Good men on a bad platform
Good men on a bad platform. Illustration shows three men labeled Wadsworth, Davenport, and Genl. Carr hanging onto each other, standing on The One Solid Plank labeled Financial and Civil-Service-Reform Resolutions of a shaky platform that includes rotten boards labeled The John Roach Issue, Protective-Tariff Fanaticism, Bloody-Shirtism, Trumped-up Charges Against Cleveland, and Sham Patriotism. A sign on the left states Mugmumps Cordially Welcome and one on the right states Please Don't Look at the Platform, Look at the Men, and a sign in the background states A Sound State Ticket - Three Honest Men. Date 1885 September 30. Good men on a bad platform. Illustration shows three men labeled Wadsworth, Davenport, and Genl. Carr hanging onto each other, standing on The One Solid Plank labeled Financial and Civil-Service-Reform Resolutions of a shaky platform that includes rotten boards labeled The John Roach Issue, Protective-Tariff Fanaticism, Bloody-Shirtism, Trumped-up Charges Against Cleveland, and Sham Patriotism. A sign on the left states Mugmumps Cordially Welcome and one on the right states Please Don't Look at the Platform, Look at the Men, and a sign in the background states A Sound State Ticket - Three Honest Men. Date 1885 September 30
