Where the wallowing is good,G.O.P.,Plunder,Jobbery,Spoils,Charles Whitman,1916
Title: [Where the wallowing is good]
Creator(s): Clubb, John Scott, 1875-1934, artist
Date Created/Published: 1916 Feb. 16 [publication date]
Summary: Whitman is pictured riding on the back of the 'State G.O.P.' elephant while holding a banner. Whitman, encourages the frightened elephant to 'Gid-dap!' as it tries to walk through a body of water labeled, 'Plunder,' 'Jobbery,' and 'Spoils.'
Notes:
Inscribed in pencil below image: The Wallowing Place.
Inscribed on banner in image: 'If the public is satisfied with my record as Governor, I would like a renomination.'
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Signed, lower right: Clubb 16 / [club logogram].
Title from The Rochester herald.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.914)
Cartoon published during the New York State Republican convention (February 15-17) criticizing New York Governor Charles Seymour Whitman who was seeking the renomination based on his record which Clubb saw as less than commendable. The quotation on the banner was paraphrased from a speech made by Whitman on February 6, 1916, in New York Coty.
Published in: The Rochester Herald, February 16, 1916.
Exhibited: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 'The Great Game of Politics,' 1972.
Subjects:
Whitman, Charles S.--1868-1947.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--People--1910-1920.
Elephants--1910-1920.
Political elections--New York (State)--1910-1920.
Drawings--American--1910-1920.
Editorial cartoons--American--1910-1920.
Periodical illustrations--American--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2009616455/
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