A Hint to Irish Modesty, 1888
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- Box 1, Folder 16
- Scope and content:
bound issue from May 9, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 583. Lithographs address various topics, including: Mayor Abram Hewitt and the Irish in the city; protectionism, tariffs, the Labor Party, and Republican Party; 1888 GOP/Republican party nominees James Blaine (frontrunner who withdrew from the race), William Water Phelps, and Reid. Lithographs include "A Hint to Irish Modesty" (title page; shows two men standing beside a vignette of a coat of arms labeled "The 'Craythur'," each dressed as representations of Ireland and an Alderman); "The Bottom Has Dropped Out" (shows Senator Reid and Senator Phelps driving a horse-drawn carriage labeled "Grand Old Republican Coach" to "The Rep. National Convention." On top of the carriage is a bag of "unburned letters." Inside, Blaine is seen holding on as the bottom of the carriage has gone through, its floorboards labeled "Promise of civil service reform," "Promise of tariff reform," and "War record" are seen falling to the ground); "A parallel from fiction--the dear, good, benevolent protectionists--and their dupe" (shows a parade of Republican senators dressed as British royalty and jesters. Ingalls and Phelps are holding a covering labeled "Randall, Kelly, and Co. Clothiers to His Majesty," which is covering a man wearing long johns, an oversized white shirt, and is holding an object labeled "Labor Vote, Any-Poverty Patch." In front of the parade are Kelley, Randall, and a group of working class men. The paraders are holding various signs labeled "See what protectionism has done for him!," "Catch on to the RIGHTNESS," "See his magnificent garments," "Don't we dress him well!")
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