Photo of Puck,Foes in his path,herculean task,1885,Gillam,Grover Cleveland

Title: Foes in his path - the herculean task before our next president / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1885 February 18.
Summary: 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.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 16, no. 415, (1885 February 18), centerfold.
Copyright 1885 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908.
Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897.
Roach, John,--1813-1887.
Gould, Jay,--1836-1892.
Civil service reform--1880-1890.
Corruption--1880-1890.
Political patronage--1880-1890.
Monopolies--1880-1890.
Polygamy--1880-1890.
Silver question--1880-1890.
International relations--1880-1890.
Tariffs--1880-1890.
Vultures--1880-1890.
Pleading (Begging)--1880-1890.
Hercules (Roman mythology)--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2011661822/
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