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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Two Sides to a Hypocrite
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

Two Sides to a Hypocrite

Artifact ID1969.80.123
Object Type Cartoon Clipping
Date ca. October 1888
Medium Paper, ink
DimensionsOverall H 13 1/4 in x W 10 1/8 in (33.7 cm x 25.7 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionCover cartoon from the October 13, 1888 Judge magazine. A man (identifiable as Grover Cleveland) stands with his left side clothed formally ("Reformer") and his right side clothed informally ("Ward Politician"). On the Reformer side, he is surrounded by a man (“Mugwump”) with a monocle, a man (“Anglo-Maniac”) with a light brown suit, a man with a newspaper (“N.Y. Times”), and an old man sitting on the floor. On the Ward Politician side, he is surrounded by a crowd (“Worker”) that holds a sign (“Grover is one of the boys!”). He is also surrounded by a man (“Heeler”) in a blue suit with a top hat, a man (“Snuff”) with a white suit and white top hat, and a man with patched clothing and a newspaper (“N. York Sun”). Caption: "Two Sides to a Hypocrite.”. Additional text at center left: “Reform” “Public office is a Public trust” “No office shall be used for Partisan Purposes” “Cleveland’s letter of acceptance, 1884” “When we consider the patronage of this great office, the allurements of power, the temptation to retain place once gained, and more than all, the availability of a party finds in an incumbent whom a horde of office holders with a seal borne of benefits and fostered by the hope of favors yet to come, stand ready to aid with money and trained political service, we recognize in the eligibility of the President for re-election a most serious danger to that calm, deliberate, and intelligent political action which must characterize a government by the people.”. Additional text at center right: “Saloon Politics” “$10,000 check” “Assessment of Postmasters” “Use of Patronage to gain a second Term” “$50,000 subscribed by the Cabinet for Campaign Purposes” “Thieves, forgers, jailbirds and scoundrels appointed to office. They had the ‘pull’” “Rum Salon Influence” “Free Tr…”. Additional text at upper center: “Judge” “Entered at the Post Office at New York as Second-class Matter, Copyright 1888 by The Judge Publishing Co..”. Additional text at upper left: “Vol. 15 No. 365”. Additional text at upper center: “October 13 1888.”. Additional text at upper right: “Price 10 cents.”. Artist's signature lower left: “Gillam.”.
Historical NoteGrover Cleveland, the incumbent president when this cartoon was made, ran as a Democrat against the Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland was popular in the South, and his platform of decreasing tariffs was seen as pro-free trade and pro-British. Although he won the popular vote, Harrison won the election because he had an electoral majority.
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 Grover Cleveland (United States, 1837 - 1908)
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