The Flying-Wheel of France--Every One Has His Turn at the Top, 1888
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- Box 1, Folder 14
- Scope and content:
bound issue from April 25, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 581. Lithographs address various topics, including: the French Third Republic, specifically issues over the re-establishment of the monarchy vs republican forms of government; the boulangists, radicals, and opportunist republicans in French politics; Republicans and Democrats vying for the Grand Army Vote in the 1888 election; pensions; civil service reform; Grover Cleveland and war tariffs. Lithographs include "The Flying Wheel of France" (title page; shows a group of men scrambling onto a ferris wheel. The seats ar labaled "Boulangist," "Radical," "Opportunist," and "Monarch." Beside them is a large woman wearing a sash labaled "La France," turning a lever to control the wheel); "Bidding For His Vote" (shows two well-dressed women, one wearing a hat labaled "Republican Party" and the other wearing a hat labaled "Democratic Party," vying for the attention of the "Pension Agent" and "Grand Army Vote." The women are petitioning for pensions for various members of their family, men "whose feelings were hurt by President Cleveland's Veto of the Dependent Pension Bill," and for other situations. The "Grand Army Vote" individual is dressed in a soldier's uniform with various metals pinned to the jacket. Behind them, a sign is seen labeled "The Grand Army Vote Will Be Delivered to the Bidder Offering the Most Pensions. By order of the Pension Agent"); "Doctor Cleveland's Patients" (shows Grover Clevalnd as a doctor, treating a young boy, presumably choking, labeled "War Tariff." Beside them are three books labeled "Common Sense Government," "Sound Policy," and "Honest Principles." Uncle Sam is seen with a young, crying boy wrapped in a paper labeled "Civil Service")
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