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Photograph of President Roosevelt seated at a desk, holding papers.

"Butler Fly-Paper Prepared only by Blaine, Elkins, & Co.," to which flies do not stick, lies on a plate on a table. Stephen B. Elkins, standing in the background, is drinking from a bottle labeled "Star Route Syrup $."

President Roosevelt stands by a table, holding a letter in his hand.

William II, German Emperor, stands among papers, looking puzzled, holding a long sheet of paper that lists successful U.S. military campaigns during the Spanish-American War. Caption: William the Greatest--Himmelkreuzdonnerwetter!! That those Yankees should do these things without a consecrated ruler to tell them how!!!

Benjamin F. Butler is a laborer standing next to a box of "Tools for Exhibition Purposes," with "Butler's Valet" next to him. At the valet's feet are papers labeled "R. R. Stock [and] Monopolists' fees" and behind him is a safe labeled "Bonds." Butler is holding papers labeled "Speech." Through a window is seen a tattered man standing next to signs that state "Grand Butler Mass Meeting" and "Please Keep Order and Don't Crowd." Caption: Butler (to his valet) - "Keep an eye on the valuables, while I go out and address the mass-meeting!"

Puck directs a large floodlight to illuminate a cave. Charles H. Dietrich, Joseph R. Burton, and J. Edward Addicks shy away from the light. Pennsylvania governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, as a court jester, holds up a large sheet of paper labeled "Press Gag Law." A man running to the right holds a paper labeled "R.R. Rebates." Another man, possibly John D. Rockefeller, stands next to containers labeled "Paper Trust, Oil Trust, [and] Gas Trust," and a diminutive figure, possibly New York State Senator Thomas F. Grady, stands behind Pennypacker, holding up a paper labeled "Anti-Cartoon Bill." An octopus labeled "Mormonism" is visible at the entrance to the cave on the left. comments and context

World War I cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Rider attire, typing furiously on a portable typewriter. Puffs of smoke labeled "Sedition! Quitters! Traitors!! Pacifists! [and] Barnacles!" surround him as well as papers labeled "Editorial Correspondence [and] Speech." In the wastebasket lie crumpled papers reading "Teuton Pledges [and] German Statements." An axe lies at his feet. Roosevelt was outraged over what he considered President Wilson's lackadaisical prosecution of the war and his willingness to accept anything other than unconditional surrender by the Germans. He traveled the nation making speeches and wrote articles and a weekly syndicated column, all attempting to speed up the war effort.

A figure with the head of a steam locomotive leans back in a chair and reads over a scroll of paper labeled "railroad rate bill." The bottom of the bill continues down to the floor and out of sight with many further pieces of paper labeled "amendment." To the right stands the figure of Theodore Roosevelt, looking on and leaning on his "big stick."

President Cleveland holds papers labeled "National Honor and Credit" behind his back, as he faces a group of newspaper editors and legislators labeled "Tribune, N.Y. Sun, Tom Reed, Hill, World, Teller, Stewart, Vest, Peffer, [and] Hoar." Charles A. Boutelle is at the back of the group holding a paper labeled "Boutelle Resolution." The U.S. Capitol is in the background behind President Cleveland.

Henry C. Lodge plays a horn labeled "Discrimination Against England," Benjamin Harrison plays cymbals labeled "Bimetallic Standard," Thomas B. Reed beats a tub labeled "Bimetallism" with a club labeled "Speech," and Whitelaw Reid plays a trumpet and holds a paper labeled "Tribune." They are on a wharf labeled "U.S." and raising a bimetallic clamor with silver and gold instruments, against the British Lion who is smugly reclining on a bit of land labeled "England" and holding papers labeled "Free Trade," with ships along the shore labeled "To Japan, To India, To S. America, To Australia, [and] To China."

Treasury Secretary Lyman J. Gage tosses notes that state "Free Silver is Ruin," "Sound Money," "The National Honor is above Politics," "A fifty-cent dollar would mean greater hardship to the laboring man than to the capitalist," "Financial Reform Needed," and "Sound Money is necessary to our Prosperity" among diminutive legislators who all have pointed ears like swine. Gage holds a paper that states, "Had there been a uniform banking system, specie payments would have been maintained, and hundreds of millions lost through depreciation of government notes would have been saved to the people," and in his pocket are papers labeled "Sound Money Tracts."

Father Knickerbocker struggles to hold aloft a dumbbell that is labeled on the left "Plattism," showing Thomas Collier Platt with papers labeled "Jobs" and "Deals," and on the right "Crokerism," showing Richard Croker with papers labeled "Jobs" and "Deals." Caption: He's pretty strong; but the double-boss dumb-bell will prove too much for him.

William Jennings Bryan stands on a tree stump labeled "Demagogism" and waving a flag labeled "Repudiation." On the left is an anarchist labeled "Dynamite" holding a "Bomb" and a torch, and standing on papers labeled "Law" and "Order." On the right is a man with a long beard, who may represent a western silver mine owner, standing on papers labeled "Contracts" and "Debts." Caption: The stump-orator candidate and his allies.

Richard Croker, a Tammany Hall boss, is pictured as Hamlet, exiting a castle labeled "Tammany Hall," carrying a moneybag labeled "Pickings" and papers labeled "Deed $90,000 House, Ranch - Racing Stable, [and] Investm[ent] - Stock Farm." He encounters the ghost of Boss Tweed who stands at the edge of an "Abyss for Smashed Bosses," holding in his arms a moneybag labeled "Stealings" and papers labeled "'Diamond Wedding', Erie Deal, [and] 5th Avenue House." Croker is headed for the abyss. Caption: Hamlet Croker (to Ghost Tweed)--I'll follow thee!

William L. Wilson stands in the street outside the White House, holding open a large carpet bag labeled "Wilson's Free List" which contains papers labeled "Free Wool." He has an umbrella labeled "Income Tax" under his left arm. Sitting next to him on the street is the donkey labeled "Dem. Party" that he had been riding. Several men, four of them identified as "Gorman, Brice, McPherson, [and] Faulkner," have robbed him of papers labeled "Free Iron, Free Sugar, Free Lumber, [and] Free Coal" and are walking up the street toward the U.S. Capitol, visible in the background. Caption: "Gee whiz! And it's a wonder they left that!"

Uncle Sam knocks the heads of two men together, a masked man on the left holding papers labeled "A.P.A. Un-American Intolerance" and, on the right, a member of the clergy holding papers labeled "Greed for Public School Funds."

John Bull stands in the "House of Lords," looking over a curtain at an old man wearing a crown and robe, clutching a large book labeled "Mediæval Traditions of the British Peerage" and a large scroll of paper labeled "Hereditary Right to Obstruct Popular Legislation." At his feet are papers labeled "Peoples' Measures." Caption: John Bull--Roseberry [sic] says he can be mended, but I guess he'd better be ended!

The spirit of General Winfield S. Hancock holds a paper that states "Governors Island 1880. The Tariff is a Local Issue. Gen. W. S. Hancock." He stands among congressmen in a congressional chamber where senators or representatives from "Maryland, New York, Ohio, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Kansas, [and] Pennsylvania" are tearing off sections of a large paper labeled "The Tariff?" that apply to their respective states. Caption: Shade of General Hancock--They laughed at me when I said the tariff is a local issue; but I was right, after all!

President McKinley sits at a desk, holding a large paper that shows "President McKinley's War Policy." A newspaper reporter, most likely Joseph Pulitzer," leaning through an open window and carrying sheets of paper labeled "Yellow Journal War Plans," is poking his nose into the back of McKinley's "Plans of Campaign."

On the left, money is being counterfeited and is labeled "Low-down and Illegal." On the right, capitalists on "Wall Street" hold papers labeled "Watered Stock" and "Dividends." Caption: What is the difference morally between making and circulating valueless paper in the guise of money, and making and circulating valueless paper in the form of securities? Both kinds of counterfeits get real money in exchange for fake; only, one kind gets a few hundreds of dollars, perhaps, and then goes to jail, while the other gets millions, maybe, and says: "Don't! You'll destroy confidence," to anybody who ventures to criticise.

Print shows two large male figures, one, wearing business attire, is labeled "Commercial Trust," he is holding paper labeled "Order to Raise Wages" and the other labeled "Labor Trust" is armed with a bomb, a handgun, and a rifle, and is holding paper labeled "Order to Strike." Behind the "Labor Trust" are unemployed families, explosions, and anarchy; behind the "Commercial Trust" is order, as men head for factories. Caption: Commercial Trust (to Labor Trust) - While you are denouncing me, why don't you include yourself? You use violence and destroy property, while I use peaceful methods and not only lower prices but raise wages, as the statistics of the last fifteen years will show.

William H. Taft and William Jennings Bryan play on a seesaw. Bryan, on the upper half, holds papers labeled "Speech in reply to Taft," and Taft, on the lower half, is writing "Memo for reply" on a pad of paper. comments and context

Print shows a lawyer taking papers that state "Fake Lawsuit for Damages" from a bag labeled "A Shyster" in a courtroom. As he turns toward the bench, he sees the judge point to a paper hanging from the bench that states, "Notice: To insure against the bringing of frivolous or blackmailing suits, lawyers will hereafter be held responsible for the costs of all the suits brought by them."

At center, William Jennings Bryan, labeled "16 to 1," stands on a platform "Built by Popo. Platform Silver Syndicate" and holds up a paper that states, "'We Denounce Arbitrary Interference by Federal Authorities, in Local Affairs, as a Violation of the Constitution,' etc., W.J. Bryan." On the right, labeled "1861," Jefferson Davis holds a paper that states, "'We Denounce Arbitrary Interference by Federal Authorities, in Local Affairs, as a Violation of the Constitution,' etc., Jeff. Davis." Davis confronts Abraham Lincoln who is holding a copy of the "Constitution of U.S." The bombing of "Fort Sumter" is taking place behind them. On the left, labeled "1896," Benjamin R. Tillman, John Peter Altgeld, Eugene V. Debs, and John P. Jones are standing on a torn American flag labeled "National Honor" and raising a new flag labeled "Dis-Order and Mis-Rule."

President Taft balances a cone of papers, labeled "Administration" and showing the Republican elephant, on his nose. Struggling to get in the cone is "Ballinger" while already inside are "Elkins, Hitchcock, Wickersham, C. Taft, Crane, Dalzell, Cannon, Payne (holding on to a large question mark labeled "Tariff"), Aldrich, [and] Sherman." Rolled-up papers in the cone are labeled "Standpat Legislation" and "Cost of Living Investigation." Also in the cone, a dog labeled "Regulars" and a cat labeled "Insurgents" are fighting.

New York City Mayor Franklin Edson has his arm around an office seeker holding a paper that states "Application for Office - New York Ward Worker." He gestures toward another office seeker who drops a paper that states "Application for Office - My small income forces me to reside outside New York" into the wastebasket. A portrait of John Kelly hangs on the wall next to the Mayor's desk. Caption: Mayor Edson "Very sorry I can not appoint you; you may be capable, but you can't vote!"

James G. Blaine stands before starving miners outside the entrance to the "Hocking Valley Mines." He is holding a paper that states "Blaine's $25,000 share in 'Hocking Valley' Ohio," and on the ground behind him is a paper that states "I have never 'owned a share of stock in any coal, iron or land company in the state of Ohio' J. G. Blaine." In the background, on the left, is a large house with banner that states "J. G. Blaine's Washington House cost $150,000," and at center a band of "Italian Cheap Labor" miners are coming up the road. Caption: Hungry Miner - "You call yourself our friend! Your ask for our votes! Why, you are the ally of the monopolists who starved us out in Hocking Valley, and imported cheap Italian laborers to take our places!"

"Germania" and "Columbia" hold hands above and behind a child-like Otto von Bismarck who is tearing papers labeled "Lasker Resolution" while sitting on the floor. Around Bismarck are torn papers labeled "German Emigration" and "French Lampoon," and a broken pull-toy of a pig labeled "American Pork" into which he has driven nails with a hammer labeled "Bad Temper." Caption: Germania to Columbia - "We shall still remain friends, in spite of this foolish old man!"

James Gillespie Blaine and Chester Alan Arthur sit at a table on which are papers that state "The Republican State Convention at Utica, N.Y., April 23 1884" and "The Delegates At Large of New York for J. G. Blaine" and "The Delegates At Large of New York for Chester A. Arthur." Standing between Blaine and Arthur is a man labeled "Independent Voter." He is wielding a quill pen labeled "Balance of Power" and has drawn an "X" on Blaine's paper and is about to mark Arthur's paper. Through windows in the background can be seen crowds, on the left, "For C. A. Arthur" and one man labeled "J. O'Brien" and on the right, "For J. G. Blaine" with Whitelaw Reid visible in the foreground.

Puck's Independent Party figure sits on the left next to Puck beneath a sign that states "Independent Road to the White House." At center, A. M. Clapp, with a cash box labeled "Republican Campaign Fund" and a sheet of paper that states "Permission to Remain in Office," appears with Green B. Raum, who is holding a box labeled "Absolution" containing papers that state "Indispensable Dispensation," selling indulgences for absolutions and dispensations to an old woman with a broom labeled "U. S.," a "U. S. Scrub-Woman," a "Page," a "Treasy. Clerk," and a "U. S. Postman" holding a paper that is a "Guarantee against Decapitation." In the background, Whitelaw Reid carries a banner that states "The Republican Party is the Party of Salvation," Thomas Jefferson Brady and Stephen Dorsey carry banners that state "The Republican Party Must Stay No Matter How" and "This is Our Last Chance," and Powell Clayton drives a wagon carrying a safe labeled "Funds for an Aggressive Campaign." Also depicted are William Walter Phelps with a paper that states "Its Only a Matter of Money" and Robert Ingersoll holding a paper labeled "Sweet C. O. D." Caption: In the sixteenth century, Tetzel and his corrupt fellow-priests openly sold absolutions and dispensations, and played upon the fears of the people to fill their coffers, and keep themselves in power and place and shameful luxury. A little later, they were swept under in the cleansing flood of the great reformation. Will the star-route money-leeches please take notice that history repeats itself?

Benjamin F. Butler appears as a Chinese man sitting on a pedestal next to a pillar on the left that states "A Goodman Weighing 250 lbs." and a paper lantern labeled "It Shines Only for US" on the right. In front of the pedestal is Charles A. Dana, also as a Chinese man, burning papers that state "Gen. Butler would not take fees from poor widows; he prefers monopolists' fees," "Anecdotes of Butler's kind heart," "Butler's popularity," "Butler's statesmanship," and "Butler's praises." A notice hanging on the wall on the right has been crossed out. It was published in the "New York Sun, September 17th, 1878," and refers to Butler's jump from the Democratic Party.

An explosion has occurred at the "Claim Agency, Formerly Republican Head Quarters" with William M. Evarts peeking through the opening in the tent to survey the damage. Several small kiosks labeled "Machine Republicans Meet Here, County Democracy Blaine Exchange, Tribune Blaine Organ, [and] Friends of Tammany Meet Here" have been blown over and damaged. Also knocked to the ground by the blast were "Keifer, [Blaine holding a paper that states "I Claim Everything"], Logan, W. Reid, Butler, Dana, Burchard [labeled "R.R.R."], Robeson, Elkins, Dorsey," and an unidentified man lying on the ground next to bags of "Soap." On horseback, in the upper left corner, is Grover Cleveland holding a scroll labeled "Reform," and a Puck character carrying a standard labeled "Independents." Among the ranks are Carl Schurz, George W. Curtis, and Henry Ward Beecher. Strewn on the ground are papers that state "I.O.U. If we win. J. G., I.O.U. Conditional on Success, C.W.F., [and] I.O.U. If you get there, J. Roach"; and several of the downed "Mulligan Guard" hold papers that state "We Still Claim," whereas Dana's paper states "I Give Up."

The spirits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln look at a throne draped with an American flag beneath a sign that states, "This coming term will end the first hundred years of the American presidency. Shall the century begun with Washington at the head of government end in disgrace with James G. Blaine in that sacred chair?" Below is Blaine, tattooed with scandals and frightened by the shades of past presidents, his hat labeled "Corruption" falling off, with his foot on the first step toward the presidency. Leaning against his back is Jay Gould holding a paper that states "Four Supreme Court judges to be appointed by the next president." Also behind Blaine, on his hands and knees, is Stephen W. Dorsey, next to a paper on the floor that states, "Honesty No Requisite for the Presidency (Blaine's Theory)." On the right stands Benjamin F. Butler as a court jester labeled "Barcain with Blaine."

General Elwell S. Otis, wearing a military uniform and holding papers labeled "Plans of Campaign," is confronted by a swarm of press reporters as mosquitoes labeled "Yellow Journalist." One of the reporters is holding a paper that states, "If you don't let us run this business, we'll run you out." Several of the mosquitoes at bottom have gotten caught on a fly-paper labeled "Press Censorship." Caption: General Otis--If it wasn't for that "tanglefoot" fly-paper those insects would pester the life out of me!

James G. Blaine is dressed as a knight, with the plumes of his helmet labeled "Speakership Record, Mulligan Letters, [and] Credit Mobilier." He holds papers labeled "Aggressive Cash Campaign," and rests his left hand on the head of W. W. Phelps who is holding a sword and a battered shield labeled "Blaines Magnetism." Whitelaw Reid, wearing a paper hat, carries a standard that states "Moral Ideas," (crossed out) "Soap and Success!" Stephen B. Elkins presents a "Report" to John A. Logan and Blaine that states "Great Victory in Maine! Blaine Vindicated! Cost $265,000." Charles A. Dana sits in the lower right corner pouring "Personal Animosity" into cannonballs labeled "Personal Animosity, Spite, Mud Bombs, [and] Malice." Frederick Douglass holds a sign labeled "Mulligan Guards Blaine's Record" that appears to have drawn considerable enemy fire. On the left, "A. M. Clapp" turns his empty pockets inside out and George M. Robeson looks at an empty cash barrel. In the background, there is action at the "Whiskey Arsenal, Fort Cleveland, Polls, [and] Fort St. John" and casualties on the battlefield. Caption: "Another victory like this and our money's gone!"

Outgoing New York City Mayor Franklin Edson, with papers in his pocket labeled "Commr. of Public Works," uses a drill labeled "Perfidy" to drill a hole in a ship labeled "New York Municipal Reform Government" that is about to be launched, with the dedication ceremony taking place in the background. At his feet is a paper that states "Bad Appointments to Cripple the Incoming Administration." The two men standing to the right, on the "Citizens Dock," may be John Kelly and Ira Davenport.

Grover Cleveland, as Hercules carrying a large club labeled "Honest Legislation," encounters a group of troublemakers along the "Administration Road" to "Success" seen in the distant background. Among the problems to be dealt with are a "Rotten Navy" represented by a two-headed hydra labeled "Robeson" and "Roach" holding a club labeled "Lobby," an old man labeled "Mormonism" with many wives dangling from his belt, Jay Gould labeled "Land Grabber" holding a club labeled "Monopoly" and carrying a sack with papers labeled "R. R. Land Grab, U. Pacific Land Grab, [and] Land Grab," a stereotypical Jewish man wearing a top hat labeled "Bankrupt" and holding papers labeled "List of Preferred Creditors," a vulture labeled "High Tariff" and "Over-Production" sitting next to the prostrate body of a man whose hat, labeled "Labor," has fallen on a nearby rock, and two men, one labeled "Cuba" holding a paper that states "Please Help a Poor Man with a Treaty" and the other labeled "Mexico" holding a paper that states "Please Help Poor Mexico with a Treaty," a snake labeled "Silver Swindle" among the rocks, and a man in the background labeled "To the Victor Belong the Spoils" holding a club.

Customs official Edward L. Hedden holds a balance scale labeled "H.O. Thompson's Pat. Scales." Weighing heavily on one side of the scale is a man wearing a pin-stripe suit, holding a bottle of "Rum," and with papers extending from his pockets that state "Spoils-man, Ward Politician, Rum-shop Keeper, [and] Vote of the B'ys." On the other side is a man with papers that state "Reputation, Integrity and Fitness, Navy Officer War Record, [and] 16 years creditable Service." The center of the balance shows the face of Thompson. A paper that states "List of Removals by Order of H.O. Thompson" rests on a desk in the lower right.

A woman labeled "Votes for Women," holding a paper labeled "The Ballot," parts a curtain on a darkened room where two men labeled "Honest Graft" and "Political Boss" are sitting, huddled over a money bag labeled "Corruption Fund." "Honest Graft," startled, begins to rise, knocking over a basket full of papers.

Peter B. Olney, New York District Attorney, passes a paper that states "Charges Against the Central Office Detectives - Peter B. Olney, Dist. Att'y" over the head of Fredericka Mandelbaum to Thomas Byrnes at "Police-Head-Quarters," who in turn passes to Olney a paper that states "Denial of Charges - Insp'r. Byrnes." In the background is a small building labeled "Mrs. Mandelbaum Receiver of Stolen Goods" on which a notice has been posted that states "Mortgage - To Cover Bail and Costs of Trial." Caption: When "honest men" fall out, thieves have to suffer.

An annoyed Uncle Sam sits against a full moon with his hands over his ears. He is caught between the noise of the "G.O.P. Salvation Army" with William H. Taft on the bass drum and James S. Sherman on the cymbals, and "The Bryan Volunteers of America" with William Jennings Bryan also on the bass drum, Samuel Gompers on the cymbals, John W. Kern singing, Alton B. Parker with a large bell, and Henry Watterson with a tambourine, among others. Uncle Sam has papers labeled "Agricultural Prospects" and "Industrial Reports" spread across his lap, "Crop Forecast" in his pocket, and is sitting on papers labeled "Resumption of Business." comments and context

James G. Blaine, dressed like a Roman statesman, stands on a pedestal that states, "What are you going to do about it," a phrase attributed to Boss Tweed. The ghost of Tweed stands behind Blaine, weeping, holding a paper that states, "Why wasn't I vindicated? I cast my anchor windward too!!" At the base of the pedestal are books and papers, some labeled, "20 Years Casting My Anchor to Windward," "Burn this," and "20 Years No Deadhead." Whitelaw Reid stands at center, appealing to Blaine. On the left are various bank officers who committed crimes and got caught. Some hold papers that state, "I saw various channels in which I could be useful. President Dodd, Bank Breaker," "I cast an anchor to windward in the Marine Bank. J. D. Fish, Bank Breaker," "I would 'sacrifice a great deal to get a settlement' Captain Howgate, U. S. A., Defaulter," "I did not prove a deadhead in the enterprise. A. S. Warner, Albion Bank Breaker," "I received very large sums of money without one dollar of expense. Ferdinand Ward, Swindler." Albert S. Warner was President of The First National Bank of Albion; Henry W. Howgate was a Disbursing Officer in the U. S. Signal Service. Caption: Chorus of Non-Magnetic Swindlers - "Why shouldn't we be vindicated, too? We saw various channels in which we could be useful. We were no deadheads."

A gigantic man labeled "National Resource Grafter" sits in a wilderness setting, passing sheets of paper to a group of men labeled "Land Office Official, Kept Judge, Congressman, Politician, [and] Senator" who are reading their "Oath of Office" on the papers given them which states "Franchises, Special Privileges, Land Patents, Mineral Rights, Tax Exemption, [and] Timber Grants." In an insert, Benedict Arnold passes papers labeled "Plans of American Fortifications" to a British military officer. Caption: He betrayed his country then; they betray their country now. comments and context

William Jennings Bryan tries to open a safe labeled "The Presidency" using a combination from a sheet of paper labeled "16 to 1, Populism, Anti-Imperialism, Predatory Wealth, [and] Anti-Everything." Standing to the right are four men, "Underwood, Clark, Wilson, [and] Harmon," holding pieces of paper labeled "Tariff Reform." Each wants an opportunity to open the safe. Caption: The Peerless One -- I can't open it, Gentlemen. You try.

A young boy in uniform and cap labeled "1905" sweeps an office clean of many papers labeled "Yellow Peril 1904, Broken Resolutions, Dave Hill 'I was a Democrat' 1904, [and] St. Louis Graft 1904" and a large crown labeled "Imperialism." Some papers labeled "Tom Taggart, [and] Campaign Oratory 1904" are already in the wastebasket. comments and context

Charles M. Schwab, as Napoleon, sits on a rock in the middle of the ocean, looking back at the setting sun labeled "Business Reputation." He is holding in his right hand papers labeled "Investigation Ship Building Scandal," and other papers labeled "Steel Trust" are in his coat pocket. comments and context

Puck directs a large floodlight to illuminate a cave. Charles H. Dietrich, Joseph R. Burton, and J. Edward Addicks shy away from the light. Pennsylvania governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, as a court jester, holds up a large sheet of paper labeled "Press Gag Law." A man running to the right holds a paper labeled "R.R. Rebates." Another man, possibly John D. Rockefeller, stands next to containers labeled "Paper Trust, Oil Trust, [and] Gas Trust," and a diminutive figure, possibly New York State Senator Thomas F. Grady, stands behind Pennypacker, holding up a paper labeled "Anti-Cartoon Bill." An octopus labeled "Mormonism" is visible at the entrance to the cave on the left. comments and context

Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, sits on a throne, wearing a large skull topped with a cross as a crown. A Japanese man offers him papers labeled "Peace 'with Honor'," and a Jewish man, holding bags labeled "Jewish Loans," stands in a palace doorway in the background. A basket overflowing with papers labeled "Jewish Petition [and] Protest against Kishineff Massacres" is on the floor. A paper on a desk states "Cost of War to Russia $1,042,500,000." comments and context

A depressed old man wearing formal clothing sits on the sidewalk on small railroad cars labeled "Street Railways." In his pocket is a paper labeled "Expiring Franchises" and protruding from a bag another paper labeled "Leases." A bundle at his feet is labeled "Boodle." Mayor of Chicago, Edward F. Dunne, is standing in the background with a broom. comments and context

A group of children play on the lawn in front of the "Home for Infant Industries." They are labeled "Sugar Trust (eating "Dingley Baby Food"), Clothing Trust, Tobacco Trust, Steel Trust, Beef Trust, Paper Trust, [and] Coal Trust." Some are playing in a rough manner with dolls labeled "Small Dealer, The Public, Independent Producer, [and] Consumer." Another doll, "Cattle Raiser," has been tossed aside. In the background on the left, a woman labeled "Dingley Tariff" is sitting in a chair with a child on her lap. In the left foreground, Joseph Cannon is speaking to Theodore Roosevelt, who holds a paper labeled "Tariff Revision." Caption: Uncle Joe Cannon -- Oh, Sir, you would not turn these helpless, half-grown babes out into a cruel world, would you? comments and context