The Bigger the Bar'l, the Smaller the Man, 1888
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 22
- Scope and content:
bound issue from June 20, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 589. Lithographs address various topics, including: the 1888 Republican nominees and the 1888 presidency race; the decline of the GOP; Allen G. Thurman, Grover Cleveland's vice-president elect during the 1888 election. Lithographs include "The Bigger the Bar'l, the Smaller the Man" (title page; shows Walter Q. Gresham standing before 6 barrels, each smaller than the last and representing "Depew," "Alger," "Morton," "Sherman," "Allison," and "Harrison." Graham is holding a newspaper labeled "No Bar'l But A Good Record); "Saving His Own Skin--for 1892" (shows a train labeled "Grand Old Party" derailing and crashing off of a cliff. Beside the crash is Harrison, seeming to jump off the train before it crashes. Whitelaw Reid is the conductor while Elkins and Ingalls are seen a steering their individual cars labeled "Land Grabs," "Trusts," and "Monopolists"); "The Brave Old Bull-Fighter" (shows an older man dressed as a bull fighter, holding a dagger labeled "Roman Record." A bull's shadow is seen in the corner, labeled "Blaineism")
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