a corner at a group of Republican Senators sneaking into the "family enterance" of a brick store, tis windows boarded up and locked. A sign is posted to the front statting "I have CLOSED UP [so far as it is in my power to do so] J.G. Blaine]. Senators include Ingalls, Reid, Depew, Boutelle, and Elkins); "The Political Poor Relation--An Unwelcome Guest" (shows an "unprotected farmer" asking for a seat at a table of monopolists. The monopolists are portly and well-dressed, drinking "free whiskey" and looking at a "monopolist menu." Behind the group, on serving trays, are a "trust roast" and "monopoly pudding." Servers are seen giving "free tobacco." Food is seen cooking in a "Congressional Kitchen" with "War Tariff" smoke rising from the food); "The Wall Street Bluebeard" (shows a scene in a lavish, gilded palace of Jay Gould holding a kukri knife against a woman's [labeled "Missouri Pacific"] throat. Behind them, Fellows is seen peeking through a large curtain holding a sword labeled "Prosecution" and a document labeled "Hewitt's Recommendation")
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