Harper's Weekly 1880 Political Election Cartoon Hancock Garfield Campaign Print

Description: From Harpweek: This cartoon appeared in the last issue of Harper's Weekly to hit the newsstands (on October 27) before the presidential election. Taking as his inspiration the Democratic call for a change of the party in power, cartoonist W. A. Rogers shows the Democratic campaign banner being adversely altered by none other than the presidential nominee himself, Winfield Hancock, and by a personification of Southern Democrats, a former Confederate soldier.The Democratic platform had endorsed a tariff for revenue only, and a segment of the party supported outright free trade. Late in the campaign, however, Hancock told a New Jersey newspaper that the tariff issue was a local one. His politically inept statement was used against him by Republicans. Here, the Democratic nominee writes on the banner that the Democratic position "is folly." In the left-foreground an angry James Randall, Democratic speaker of the house, gestures emphatically at the marred banner, while a perplexed John Kelly, political boss of Tammany Hall, scratches his head. William English, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, had been an ardent War Democrat during the Civil War, so his candidacy was not popular with Southern Democrats. English, a wealthy Indianapolis banker, was also very reviled in his home state. Rushing (in the center of the picture) to repaint the banner is Louisville Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson, who was a leading advocate of the tariff-for-revenue-only position. On the sidewalk (right), an amused Uncle Sam, with an American-Eagle-headed umbrella, watches the chaotic scene.

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