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bound issue from June 13, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 588. Lithographs address various topics, including: the 1888 Republican nominees (namely Senator John Sherman and Walter Q. Gresham [former Secretary of the Treasury]); Grover Cleveland and war tariff reform vs. Republicans desire to retain high tariffs; "sambo" representations of African people and culture. Lithographs include "The Progress of Two Booms" (title page; shows a line of Gresham copies lining up before a line of John Sherman copies. Behind them, a flag labeled "Starting Point" waves); "Before the Tournament" (shows a scene at a medieval jousting tournament; Grover Cleveland is seen riding an oversized, strong horse in golden battle armor and reins labeled "Tariff Reform." Before him, various republican senators are dressed as knights and are cowering before Cleveland and a finely dressed woman labeled "The Republican Party." The woman is gesturing towards a laurel wreath labeled "nomination." Whitelaw Reid and Depew are dressed as court jesters, playing music and snickering towards the knights); "What Has Become of Evarts--We Suggest a Journalistic Exploring Expedition" (shows Whitelaw Reid leading a group of explorer looking for William Evarts. The group includes the N.Y. Sun, a man holding a suitcase labeled "Affidavits of Circulation," a man holding "Texts" and "Mail and Express." The group is questioning African tribesman if they have seen William Evarts and are depicted as derogatory sambo racial stereotypes)

bound issue from March 14, 1888; Vol XXIII, no 575. Lithographs address various topics, including: Abram Hewitt, mayor of New York City from 1887 to 1888; Republican candidates for the 1888 election and halted progress of the Republican party; Civil War pensions for veterans who weren't able to do manual labor. Lithographs include: "The 'Simple Christian,' in Hard Luck" (title page; shows District-Attorney Fellows and Mayor Hewitt sitting inside a large room resembling an office. Fellows is writing various letters labeled "Rapid Transit Project," "Letter to Dept. Public," "What I don't know about the Kingsbridge," and others. Beside him, Mayor Hewitt is giving him a letter of endorsement; his coat has labels "Squire Flynn Fiasco" and "Gould Sage Blunder," his boots are labeled "Martines Shoes"); "The Old Granny Tea-Party.--Rocking-Chair Candidates for 1888" (shows candidates for the 1888 election sitting in a dining area, sipping tea in rocking chairs. Behind them, a large clock is labeled "Republican Progress, Stopped 1876." The candidates are all [presumably] Republican, labeled "Sherman's Boom," "Hoarty," Hamlin," "Evarts," "Harrison," "Allison," "Edmunds." Below them, two cats are seen scratching on a "Speech by Sen. Evarts"); "The Amazing Growth of the Pension Pig" (shows Uncle Sam surprised at the sight of a large, fat pig gorging himself on bags of money and coins. The pig is labaled "$80,000,000 for Pensions 1887." Above, a vignette shows a small, malnurished pig labeled "1865 Going In" sneaking into a window labaled "U.S. Treasury")

bound issue from June 6, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 587. Lithographs address various topics, including: tariff reform and democratic progress; the 1888 election and Grover Cleveland's presidency win; 1888 Republican nominee James G. Blaine and his withdrawal from the race. Lithographs include "The Skulker" (title page; shows a saddened Samuel J. Randall in Confederate uniform riding a exhausted donkey labeled "War Tariff." Behind him, soldiers holding flags labeled "Tariff Reform," "Democratic Progress" are seen marching without Randall); "1884-1888, 'Well, Mr. Cleveland, I Thought You'd Come Out Alright" (shows Grover Cleveland walking out of an oversized cornucopia labeled "1888 St. Louis," inside the cornucopia are crowds cheering for Cleveland. A vignette is shown on the right of Cleveland approaching the cornucopia, labeled "1884 Convention Chicago," with Reid, Elkins, and Phelps snickering and laughing at Cleveland); "Busted!" (shows Ingalls, Reid, and Elkins riding in a hot air balloon with an image of J.G. Blaine with "Blaine or Bust!" written underneath. The hot air balloon has various gashes and cuts, and is sinking into a "Sea of Political Failure," the U.S. Capitol is seen in the background)

bound issue from August 22, 1888 "with supplement"; Vol XXIII, no. 598. Lithographs address "free whiskey" Republicanism and Benjamin Harrison; Republicans and free trade; Uncle Sam; Republican party dead issues, sectional strife, and party spite; Republicans and tariff reform. Lithographs include "The Tail-End of the Republican Presidential Procession" (title page; shows Benjamin Harrison wearing an oversized "Granpapa's Hat" proceeding a troop of marching Republicans holding a flag labeled "The Greatest Living Statesman." Harrison is carrying an overflowing bucket labeled "Free Whiskey for the promotion of temperance and morality"); " "Free Trade" (shows Uncle Sam walking away from a "Grave Yard of Republican Hopes." Whitelaw Reid is waving a broom stick with a white sheet draped over it, resembling a ghost, labeled "Free Trade" to a waving Uncle Sam. Inside the cemetery are various Republican senators and Benjamin Harrison, hiding behind gravestones labeled "Sectional Strife," "Dead Issues," "Party Spite," and "Blaineism"); "A Bad Break for the Republican Sheep" (shows a farmer herding a flock of sheep toward a castle labeled "Property Sheep Ford," the surrounding fencing states "Tariff Reform." A flock of anthropomorphized sheep resembling Benjamin Harrison and other Republican senators are seen escaping from the farmer. A sign is attached to Harrison stating "Free Whiskey for the promotion of temperance and morality"); and a supplemental lithograph loose from the bound issue depicting a portrait of Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman.

bound issue from May 16, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 584. Lithographs address various topics, including: President Grover Cleveland's popularity between 1884-1888; (presumably) William Folger, Inspector of Ordnance at the Washington Navy Yard at the time, jingo policy (a form of aggressive foreign policy); the Republican party failing to succeed against progressive politics. Lithographs include "The Two Silly Billie's and the Hard Stone Wall" (title page; shows anthropomorphized donkeys representing the Republican Party ramming into a stone wall labeled "Grover Cleveland's Popularity." The U.S. Capitol is seen in the distance ); "An Ever-Popular Game--Chucking at Tough Old Uncle Jim" (shows a carnival-like game being played by Puck and Whitelaw Reid. In a pen, a large white canvas stands with a old man's head pushed through the middle. Objects are being thrown at the man, including a ball labeled "Jingo Policy," a brick labeled "Credit Mobilizer," money labeled "Mulligan," an anchor labeled "To the Windward," and other rocks labeled "Little Rock," "Burn this Letter," and "Equivocal Withdrawal." A sign is hung nearby stating "Here you are! Step right up and take a SHY at him! Wonder the tough skinned from Maine, JIM THE PACYDERM! Letter go, Gallagher!"; "A Poor Outlook" (shows Whitelaw Reid, John Ingalls, and other U.S. Senators holding onto the mast of a sinking ship. Its sails are tattered and bloody, labeled "Bloody Shirt," and the mast is labeled "Monopoly Dead Issues." Behind them, a large wave labeled "Progressive Political Sentiments" is threatening to drown the group)

bound issue from August 1, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 595. Lithographs address the repeal of taxes, tariffs, and the economy; protectionism; the election of 1888 between Harrison and Cleveland; consumerism. Lithographs include "'They Never Speak As They Pass By'" (title page; shows two individuals walking away from each other, both wearing sandwich boards. The individual facing the reader is wearing a top hat with feathers on its brim, both labeled "Temperance" and "Mortality" and a sandwich board stating "1888 we favor the entire repeal of internal taxes (meaning FREE WHISKEY) rather than the surrender of any part of our protective system." The individual facing away from the reader is wearing a sandwich board stating "Republican Platform 1884, the Republican Party pledges itself to correct the inequalities of the tariff and to reduce the surplus."); "High-Protectionist Humbug Versus the Cold Truth" (shows a scene at a homestead with various farming objects [donkey, horses, wells, a stump, a plow, buckets, jackets, a dog, etc.] with tax labels affixed to them. The farmer, who is holding a "second mortgage," is talking with a business man holding a poster stating "blessings of a high protective tariff guaranteed by the beneficent rule of the Republican party." Inside the man's bag is a pamphlet stating "vote Harrison and Free Whiskey") "The Patient Private Citizen" (shows a vignette of a "private citizen" being taken advantage of by various companies, such as the Steam Heating Co., Bureau of Street Encumbrances, R.R. CO., among others)