Heeding History's Warning, 1899 Box 2, Folder 5
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bound issue from October 25, 1899; Vol XLVI, no. 1181. Lithographs address George Dewey, a potential runner for the 1900 Democratic presidential primary, and warning from Winfield Scott Hancock, failed Democratic nominee in 1880; Democratic senators being curtailed by Republican majorities in both chambers. Lithographs include "Heeding History's Warning" (title page; shows Admiral George Dewey sitting in a chair with papers strewn around him. The paper headlines state "Dewey is the Man!," "For President George Dewey suggested by Yellow Journals," "Daily Press. Dewey for President." General Winfield Scott Hancock is seen as an apparition, raising his left arm in [presumably] warning); "The Dogs and the Moon" (shows a pack of 10 dogs howling at the moon in front of the U.S. Capitol building. Each dog wears a collar with their respective name: Tillman, Vest, Jones, Bryan [who is tied to a can labeled "16 to 1"], Altgeld, Gore, Hogg. The dogs are drawn with human heads, dog bodies, with their tails between their legs)
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