Foes in his Path - President Grover Cleveland

Foes in his path - the herculean task before our next president

Author :Bernhard Gillam Publisher: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1885 February 18. Edition/Format: Image : Graphic : Original artwork : Picture : English

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.