The unheeded telltale
The unheeded telltale. Illustration shows President Taft as a railroad brakeman standing atop a freight car labeled Administration Route, he is waving to a woman labeled Reactionary Politics driving an automobile, the train is headed for a tunnel labeled Revolt of the West; above the train is a bar labeled Insurgent Movement from which strips of rope are hanging, they are labeled Burkett, Beveridge, Brown, Nelson, Clapp, Cummins, Dolliver, Bristow, and La Follette, an insurgent group of senators who broke with Taft's policies. Includes note: A telltale is a bar to which strips of leather or rope are attached to warn brakemen on freight trains when they are approaching a bridge or a tunnel.. Date 1909 November 17. The unheeded telltale. Illustration shows President Taft as a railroad brakeman standing atop a freight car labeled Administration Route, he is waving to a woman labeled Reactionary Politics driving an automobile, the train is headed for a tunnel labeled Revolt of the West; above the train is a bar labeled Insurgent Movement from which strips of rope are hanging, they are labeled Burkett, Beveridge, Brown, Nelson, Clapp, Cummins, Dolliver, Bristow, and La Follette, an insurgent group of senators who broke with Taft's policies. Includes note: A telltale is a bar to which strips of leather or rope are attached to warn brakemen on freight trains when they are approaching a bridge or a tunnel.. Date 1909 November 17
