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Mr. Hill tries it on

Mr. Hill tries it on. Illustration shows the Governor of New York, David B. Hill, riding backwards on the Democratic donkey labeled Democracy running on railroad tracks near a sign that states Look Out for the Enlightening Express, he is waving papers labeled Defiance to Mugwumps at a locomotive labeled Independents bearing down on him and driven by a familiar Puck cartoon figure with Carl Schurz standing behind him. To the right of the tracks are an old man dressed as a clown labeled Sun looking down at a small elephant lying on the ground, also dressed as a clown, that looks like Benjamin F. Butler, next to them are William W. Phelps and Whitelaw Reid resting on the fallen Republican elephant that looks like James G. Blaine and is labeled Ditched Nov. 1884. Date 1885 October 7. Mr. Hill tries it on. Illustration shows the Governor of New York, David B. Hill, riding backwards on the Democratic donkey labeled Democracy running on railroad tracks near a sign that states Look Out for the Enlightening Express, he is waving papers labeled Defiance to Mugwumps at a locomotive labeled Independents bearing down on him and driven by a familiar Puck cartoon figure with Carl Schurz standing behind him. To the right of the tracks are an old man dressed as a clown labeled Sun looking down at a small elephant lying on the ground, also dressed as a clown, that looks like Benjamin F. Butler, next to them are William W. Phelps and Whitelaw Reid resting on the fallen Republican elephant that looks like James G. Blaine and is labeled Ditched Nov. 1884. Date 1885 October 7

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Backwards Blaine Defiance Ditched Driven Enlightening Familiar Independents Labeled Phelps Puck Schurz Tries Whitelaw


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