David Hill,Carl Schurz,Benjamin Butler,B Gillam,W Phelps,Whitelaw Reid,J Blaine

Title: Mr. Hill tries it on / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1885 October 7.
Summary: Illustration shows the Governor of New York, David B. Hill, riding backwards on the Democratic donkey labeled 'Democracy' running on railroad tracks near a sign that states 'Look Out for the Enlightening Express', he is waving papers labeled 'Defiance to Mugwumps' at a locomotive labeled 'Independents' bearing down on him and driven by a familiar Puck cartoon figure with Carl Schurz standing behind him. To the right of the tracks are an old man dressed as a clown labeled 'Sun' looking down at a small elephant lying on the ground, also dressed as a clown, that looks like Benjamin F. Butler, next to them are William W. Phelps and Whitelaw Reid resting on the fallen Republican elephant that looks like James G. Blaine and is labeled 'Ditched Nov. 1884'.
Notes:
Caption: The little experiment made by the Blaine Republicans last year will now be repeated by the New York Democrats.
Illus. from Puck, v. 18, no. 448, (1885 October 7), centerfold.
Copyright 1885 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Hill, David B.--(David Bennett),--1843-1910.
Schurz, Carl,--1829-1906.
Phelps, William Walter,--1839-1894
Reid, Whitelaw,--1837-1912.
Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893.
Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893.
Democratic donkey (Symbolic character)--1880-1890.
Republican elephant (Symbolic character)--1880-1890.
Locomotives--1880-1890.
Municipal officials--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890.
Political elections--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890.
Railroad bridges--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
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