THE DEMOC-RATS CAUGHT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL TRAP.
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PUCK, February 28th, 1877.
The idea of this cartoon is not free from guilty obligation to a small pun; yet it depicts the situation of the Democratic Party in the last months of 1876 with considerable aptitude and force. It appeared at the time when the Democrats in Congress had been hoodwinked into accepting the Electoral Commission scheme, which deprived Mr. Tilden of the Presidency, and put Mr. Hayes in the chair. Under these circumstances, it was certainly truthful, even if it was trite, to say that the “Democ-Rats” were caught in the political trap.
THE Democ-rats CAUGHT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL Trap
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[ZUR PRESIDENTEN-FRAGE]
Wie die Demok-RATTEN in diesem falle in diese falle geriethen.