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Show , A Campaign Is.Coming IsComing Is.Comingand Is . Coming Comingand Comin Cominand and it if wSIj will wi16 bnn blAing brong brongSoogs blAingSongs Songs Soogs , Slog Slogans ailS , Symbols Symbolsa Symbolsandll&3E8 TTTirnrxEE andll&3E8 andll3E8 a d & a Slanders iFrTiMt I eFS ! .SYMBOLS SYMBOLS . OF PARTIES , POLICIES AND CANDIDATES By ELMO SCDTT SCUTT SCOTT WATSONDIl WATSONtDIhS WATSON WATSONDIKS \DIl DIl \DIKS DIKS tDIhS \ S ' and 'lnd lnd Ind gentlemen ofmer of ofmerlea lmerLI \mer mer lmer \merlea merlea \ merlea lea ica ! The gieatcst gle'1test gle1test 'greatest greatest * ' ' show SIIOW on onearth onearth onearth earth " Is about to begin INo I ! INo LI LIica No , this announcement announcementhasnt announcementbasn hasnt basn t anything anytblng to do with P PT PT PT T . Barnum , tlie the Itintang Itintangbrothers nIn lUngUngbrothers l1ng l1ngbrothers brothers 'Buffalo Buffalo 'Buffao Buffao ' ] Bill Bm ' Codor Codsor Codv Cod\ Cod Cods \ | or any of the others " who 110 ha\ ha hae hale hamade halemade ha \ e emade made elt clicus cttcus cus hlstor history , } . . This " "greatest greatest " show onearth onearth on onearth earth ' ' is the quadrennial drama of a PresIden PresIdential Presidential PrcsldenUal tial eectlonSo electionSo election eectlon electionSo ] So . . . hold your hoises bOlses horses , because . . .The The . The animals anI11131s in to tlie the political zoo are comlngt comings comlngtWatch comingsWatch coming1Watch Watch them as they pass P'lcs Plcs ' ; : There's Theres ' an elephant elepbant with the letteis letters "G G " 0 Po P P"on Pon " . " on Its side That Thnt stands st'1nds st1nds ' for ' Grand Grund Old Pal Patty Paiti"foi Paitifoi t , } , " fOI tot the elephant c'ph'1nt cph1nt eleplrgnt ] ( ' ' is the s symbol mbol of the Repub RepubIJc'1n Republican RcpubUcan IJc'1n IJc1n lican ' partyTlieie's parti pnrt party partiTlieie's Thet Tlieie's Tlieies e's es ' a donkey donhey , . . . . yes , nnd and a cro crowing crowingrooster crowlDorooster " In . ; roocter rooster ; Both of them al aie ate e symbols svmbos ] of the Demo Democratlc Democratic Demojratic cratlc cratic ; pal paity patty ty . , although althougb the donkey don.ey doney ] . is the more ! laminar nmllJ'1r nmllJ1r ' "nu nu one oneThele oneThere's "nuTheie's " Thele Theie's Theies There's Theres ' " a n tiger tl er . . . , albeit albeit , , a rather rnther subdued subduedone subduedone subduedone one He lies s not nearly ne'1rly ne1rly ' so fierce as he once w \ wasback as asbck asback b\ck b ck back ' \ in the days dn s \ when hen his followers completel completely completelydominated completelydominated dominated New Yoik YOlk York city cit elt } , , had a great gre'lt grelt ' deal to tosay tosay tosay say about who was the governor go\crnor go crnor \ ofew of Isew 1\ew 1 ew \ew \ loth lothstate loikstate oll . st'lte stlte state ' and und exerted a consldeiable cODsldelabe considerable ] Influence InOuence In Innational innational innational national politics poUtIcs . , . For the tiger is the s symbol . } mbol of ofthat ofthat ofthat that PO\\ PO powerful POerfu \ erfu ] Democratic organization org'1nlzntlon org1nlzntlon ' , , 'lnm lnm lam 'lnmm'1nv lammanv ' lammany m'1nv m1nv manv ' H'111There's HallThere's Hall H'111 H111 HallTliere's ' Tliere's Tlieres There's Theres ' a camel c\mel c mel " \ , the UIO animal aDlmal that can C'1n C1n ' go a along along along long time without a drln drink ] . Natnra Naturally ] , it's its ' the thes thesymbol thesymbol symbol s , } mbol of the 'dr dr 'drys drys * ' drs ; . } s ' In the Piohibition PloubltIon Piolubitron ] p'1l p1l pattyOne paity patty paityOne ' ty tyOne One animal nnlm'1 nnlm1 ' ] , , ho\\ ho ho\\ever ho ever hoever however \ \ \ ever , is missing from the theprnde theparade theparade p\rnde p rnde parade ' \ and nnd h has J.s Js < . been missing since 1912 1012 That That'sthe Thnt'b Thntb That's Thats Thnt'bhe ' : , the he Bu Bull ] 11oo Moose Noose < ; e , the symbol of a p'll pll paity puty ' ty which1i \ which whichThe \ luch 1i 1id d + w , _ s sr r 4) 4 ) ti tiT T 'ry ry ' , . x i rJ l le e 4 4t 4p t p { - F ti 4 4n n ( r Eg .dt dt . a 1 as s s1r 1r ? g + o- o - oflfSh . , flfSh N . 1 ; C i D tea T ' vIG $ 'ID ID 'IDT ' , puPyr lII7t'i lII7ti ' Y . . + . . hiV hiVThe The First Appearance of theph the Republican Ele Elepliant Elephant pliant ph ant (1874) 1874 ( ) . " was "as as once powel poweiful powerful ful enough to send semI the TIepu Republi Republican Republlcan ll llcn c\n c n can . \ elephant eeph'lnt eephlnt eleplant ] ' do\\ do down don \ \ n to defeat defe'lt defelt ' 'ln ln ' and gh ghe e to the theDemocr'1tlc theDemocratic theDemocratic Democr'1tlc Democr1tlc Democratic ' donhe donkes donkey the tbe theictory \ictory ictory ctory sictory \ , ! \ which \ blch it couldn't couldnt couldn'twIn couldn'twin couldn'twin couldntwin ' wIn itself Itsef ] That TlJ'1t TlJ1t ' " was as back bad . in 101 1912 when e e\ e ePI e\Piesident e Piesident \ . PI President eSllent ] 'l l ' Theodore heodore Roose\ Roose Roose\elt Roose elt Rooseelt Itooseielt \ elt led a 11 revolt re\'ot re 'ot ot \ ' ] in the theranks theranks ran.s rans ranks ] . of the Republican Hepubhcan parti part party ' aftci 1ftel aftei the nOUlI norm normnation nomination n.1t1on n1t1on nation . of Ills hIs fOI foimer former mer fnentl'lmam friend fnentl \ ' William \\'lmam 'lmam lmam IIo\\ IIo IIo1td Ilownrd Ilownrdlaft HowardTaft \ 1td ' laft nft , ' and 'll1d ll1d fOt foimed farmed med a new third pm paity patty ty , which be he hecalled hecalled . c'le cle called ' ) the tbe Proress1\ Proress1 Progressii PrOoressnes Proress1es PrOoressnesThe . ; \ es es'Ihe esthe ' The 'Ihe Ihe cro crowing " Ing rooster s symbol . } mbo ] , which many man Dem Democratic Democratic ocr'1t1c ocr1t1c ocratic ' editois edltols run at nt the mastheads m'lstheads mlstheads ' of the11 then thennewspapers thennewspapers nevrsp'lpers nevrsplpers newspapers ' In campaign C'1mpmn C1mpmn ' . ; icars years e'1rs e1rs ' and which np ap appears appears pears on official oOlclal ballots balJots in III lu some states , had Its itsorigin itsorigin orlgm origin back bach in 1S40 1840 1540 In tha that t year 5 car ear a .1 1 . certain certainJoseph cel ccitamJobeph tam tamJoeph Joeph Joseph ! ) Chapman Chapw'1n Chapw1n ' was W'lS WlS ' the Democratic Democr'ltlc Democrltlc ' candltl'1te candltl1te candidate candidatefor candltl'1tefor candidatefor ' for the Indiana Indl.ma Indlma . ] legislature eglsature ] from frolll Hancock H'1ncoch H1ncoch ' county countyThings count ; . } Things were looking loohlnt lookingeri ; \eri eri fiery \ \ er . } gloom gloomy goom ] ; . } for the Demo Democrats Democrats Democrats crats that th'1t th1t ' year ar . The countr country . } " was .lS lS . still suffering sufferingfrom sulTorin sufferln sulTorinfrom . ; from the panic p\D1C p D1C " \ of 1S37 1837 1537 and of couibe com.e come coutse : . , the Demo Democratlc Democratic Democratic cratlc cratic adminlstiatlon admmlstlaUon admrnistiatlon under \ "Van Van San " an Buien Dmen Buren w , wis \ lS is be beIng betag being Ing tag blamed blallled for itMOl Ithior it itMoieocr MOl hior Moieo\cr Moieo cr eo t \ , er the.isinging the . "singing singing .mging mging .isinging isinging " : . ? Whigs ljbibs , , " undei undel under the lead leadershlp leadershlp leadership ershlp of Gen William Henry Harnson 1I\rrlson 1I rrlson Harrison . \ , the'Hero the'Hero the theHero Hero 'Hero ' of ' JTippecanoe 1'IppecJ.noe 1IppecJ.noe 1IppecJnoe frppecanoe . , , " \ were ere de\ de deeloping deeoplng deteloping \ eloping eoplng ] gl great greatstrength gicatstrength e'lt elt e'ltstre.agth ' stre.agth streagth strength . In fact , they , weie were \ el e so successful In Intho inthe inthe tho the Hoosiei Hooslel Hoosier state stolte that t1l'1t t1l1t ' George Pnttl Pattison on , , editor ofttm of1Ae of offle ttm 1Ae fle In Indianapolis 1ran'1pohs 1ran1pohs Inilraanpohs < ' Constitution , a Demociatic DellloclatIc Democratic pa paper paper paper per , wrote to a u : . certain c.ertmn certmn William Wilham Sebastian of ofGreenfield ofGreenfield ofGreenfield Greenfield as follow foo\\ foo foos folios ] \ \ s . . "I I " ' 1 have been informed bS by t > 5 a Democrat Democr'lt Democrlt ' that HI'lt HIlt lint ' In Inone ! inone n none one part of youi YOUl gout county 30 JO J0 Van Buren lllcn men lllcnhave menhave menhave have turn turned .d d < . for llanl Hanl&on Hanlon Hariison & on Please let me know know1f knowif knowIf 1f if such be tlie the fact hct . . I think thlnh such a depolnble deplotable depolnblestate deplotablestate deploiablestate ] state of f fact cannot exist e\Jst e Jst " ' \ : If so , I will wl1l vIsit vIsitlldncoch visitHancock visitHancock lldncoch Hancock and . address .1ddress 1ddress the people leope ) ] reath relathc relatttie ] e to the thepolIcy thepolicy thepolicy polIcy of the Democratic Demouatlc party . 1 I have no time timeto timeto timeto to spaie spate spm e , but I , will ,111 111 1 xefuse efuse refuse to cat ent eat or sleep or orrest orrest orrest rest so long as an anything , } thing can be done Do , for forhe.1en's forhcasen's forheaven's forheavens he.1\en's he.1ens he.1 he1 en's ens hcasen's hcasens . . \ ' ' sake S3he , stir up the Democracy See Chap Chapmnn Chapman Chapman mnn man , , te tell ] him 1um not to do as ns he did herctofcie heretofol heretofore e IIeused lie IIe lieu Heused u used ed to cicate Cleate create unnecessary unnecc&sai unneccsai unneCe3al & ' . } anrm alarm ] , he mu must mustcrow mustcrow t tcrow crow ; \ we e ha\e ha e hale ha \ , e much to crow 0\ 0 o\cr o cr 0er offer \ er I WI will ) msUl insure insurethis insuiethis e ethis this county to give a n Democratic majority of o 200 200votes 2UOlotes OO OOotes votes , otes Spare Sp'1re Sp1re Spire ' no pains . " . , " ' This 'Ihls Ihls hits letter Jetter happened to fall faU into the hands h'1nds h1nds Binds ' of ofthe ofthe ofthe the 1Vhi WhIoS Whls . ; , s , who promptly published pubJJshed it in an IndIanapolis anIndianapolis theDemocrats paper p'1per p1per ' as a means me'1ns me1ns ' of ridiculing rJdlcuJIng the Democrats However Howeter lIo\\ lIo lIoe \ e , er ; ; ; it had the opposite ellect effect ellectand effectand eflcctand and sloganof sloganot "Crow Crow Cro\\ Cro " ' CroCh'lpm'ln \ \ , Chapman Ch'lpm'ln Chlpmln ' ' , Crow , " became becallle the tho slogan ot of t the e Indiana Democrats When the IndIana Indianabentlnel IndianaSentinel bentlnel Sentinel was launclicd launchc launched in 1811 it carried carrltd at the thetop thetop thetop proudloostcr Iroudloo proudrooster top of tlie the fiont flont front page Ilage the picture of a Iroud proud ) loo rooster ter and under it the ' Chapman Chnpman slogan sloban of of'Crow ofCrow o 'Crow Crow ' , Ch'1l Ch1l Chnp ' > man , Cro Crow , " In time tills this s symbol lllbol Sp1 spicad spiead c'1d c1d ' all offerthe 0\ 0 0er offer \ er erthe the o\erthe o erthe ofthe countl couutii country . } and became lJec'1me lJec1me ' the popular popuJr ] emblem of ofthe ofthe the widelyused Democratic Democr'1t1c Democr1t1c ' 11'11 1111 paiti pity ' t , } , , although althouh altliouh . , the mOl moic mote e wide widely ] . } ue used ! ) ( } symbol by b . } C'1l C1l caitoonlsts cutoonists ' toon15t8 Is the donkey douhey . , ' Ihe 'lhe lhe donkey onl.ey onley . seems seelllS to have ha\c ha c \ { Cist hst foist been used In in1837 1837 . In that tl1.1t tl11t . sear An Andicw Andu.w Anduw le\V le V . . \ Jackson Jachson , making hJs his faro\eU faro eU farewell hisfarewell hJsfaroeU , \ addiess add1ess address as lie he retired from the Plesl Pies ! dencs dency Piesidenci Plesldencs , , had a gicat gteat gl e'1t e1t ' deal to say about nbout the pros prospelOu prosperous proapeious countryAs pelOu perous condition In " which "blcb blcb he ] left eft the country As a matter mattcr of fact fnct , that th'1t th1t ' prosperity " was "as as a sn'1IC sn1IC snue sn'1ICand snueand snaicand ' and Unitedfctates a delusion His ilis ills destruction llcstructlon of the United Unitedbt'1tes UnitedStates bt'1tes bt1tes States ' ban bank ] and uud the distribution dlstnbutlon of the tIle treasury treasurysurpluq treasurysurplus treasurysurplus surpluq surplus had pa pa\ed pa ed paled \ ' ed the way W.ty Wty . for a flood of "wild wild "wildC'lt "wildcat "wildcat wildcat " C'lt Clt cat ' " CUll cunency cuuency ency , which \ hlch ] led ed to \ wild lId qpecuatIon speculation qpecuatIonJacl speculationJack speculationJacI ] Jacl Jack son had h.1d h1d . sowed the tho \ wind vlad \ Ind and Van Bill Bur Buicn en , hIs hIsbuccessor hissuccessor hissuccessor buccessor successor , reaped the \ whhhund whiirhund hit hHn ofl ot of a /l l / se seiete seietefinancial seiciefinancial , el e efinancial financial panic pallic . . A contemporary cartoon C'lrtoon Clrtoon ' , bearing be'lrlng belrlng begring ' the t1t1t title ofThe of or ofThe The i Modem Modeln , odern Bal D'11 D11 Bnl D'11Um ' Umlnd \ iam \Um Um tam / and /lnd lnd His ills Ass , " shows JacI Jack Jackson Jackson . son , mounted on a donl.e donle donkey . , } across whose wither wlther withers witherhangs withershangs CIrculating CurrencYClrculaUng CurrencyCircalating hangs bangs a n bag labeled ' 'Specie Specie ' CurrencY-Clrcu CurrencY Clrcu Currency-Circa Circa Currency - laUng lating : Medium " A ghost ghpst , labeled l.1beled l1beled . " "Bankrupts Bankrupts " of 1837 " is c\usln c usln causing ciusing ' \ : ; the donkey donl.ey donley . to balk b'lk blk ' ] and its rider riderIs riderIs riderIs Is belaboring be1'lborlng be1lborlng belahoring ' it with a cane labeled ' Veto Yeto " Be Behind Behind Behind hind them walks silks " 'lll.s lll.s llls ' . Van V\n V n Vnn ' \ Buren S'1yln S1yln sayinj saying ' . ; , , 'I I ' 511\11 511 11 shall 51111tre'1d shalltrend shalltread ' \ tre'1d tre1d trend ' In the footsteps of ot my illustrious lJIustIious prede predecessoI predecessot prcdocessol cessoI cessot . " . " " From rrom that th'lt thlt ' time on during the disputes over the themoney themoney tliemoney money que question tlon the don doni dont ] cy ey appeared apIeared ) flequentl frequently fiequentbIn frequentlyIn , } In the caitoons cai CUI toons of the day da . } and ' apparently 1pp'1reutly 1pp1reutly gppgrently ' be became became became came recognized as a sy s symbol . } mbol of the DemocratsBut DemocratsBut Democrats DemocratsBut But It remained nmalned for a foreign born c'lrLoonlst clrLoonlst cartoonist cartoonistto c'lrLoonlstto ' to make mahe the Demociatic DemoclUtIc Democratic donkey don.ey doney ] . bo so o widely known knownthat ] knownthat .no\\ .no . .non .nothat \ \ n that It has h'1S h1S ' been accepted as 3S the prJnclpDemo principal prJnclp\ prJnclp " \ ] Demo Democratlc Democratic Democratic cratlc cratic symbol e\ e e\er e er eer eter \ er since He 11e a"o ao also ] " g'1 g1 gave ' ve us the theRepubtiC'1n theIlepubltcln theRepublican RepubtiC'1n RepubtiC1n Ilepubltcln ' elephant and the Tammany tIer tiger tIerThat tigerThat tioCrThat . , ; That man " was us ' Ihomas 'lhom'1s lhom1s lhomns ' Nast N'1st N1st ' , , perhaps perh'1ps perh1ps perhips ' the gl great greatest gicatcst e'1t e1t e'1test ' est cartoonist this country has e\ e c\er c er eer eter \ er knownDrawing hno\\ hno hnon known hnoDrawIng kno \ n nDrawing DrawIng for Harper's Harpers IIarper's IIarpers ' Weekly Weely . ] during the CI\ CI CIII Citil Citilwar Ci\Il\\ar Ci Il ar \ \ II IIar \\ar ar war \ \ Ills his pictines plcLme pigmies " , , which stined stirIed stirred the patriotic patIlotic patrlotic blood bloodof bloodof bloodof of the North and sent hundicds hundleds hundreds of young men to tojoin tojoin tojoin join the colors , had h'ld hld ' made him I known nown throughout throughoutthe throughoutthe the countly countIy country and nnd President Lincoln I.incoln Iincoln . was W'lS WlS ' said s'1ld s1ld s'rid srid ' ' to tohme tohate toha\e toha e |
