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Two political paths / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

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Illustration shows "Evarts, Reid, Robeson, Logan, [and] Blaine" and William W. Phelps standing on the remains of a bridge "Washed Away by the Freshet of Nov. 1884" labeled "Partisan Civil Service" and finding it difficult to get to the other side of the river. In the background, on a solid "Civil Service Reform" bridge are President Cleveland, members of his cabinet, Carl Schurz, and others unidentified, one holding a sheet of paper labeled "A Mugwump Engineer" and others holding a board labeled "Tariff Reform". In the upper left corner is a flag pole with a banner that states "Non-Partisan Civil Service" and a municipal building labeled "Good Government".

Caption: The Democrats have the Mugwump bridge, and a fair chance to reach the goal; but our Republican friends seem to have struck a pretty hard road to travel, just at present.

Illus. from Puck, v. 17, no. 431, (1885 June 10), centerfold.

Copyright 1885 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was the first Democrat elected after the Civil War in 1885. Grover Cleveland was the only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later. He is the only President in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office. Cleveland was the leader of the pro-business Democrats who opposed high tariffs, Free Silver, inflation, imperialism, and subsidies to business, farmers, or veterans. His will for political reform and fiscal conservatism made him an icon for American conservatives of the era. Cleveland won praise for his honesty, self-reliance, integrity, and commitment to the principles of classical liberalism. As his second administration began, disaster hit the nation when the Panic of 1893 produced a severe national depression, which Cleveland was unable to reverse. "The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity."

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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cleveland grover evarts william maxwell reid whitelaw phelps william walter robeson george m george maxwell blaine james gillespie logan john alexander schurz carl civil service reform political platforms partisan politics bridges floods cabinet officers cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations paths keppler bridge political cartoons vintage images 19th century us presidents joseph ferdinand keppler print ultra high resolution high resolution republican party us republican party william m evarts flag library of congress cleveland ohio
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Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894, artist
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President Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States

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Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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cleveland grover evarts william maxwell reid whitelaw phelps william walter robeson george m george maxwell blaine james gillespie logan john alexander schurz carl civil service reform political platforms partisan politics bridges floods cabinet officers cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations paths keppler bridge political cartoons vintage images 19th century us presidents joseph ferdinand keppler print ultra high resolution high resolution republican party us republican party william m evarts flag library of congress cleveland ohio