Captions: "Under 1: The old fashioned Detective we read about in books. Under: The modern Chicago Detective we read about in the newspapers. (P.S. The heroic are to be seen at left of picture.)]]>
Captions: "Under one: Before the Bill goes into effect. Under two: A session of Congress after the bill goes into effect. Under three: Why not also introduce a Time Clock."]]>
Captions: "Under one: The Daylight Wasting Movement. Under two: Getting the skids ready for another monarch. Under three: Trouble in the Big Show."]]>
Captions: "Under one: Yes, sir-ee! I know this car matter from A to Z. I'll tell you whats the best kind of a car for Chicago. I've made a careful study of the whole subject! Under two: What this town needs is a car with more speed! (applause) More room! (applause) We want a good ordinance! Keep the street car question out of politics! Under three- Chorus of Listeners: Aw, we thought you were talking about motor cars. We're not interested in street cars!"]]>
Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon satirizes Senator Albert Hopkins's defeat for a second term in the U. S. Senate. His defeat led to a prolonged deadlock in the Illinois House of Representatives over the 1909 Senate election, which lasted from January 19, 1909 through May 26, 1909. The deadlock eventually led to the Lorimer Scandal in which Democrats in the Illinois General assembly accepted bribes in exchange for votes for Charles Lorimer.]]>
Captions: "Under one: Giant killers at play. Under two: Rushin' leather." Under three: Alone with his conscience."]]>
Captions: "Under one: REPRISALS. When the German planes bomb London. When allied planes bomb German cities. Under two: Rewards. An obscure General is blamed for the failure at Verdun. But the Crown Prince would have gotten all the glory if Verdun had been a victory. Under three: Reactionaries. The old troupe of political reactionary. The present type of political reactionary."]]>
Captions: "Under one: Man is arousing the jealousy of nature. Under two: Our Color Bearer arrives in England."]]>
Captions: "Under one: I tell you, gents, I've seen some pretty stirring things in my day. I s'pose you know that I was with Custer in '76 and only escaped being massacred because I stopped to tie my shoe. Under two: There's always been a great fascination about danger for me. Once I lost a finger and part of one ear while attempting to storm a fort. Under three: And back in the 80s, when I was invading Thibet alone, the Grand Lama captured me and seared out an eye with red hot irons. A year later I lost a leg while attempting to turn the tide of battle at Majuba Hill[.] Under four: But excuse me gentlemen from the Cook County Building, I draw the line on that death trap."]]>
Captions: "Under one: Gen. Tape - 'A burglar is Trying to break in!' Under two: Gen. Swivel - 'What kind of a gun shall we have made?' Under three: Gen Delay - 'What kind of paper shall we use in making our estimates for the gun?' Under four: Gen. Tape - 'What kind of a pencil shall we use on the paper for the estimate for the gun?' Under five: Gen. Swivel 'What kind of a knife shall we use to sharpen the pencil that we shall use on the paper for the estimate for the gun?' Under six: Gen Tape - 'I move we call a meeting a month from today to hear reports on the kind of knife we shall use to sharpen the pencil that we shall use on the paper for the estimate for the gun.'"]]>
Captions: "Under one: I want to hear Grimy Stewart because he's a Chicago Product, so I'll get around there only early tonight and get a good seat. Under two: Well, I got a good seat and not to hear Mr. Stewart! I wonder why he doesn't come. Under three: Great Scott, that man up there has talked an hour, I wonder when Stewart speaks. Under four: Well, I can't wait all night. I guess comething happened to him. Under five: Well, well, it seems that he spoke at other places last night and I didn't wait long enough.]]>
Captions: "Under one: Established in 1899. Under two: Filipinio War - 1899-1900. Under three: The Boer War - 1899-1900. Under four: Russo Japanese War - 1904-1905. Under five: Italian Turkish War - 1911-1912. Under six: Balkan Wars - 1912-1913. Under seven: Mexican Wars - 1913. Under eight: The Great War - 1914."]]>
Captions: "Under one: Wring it again! Under two: Who says the Farmers are not coming across? Under three: Every day is Moving Day in Austria.]]>
Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central Railroad (1887-1906) and a board member at the Mutual Life Insurance Company, joined a committee aiding a state investigation into Mutual Life in 1906, which caused railroad executive Edward H. Harriman to remove him and appoint James T. Harahan as president of the Illinois Central Railroad.

Captions: "Above drawings: Harriman and Harahan versus Fish. Under cartoon: (to be continued - probably)."]]>
William R. Hearst built his fortune around sensationalized journalism and served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1903-1907). He ran campaigns for the Mayor of New York City (1905, 1909), Governor of New York (1906), and the Democratic presidential nomination (1904).]]>
President William H. Taft (1909-1913) called Congress into a special session to discuss tariff reductions in 1909; however, once the bill reached the Senate, powerful Republican Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island (1881-1911) added provisions reversing reductions and increasing other tariffs.]]>
A critic of American imperialism, political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon may be critiquing the American gunboat presence along the Yangtze River in China during the first half of the twentieth century.]]>
Socialism leads to anarchy, purports political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon. The late 1800s and early 1900s saw the proliferation of the Socialist Party of America, as the industrial revolution and big business transformed America into an economic power. Workers, farmers, and immigrants, however, put in long hours for basement pay, spawning the creation of labor unions. The Socialist Party of America voiced their concerns and made a lasting impression on the American political landscape, running candidates for president and boasting six percent of the vote in 1912. Eventually, both elements of the progressive and socialist movements were absorbed into the Democratic party, particularly under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.]]>