CAMPAIGN SAYINGS ILLUSTRATED
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Title
CAMPAIGN SAYINGS ILLUSTRATED
Description
A political cartoon portraying Mike McDonald (a wealthy gang leader who supported Benjamin Harrison’s campaign (Republican)) and Wayne MacVeagh (Grover Cleveland’s Attorney General (Democratic)) to represent the 1892 Presidential Election. In the cartoon, Wayne Macveagh is presented as a classy and formal gentleman while Mike McDonald is presented as a scoundrel who is informal, smokes, and carries a pistol. Because Mike McDonald was a prominent gang leader in Chicago, he is portrayed as bad. Behind Wayne Macveagh is a sign that reads “To Democracy” while Mike McDonald has a sign that reads “To The G.O.P”. The political cartoon takes a democratic stand as the artist presents Wayne Macveagh in a positive and rational manner while Mike McDonald is not. This political cartoon also represents how the New York World took a pro-democracy stand through its sources.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1892-10-26/ed-1/seq-1/
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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1892-10-26/ed-1/seq-1/
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Publisher
New York Evening World
Date
1892-10-26
Coverage
New York City
