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Foes in his path - the herculean task before our next president
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Description | Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Hercules carrying a large club labeled "Honest Legislation", encountering 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. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Pleading (Begging)--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gould, Jay,--1836-1892. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Corruption--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Roach, John,--1813-1887. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Polygamy--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Monopolies--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Silver question--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tariffs--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Vultures--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Civil service reform--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | International relations--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Political patronage--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hercules (Roman mythology)--1880-1890. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
