A Tempting Opportunity, 1899
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- Box 2, Folder 8
- Scope and content:
bound issue from November 15, 1899; Vol XLVI, no. 1184. Lithographs address European involvement in South Africa and subsequent wars; William Jennings Bryan's candidacy for President of the United States in 1896 and the Free Silver movement, largely adopted by Democrats in the elections of 1896 and 1900. Lithographs include "A Tempting Opportunity" (title page; shows the British Lion stomping out a fire labeled "South African War." Two figures labeled "Russia" and "France," wearing stereotypical French and Russian military uniforms, are shown in the background holding large pincers and attempting to cut the tail of the British Lion occupied with South Africa); "Bryan's Progress" (shows William Jennings Bryan wearing a feathered hat with "1900" imposed on the front; Bryan is riding on a rocking horse labeled "Presidential Aspirations" and leading a small army of older men, presumably Republican senators, through a fortress labeled "16 to 1" towards the U.S. Capitol. Some individuals are holding flags stating "Anti-Trust" and "Free Silver". Various characters are named: William Stone, James Stone, James Hogg, and Benjamin Tillman)
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