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Kite time

Kite time. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt sitting on a fence on a hill, flying a kite labeled Popularity; below are several potential Democratic presidential candidates, all of whom are having difficulty flying their kites, from left to right are William Jennings Bryan labeled WJB. holding a bellows labeled Moral issue and blowing on his tattered kite labeled 1896 and 1900 with ribbons on the tail labeled Free silver, Populism, Anti-imperialism, and Free riot, next is David Hill holding a kite labeled Parker boom, then Charles Murphy holding a kite under his arm labeled McClellan boom, followed by Grover Cleveland, then Richard Olney holding the string to a kite labeled Past record lying on the ground, with ribbons labeled 1884 and 1892, Tariff reform, Independent vote, and Personal popularity, then Arthur Gorman whose kite is tangled on a tree branch labeled Panama blunder, and in the center is a little yellow kid labeled Willie who is all tangled up in his own kite string, the kite, lying on the ground, is labeled Yellow journalism and the string spells McKinley slanders. Date 1904 April 6. Kite time. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt sitting on a fence on a hill, flying a kite labeled Popularity; below are several potential Democratic presidential candidates, all of whom are having difficulty flying their kites, from left to right are William Jennings Bryan labeled WJB. holding a bellows labeled Moral issue and blowing on his tattered kite labeled 1896 and 1900 with ribbons on the tail labeled Free silver, Populism, Anti-imperialism, and Free riot, next is David Hill holding a kite labeled Parker boom, then Charles Murphy holding a kite under his arm labeled McClellan boom, followed by Grover Cleveland, then Richard Olney holding the string to a kite labeled Past record lying on the ground, with ribbons labeled 1884 and 1892, Tariff reform, Independent vote, and Personal popularity, then Arthur Gorman whose kite is tangled on a tree branch labeled Panama blunder, and in the center is a little yellow kid labeled Willie who is all tangled up in his own kite string, the kite, lying on the ground, is labeled Yellow journalism and the string spells McKinley slanders. Date 1904 April 6

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