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Homer Davenport

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Pen drawing of a skeleton in a robe labeled Carelessness, pointed at by a hand labeled Law, with bodies on the ground.

The hand of the law points at a skeleton wearing a robe labeled ‘Carelessness’

Pen drawing of an old woman with a basket pulling a girl past hanging poultry and a shop sign reading FRESH FOWL.

A worn woman with an empty shopping basket pulls a young girl passed a shop with fresh foul for sale

Ink caricature of two men in a balloon labeled The Gas Trust, with a figure at a window aiming a tube at it.

The Gas Trust

Pen-and-ink cartoon of Uncle Sam on a thatched hen house labeled Philippine Hen House, with a rooster figure approaching.

All Coons Look Alike to Me

Pen drawing of a robed bearded man on a ledge watching figures with raised arms struggling in waves below, a bird overhead.

A man in a robe with military metals stands on the edge of the water

Pen drawing of a woman with a PEACE sash pointing toward ships, standing in water beside skulls and cannons labeled Port Arth

A woman representing peace stands in Port Arthur, filled with skulls and cannons

Pen and ink caricature of two men, one reading a paper listing war costs, with a domed building and bones on the ground.

Joe Chamberlain’s War - it comes high but they must have it

Ink drawing of a braided figure in a long robe, arms raised with a club and dagger, standing over two fallen bodies.

At last his fiendish dream has come true

Ink drawing of Uncle Sam in a flag-patterned bathing suit walking on a beach with a bag and umbrella.

Uncle Sam in a bathing suit walks along a beach

Ink drawing of Uncle Sam in striped trousers beside a clown in a card-suit suit carrying a mud bucket.

Uncle Sam stands guard between a gentleman and three men lead by a man carrying a bucket of mud and wearing a suit ma…

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man with crossed legs in an armchair, looking left at a standing man on the right.

Hearst and the man that [illegible] him

Pen drawing of a caricatured man in a top hat and monocle pointing at the word BRYAN as men look on.

B-R-Y-a-N

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a giant bearded man in striped prison clothes, chained to an ICE block, beside a man with a Journal sa

The Journal thinks his design will in general work in trust circles before the year is out

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a hat walking beside a donkey labeled New Party, by Homer Davenport.

William Randolph Hearst walks next to an animal labeled ‘New Party’

Pen-and-ink caricature of Joseph Pulitzer reclining with a newspaper while William Jennings Bryan frowns beside him.

Newspaper publisher J. Pulitzer sits with William Jennings Bryan, who is frowning

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a man reclining on a striped tiger labeled Tammany, surrounded by contract scrolls and a Tweed caricat

Murphy rests leaning against a large tiger, representing Tammany Hall

William Randolph Hearst in silhouette, with the shadow of another man in glasses behind him

Pen and ink cartoon of Uncle Sam seated and bound by ropes held by two tiny men, one with a pickaxe, by Homer Davenport.

Uncle Sam is tied hand and foot by two miniature men

Ink caricature of a frowning, heavyset seated man in a suit and bow tie with a pocket watch chain.

A frowning, disproportioned man in a suit

Pen and ink drawing of two men in cowboy hats, one in a fur coat, with a HEARST placard between them and a fence behind.

A combination that didn’t hit strong up state

Pen-and-ink cartoon of Taft and Hughes sawing a large log labeled NY, with smaller logs labeled Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, W. V

Two men, Taft and Hughes, saw chunks off of a log

Pen-and-ink drawing of a bearded man in uniform holding a tattered flag, surrounded by scattered bayonets.

What Seems a Hopeless Position

Pen and ink cartoon of an elephant at a circus, with Taft and Fairbanks running up a ramp toward a Presidential Nomination bo

At a circus, Taft and Fairbanks run on a ramp to try to jump over an elephant and land in a bowl labeled ‘Presidentia…

Pen and ink cartoon of a tall man punching a small figure labeled The Common People, with two fat Trust figures watching.

William Randolph Hearst punches a small man representing the ‘common people’ while two fat men representing Trusts laugh

Pen drawing of a seated man in a suit beside a bare-chested standing figure, with flags and a sign reading This Harem is Main

McKinley, holding a declaration of independence, walks with a tall African man who has a bag of money

Ink caricature of an elderly man in star-patterned waistcoat and striped trousers holding a New York Journal newspaper.

Well I Guess

Pen and ink drawing of a roaring tiger over a fallen woman and girl, with an elephant and crowd behind.

At a circus, a tiger holds a woman and a girl under its paws, and an elephant steps on another woman

Pen drawing of a shackled man in a long coat gazing up at the Statue of Liberty on its pedestal in the harbor.

Seeing Liberty for the First Time

Pen and ink caricature of two men, one carrying a sack labeled Campaign Documents, the other gesturing toward him.

What Next

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded old man kneeling in prayer, with small figures and handwritten signs on the ground.

An old man on his knees, praying

Pen and ink caricature of a stout policeman with a baton watching two men grappling on a cobbled street.

Collecting Campaign Funds

Pen and ink caricature of a seated heavyset man in a bow tie holding a pie labeled Presidential Pie, shoes marked Our Little

Presidential Pie