An IMPENDING CRISIS: The Difficult Position of a Statesman Who Wants to Please the Rural and Placate the City Voter
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Title
An IMPENDING CRISIS: The Difficult Position of a Statesman Who Wants to Please the Rural and Placate the City Voter
Description
A political cartoon depicting U.S Senator Orville H. Platt riding towards the White House with politicians (Warner M. and Lauterbach) trying to get him to choose between Liberal Sunday Law (liberal law) and Strict Sunday Law (conservative law). The political cartoon represents the uncertainty that Democrats feel about Platt because the illustrator believes Platt is going through in order to please voters. Because Platt was a prominent Republican figure in the 1890s, this political cartoon represents how he would ignore his political duties to listen to the opinions of others (rich businessmen).
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Publisher
New York Evening World
Date
1895-09-28
Coverage
New York City
