The Last of His Nine Lives, 1888
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- Box 1, Folder 24
- Scope and content:
bound issue from July 4, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 591. Lithographs address various topics, including: Benjamin Harrison and the presidential election of 1888; Benjamin Harrison and the issue of war tariffs; James G. Blaine, Chauncey Depew, and Walter Q. Gresham. Lithographs include "The Last of His Nine Lives" (title page; shows Benjamin Harrison as a anthropomorphized cat being knocked off a chimney labeled "Notoriety" by a brick labeled "Decent Politics"); "The Best the Grand Old Party Can Do" (shows various Republican senators stuck in a "bog of old issues." Above them, Benjamin Harrison stands on a "war tariff platform," bolstered by barrels and bags of money. One senator, L.P. Mortan, is seen climbing over Ingalls, Platt, Foaraker, and others to try and access Harrison and the platform. Harrison is wearing "Grand papa's Hat" and waving a flag stating "Harrison and high tariff! Harrison and free whiskey! Vote for the grandson of his grandfather!..."); "History Repeats Itself: Blaine Had His Burchard--Depew Had His Shepard--and Gresham Had His Bob Ingersoll" (Shows three frames: James Blaine dressed as a knight, with a pair of plyers dangling from a sash tied around his body. Blaine is standing next to a man--Buchard--holding a piece of paper labeled "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion." The middle frame shows Depew dressed as a jester standing next to Shepard, who is holding a piece of paper stating "Mail and express, fulsome praise of Depew." The third frame shows Gresham shielding his ears from a shouting Ingersoll, who is holding a newspaper stating "I am for Gresham")
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