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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Base and Unpatriotic
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

Base and Unpatriotic

Artifact ID1969.80.121
Object Type Cartoon Clipping
Date ca. August 1890
Medium Paper, ink
DimensionsOverall H 10 1/2 in x W 13 3/8 in (26.7 cm x 34 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionCartoon from the August 20, 1890 Puck magazine. Five men (“Lodge”, “Reed”, “Hoar”, “McKinley”, and “Ingalls”), each dressed in the military uniform of a different country, use a large bellows (“‘Lodge’ Force Bill”) to start a fire using wood (“Sectionalism”) as kindling. A man (“New South”) helps start the fire. Caption: "Base and Unpatriotic.”. Additional text at lower center: “ ‘It will fan into life the smouldering embers of the race question, which time and education are gradually extinguishing.’ - Protest of New York Business-Men against the Lodge Force Bill”. Additional text at upper center: “Puck.”. Artist's signature lower right: “C.J. Taylor”.
Historical NoteThe Lodge Bill was an attempt by Republicans to ensure that elections to the House of Representatives were regulated by the federal government instead of the states. This bill would have fought voter suppression in the southern states. Henry Cabot Lodge was a Massachusetts representative, George Frisbie Hoar was a Massachusetts senator, Thomas Brackett Reed was a Maine representative, William McKinley was an Ohio representative, and John James Ingalls was a Kansas senator.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThis item was given to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Collection in 1969.
Credit LineGift of Mr. Ralph E. Becker
National Archives Catalog CollectionLyndon B. Johnson Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 192413)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts to the LBJ Library (National Archives Identifier 189698391)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
Use Restriction NoteReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Person Referenced William McKinley (United States, 1843 - 1901)
Person Referenced Thomas Brackett Reed (United States, 1839 - 1902)
Person Referenced John James Ingalls (United States, 1833 - 1900)
Person Referenced George Frisbie Hoar (United States, 1826 - 1904)
Person Referenced Henry Cabot Lodge Sr. (United States, 1850 - 1924)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place Gifted
New York
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