We Are Coming to It, 1888
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 9
- Scope and content:
bound issue from March 21, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 576. Lithographs address various topics, including: funding for the pension system for Civil War veterans; memorial for Emperor William I, who died in 1888; Grover Cleveland and his policies; The Fisheries Treaty of 1888. Lithographs include "We Are Coming to It" (title page; shows Uncle Sam announcing a public auction of various U.S. states [Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Oregon, Idaho, California]. Uncle Sam is standing on a rock above a map of the United States; behind him, a sign says "By Order of the Pension Demagogues". In his right arm he holds a vulture and a gavel, his left is gesturing towards a red flag labeled "Auction Sale"); "In Nemoriam Emperor William I--How He Found Germania, and How He Leaves Her" (shows a womanly figure [Germania] in Germanic military dress placing a laurel wreath on a deceased William I. Beside them, a vignette shows William I shielding Germania from individuals of royalty); "Disturbers of the Public Peace" (shows Senators Reid, Ingalls, and Frye hollering in an empty street; above them, tenants in apartment buildings are yelling at the trio for their ruckus. Reid holds a large poster stating "Voters Beware! Cleveland is a traitor and he wears an eighteen inch collar!! He is a second term hunter and weighs 250 pounds!" Ingalls is carrying a rolled up paper labeled "Ingalls Incentive")
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