The Grab Game in the New York Legislature, 1892
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- Box 1, Folder 40
- Scope and content:
bound issue from March 9, 1892; Vol XXXI, no. 783. Lithographs address Boss Tweed and his influence on the New York legislature; David B. Hill seeking the Democratic nomination in the 1892 presidential election; Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany. Lithographs include "The Grab Game in the New York Legislature" (title page; shows an oversized Boss Tweed grabbing various legislative bills from the New York legislature. Tweed is grabbing bills off the desk of Willian Sheehna, minority leader and speaker of the New York State Assembly, while he presides over an active meeting); "David's Desperate Attempt" (Shows David B. Hill locked in a cage with a oversized, growling lion and a timid, cowardly tiger. Hill is attempting to tame the lion, who has a metal labeled "Dem. National Convention" around its neck, with a whip labeled "Bossism." Behind him, a tiger wears a metal labeled "N.Y. Dem State Convention" and is holding a sign stating "for President David B. Hill." Outside the cage growds are gathering; the U.S. Capitol is seen in the distance); "A Trinity All by Himself--Kaiser, Pope, and 'War-Lord'" (shows a pensive "German Michel" looking towards a group of German military members, theologians, and von Caprivi [chancellor of Germany]. The chancellor is gesturing towards the German "Hans" to kiss his boots)
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