A collection of Political Cartoons from the Minneapolis Journal, all written by Charles Bartholomew. From the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections, with permission. They will be published daily, with dates exactly 116 years ago.
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Hope Springs Eternal In the Human Breast
June 19, 1909
A man shows off his summer suit as he prepares to go camping. The spring calendar shows bad weather every Sunday from April to June, but a sign on the wall reads 'Sunday fair and warmer.'
The weather had been rainy for weeks.
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June 18, 1909
A man is stuck at the top of his extremely tall wheat, his wife gets him down with a ladder.
The caption reads (in garbled order) "The Neche (N.D.) Chronotype Says - 'While Farmer Orville Wilbur Inwright Of This Country Was Crossing His Wheat Field, His Coat Tail Became Entangled In the Growing Grain And He Made An Unexpected Ascent. Mrs. Inwright Succeeded In Bringing Her Spouse To Terra Firma With A Ladder.'
The poem is a reference to the recent honoring of the Wright brothers. The price of Wheat had also risen dramatically. The Neche Chronotype was a North Dakota newspaper.
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The Eclipse As Viewed In the United States
June 17, 1909
The Wright brothers block out the sun with their airplane, as Uncle Sam looks on through a tinted glass. A newspaper on the ground reads "Eclipse of Sun June 17 - Wright Bros Honored at Dayton Ohio."
The brothers were being honored for their famous flight, and there was also an eclipse.
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde - Up To Date
June 16, 1909
Jekyll, the High Protectionist (Beef Trust) holds a hat full of protections for ranchers, farmers, and cattle raisers. Behind him, Mr. Hide (Beef Trust) crouches, controlling 55% of the hides of the country, with ownership of 30 tanneries and the club of war on the independent tanneries.
Basically the Beef Trust was pretending to care about the average rancher, etc. but were using the tariffs to exploit those who worked with the animal skins.
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If Bryan Breaks Into the United States Senate the High Tariff Boys Have Themselves To Blame
June 15, 1909
In the first panel, The Tariff boys, Greed, Nelson Aldrich, and Monopoly, break the Party Promises and Platform Pledges fence. In the second panel, William Jennings Bryan and Democratic donkeys rush through the broken gate into the US Senate.
See Also: Nelson Aldrich; William Jennings Bryan
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#charles bartholomew#political cartoon#democratic party#william jennings bryan#nelson aldrich#american history#united states senate#tariffs
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The June Day - Dream And Reality
June 14, 1909
In the first panel a man dreams of himself fishing on a beautiful June Day "What is so rare as a day in June when thinking about it in February. In the second panel the same man sits in the rain, trying to fish. "What is so raw as a day in June - sometimes when it gets here." A turtle says to him "Why don't you grow an umbrella like mine?"
It had been a very rainy June.
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How Long Is the Tail To Continue To Wag the Dog
June 13, 1909
Standing beside Uncle Sam, Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, commands the giant dog United States, with it's head in the west, and its tail in New England, holding it back from the bowl of Protection.
Aldrich was one of the most powerful man in the Senate, and was controlling the Tariff argument.
See Also: Nelson Aldrich
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Most Recent Portraits Of the Two Great Political Parties From Telegraphic Description
June 12, 1909
Aldrich as the Republican elephant, Bryan as the Democratic donkey, which carries a sign reading 'Bryan for the U.S. Senate'. The Senate offers Aldrich High Protection Hay, while the Bryanite offers Bryan Tariff for revenue only Fodder.
The two men had become prominent enough to practically represent their own party in the tariff argument.
See Also: Nelson Aldrich; William Jennings Bryan
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#charles bartholomew#political cartoon#nelson aldrich#william jennings bryan#tariffs#american history#democratic party#republican party#united states senate
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Can We 'Beat the Dutch'
June 11, 1909
The fruit of South American Trade beckons both U.S. and Germany.
The two nations were both working to open the lucrative South American markets.
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The Stranger's Return
June 10, 1909
An old man tells a group of sunwatching children "Yes, children, we used to call it the sun."
It had been a long period of gloomy weather.
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The Congressional Mary And the Lamb
June 9, 1909
Senator Smoot leads the High Tariff on Wool lamb to Congress. Zinc and Glass ask "What makes the lamb love Mary So?" Senator Aldrich says "Mary Loves the Lamb, you know!"
Smoot was strongly beholden to Wool interests, and advanced their agenda on the tariff issue.
See Also: Nelson Aldrich
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#charles bartholomew#political cartoon#tariffs#wool#nelson aldrich#reed smoot#zinc#glass#united states senate#american history
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The Real American Balloon Race
June 8, 1909
Blimps of various foods rise, representing rising prices. Potatoes $1.00 to 1.60 a bushel, eggs 25 cents a dozen, Poultry Spring Chicken $1.50 Pair, Oranges to cents a Dozen, Porterhouse 30 cents, onions 4 cents a pound. A shopper and Uncle Sam look on, the balloons out of their reach.
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Business And Pleasure
June 7, 1909
In the first panel, 'The Nurses Can Minister to Paul', The National Convention of Nurses prepare a tonic 'for one sick from loss of big firms.' In the next, they carry a picnic basket with Minneapolis to the Nurses Annual Picnic. 'and come over and have a good time with Minne.'
The National Convention of Nurses was in the Twin Cities.
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Uncle Sam - This Is the Corner Of My Garden That Is Going To Develop Most the Next Years
June 6, 1909
Uncle Sam looks across America and beckons people to the Great Northwest. There, railroad construction, farming, jobbing and manufacturing, irrigation, grazing, lumber and mining await.
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Our Neighbor's New Navy
June 5, 1909
Canada dispatches its new battleship fleet to England, where John Bull says "Hurry em' up, son, and I can sleep nights." From behind the Tariff Wall, Uncle Sam says "Say neighbor, aren't you carrying this protection idea to the limit?" A scroll by Canada says "Battleship fleet for Canada - at a cost of three to five million per year for five years. 8 First class cruisers 10 torpedo boats 10 destroyers."
Canada had passed the bill to build the fleet to protect her coastal waters, freeing up the British navy for other tasks.
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#charles bartholomew#political cartoon#tariffs#canadian history#uncle sam#royal navy#british history#john bull
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Burning the Midnight Oil
June 4, 1909
Aldrich revises Tariff Schedules under light of Standard Oil. Various senators sit on other tariffs.
Aldrich was a prominent Senator and advocate for Standard Oil, and worked for their interests on the Tariff issue.
See Also: Nelson Aldrich
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#charles bartholomew#political cartoon#nelson aldrich#tariff revision#standard oil#united states senate
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Make Every Day Memorial Day For Him
June 1, 1909
In the first panel, a group stands on Memorial day, with caption "Decorate the graves to-day, of the boys who are gone - that's fine," The second panel "But don't forget to honor the old boy who is with us - every day of the year." A man shakes an elderly veteran's hand while doffing his hat.
Memorial Day had been the previous day. Veteran's Day would be established in 1919 as Armistice Day, and changed to Veteran's Day in 1954.
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