An unexpected challenge / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows the newly elected Democratic governor of Massachusetts, William L. Douglas, as a gladiator holding a sword labeled "Popular Approval" and a shield showing the Seal of the State of Massachusetts, in an arena facing a monster with the head of a bull and fashioned out of industrial parts labeled "Leather Trust, Flour Trust, Beet Trust, Steel Trust, Cotton Trust, Tobacco Trust, Oil Trust, Woolen Goods, Iron, Copper, Steel, Glass, [and] Monoply", and on its tail "High Protective Tariff"; on the ground between its front legs is a woman labeled "Fair Trade". Standing in the audience are Republicans O.H. Platt, Henry C. Lodge, Nelson W. Aldrich, Nathan B. Scott, John C. Spooner, and Redfield Proctor.

Illus. in: Puck, v. 56, no. 1450 (1904 December 14), centerfold.
Copyright 1904 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.