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bound issue from September 7, 1892; Vol XXXII, no. 809. Lithographs address U.S-Canada relations; Whitelaw Reid bowing to Labor Organizations, presumably to gain the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 1892 election. Lithographs include "The Cause of it All" (title page; shows two women arguing with one another in front of the border of U.S.A. and Canada. On the right is a woman dressed in robes resembling the U.S. stars and stripes, and on the left is a woman dressed as a Native American with a headdress, moccasins, and turqoise jewelry. Below them are two dogs fighting, one black and one white, labeled "American Protection" and "Canadian Protection"); "Submission" (shows individuals representing various labor unions standing near "The Labor Pope," who is sitting on a large throne. The individuals appear to be figures of religious importance, posed near the Labor Pope, who is wearing papal robes labeled "Federation of Labor." Below them is a crowd of "Typogrhical Union" members, waiting for their turn to approach the labor representatives. Whitelaw Reid appears before the Labor Pope with a letter stating "terms of satisfactory agreement between Whitelaw Reid and the Leaders of the Labor Organizations." Reid is kissing the Labor Pope's slippers); "The Trail of the Serpent" (shows an 8-frame comic depicting a fishmerman catching what he believes is a large serpent, but turns out to be a small minnow)

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)