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Title
Democracy's opportunity
Subject
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Political platforms--1880-1890. Political issues--1880-1890. Reform--1880-1890. Corruption--1880-1890. Swimming--1880-1890. Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
Description
Print shows a man labeled "Republican War Record" standing in a pond labeled "Republican Corruption Water", yelling to an Irishman wearing a hat labeled "Democracy", gathering up the Republican's clothing labeled "Tariff Reform, Free Canal, [and] Reduction Tax", and a top hat labeled "Civil Service Reform" which he has placed on top of his own hat. His own tattered clothes are patched with "Ignorance, Poverty, Stupidity, Bourbonism, [and] Secession Record".
The political cartoon drawn seven years before Hull house was founded, depicts an Irishman, a group that was considered very low in society during the time in which the cartoon was drawn. This society disdain for the group is likely why the ones who appears to be helping himself in the drawing. Irishmen during that time were considered to be poor, and this representation of the poor would have perpetuated a corrupt view of the poor by portraying him stealing from others. There is also the implication that democracy is taking ideas, and part of their identity from Republicans in the late nineteenth century, under the guise of civil service reform. Democracy will then take the Republican identity as its own, all of this happens while the Republican party is swamped by corruption.
The political cartoon drawn seven years before Hull house was founded, depicts an Irishman, a group that was considered very low in society during the time in which the cartoon was drawn. This society disdain for the group is likely why the ones who appears to be helping himself in the drawing. Irishmen during that time were considered to be poor, and this representation of the poor would have perpetuated a corrupt view of the poor by portraying him stealing from others. There is also the implication that democracy is taking ideas, and part of their identity from Republicans in the late nineteenth century, under the guise of civil service reform. Democracy will then take the Republican identity as its own, all of this happens while the Republican party is swamped by corruption.
Creator
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894, artist.
Source
N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann,
Publisher
Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647228/
Date
1882 August 2.
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Format
Print.
Language
English
Type
Still Image. Ethnic stereotypes 1880-1890. Periodical illustrations 1880-1890. Magazine covers 1880-1890. Cartoons (Commentary) 1880-1890. Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890.
Identifier
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.28498
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Print