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Show itm 4ti n'lfiiiiiiiimijim. HmI Mefr'ita.a- d iSOX CHRONICLE, Since of Caricaturists" Drew Famous Memorial Day Picture earner, Thorn. Nant America's Greatest Cartoonist, Laid Aside the Pencil That Helped W, the Civil War and Tool Up the Brush to Male nnchant Breathe the Spirit of Reconciliation Between the Blue and the Gray Voting. That ' Western Newspaper Union. His In SCOTT WATSON MO name is a g synonym merciless carica-e and stinging L pic-JL- made him powerful political America has ever which Lst st And et he could lay trenchant pencil writhe jhe politicians crav on or l2de 'k up brush tenderness dUCe with two pictures erence Lcal of lal day. the spirit of them was a simple With sketch, hper Malice with to All, Lin-firflone Abraham nf st I reproduced in the ork Illustrated Times oth-Peaber 19, 1831. The ce a in Union, canvas, nine by feet, which he painted and which now hangs jG A. R hall at Galena, icent caricature of Tweed, with a dollar sign for the facial features, also struck home, and as a climax to his blasts was the famous "Tammany Tiger Loose cartoon, just be- delineated them thus used his talent prosecute a vigorous war who who had e s of With Charity to All, With Malice Toward None battle pictures to the illustrated press of New York, London and Paris. When he returned to the United States m February, 1861, our best it was with a training in sketchn called him battle scenes such as had Ulysses S. ing ig sergeant been enjoyed by no other Ameriaid "he was the foremost can artist. n civil life developed by Nasts first Civil war pictures He did as much as any were made for Leslies Illustrated n to preserve the Union His News but m July, 1862, he joined ig the w ar to an end. the staff of Harpers Weekly, an ras Thomas Nast. association which was to bring s high for indeed praise him his greatest fame. Already a man immigrant boy who wn up in pov erty m lower defeatist sentiment had sprung irk But history has up m the North and there was estimate of him. For loud and insistent clamor for peace at any price with the years he was to become To combat this sentiment lore important m helping South .merican history to be a Nast drew a bitter cartoon called 15. con-Ihe- ir of Presidents and to single-hande- over-galmo- st the forrupt political orgamza-- $ country had ever known. Born in Bavaria, was born in Landau, the son the band of the 27, 1840, isician in lavarian regiment. Fore-th-e revolution which was convulse Europe the elder migrated to America when 'homas w as six years old. was educated in the schools of New York city dy displayed a talent for At the age of fourteen a course of Compromise With the South which was at once recognized as one of the most powerful pictorial editorials ever produced It was used for campaign purposes and was circulated by the millions It turned the tide against the defeatists and did much to solidify the war sentiment m the North. Nast was a great admirer of Grant. In 1868 when the general ran for President, the artist drew his famous cartoon with the It not only title Match Him. became an important campaign document itself but it inspired many songs and poems which were published under the same Peace In Union 1865. Virginia, Palm Sunday, April 8, rder Theodore Kaufman, title. Later Grant said: Two of I f,some note, but that things elected me, the sword e raining he ever had. Sheridan and the pencil of Thomas was fifteen Nast selNast. l0;? making drawings for On January 15, 1870, Harpers le Illustrated News-i- s Weekly published a Nast carH salary was $4 a week. toon which gave us a political ls skill that, A party symbol that survives to this soon being day. When Nast depicted a live fnP0 tant he assignments. jackass kickmg a dead lion, the to symbolize intended only V'aS t0 cover which was then prize fight copperhead press Canada m 1858, attacking the memory of Edwin rshnt?ert?n fouht Sayers M. Stanton, Lincolns secretary England two years of war, who had died a short time ast after being elevated to the Sues nf n,Sent there to make Grant Af(hatvbattle of the preme court by President became figure that But braying Heenan Vacfr ced has ItavLu enoufilr money to the Democratic donkey whichcrowthe ere ie lometi replaced almost entirely Gara.Iniiy of triing rooster as the symbol s an umphant Democracy. theei!IP serve;I s and dn Iterators During this period Harper camN was p11? rustcd their with sev- Nast embarked upon &e TrrC,missl0"s of con- - paign against William M Tweed, New mtSr d"re But this the corrupt political boss of camthat of hlS draw out York city and numerous paign, which ended in the down to Court House, de-w- as msse-H6- 56 tfr. 'ScontVh Nasts fight against Boss Tweed is the outstanding example in American journalism of the power of the cartoon As early as 1867 Nast had begun campaigning against the coriuft government of New Yoik citv which in a period of less than 30 months had defrauded tl e taxpayers of $30,000,000 and added $50,000,000 to the public debt. Huge sums were paid to favored firms m city contracts m which members of the ring profited By 1869 Nast had singled out the principal individual targets for his political satire and chief among them, of course, was Boss Tweed himself Fi lends urged Nast to give up what they called "a hopeless battle and it was even hinted that he might be assassinated if he pc i s sted But persist he did. Tweed was at first cot temptu-ou- s of Nasts biting attac ks and then defiant What are you gohe said, ing to do about it? when pressed by interview eis An Uneasy Boss. But Nasts relentless cartoon criticism finally aroused him. The famous picture called Who Stole the Peoples Money7 showing a group of men standing in a circle and each pointing to the man to his right, partieulaily disturbed the "Boss. "Lets stop them d d pictures, he said, when he saw it. "I dont care so much what the papers write about me my constituents cant read; but, d n it, they can see pictuies! Nast's h, the Blue and the Gray irds in forgiveness of past and in token of renewed And up and future trust. superior numbers and the detei mined Blue n down the resistance of ant Gray and forced an dgment of defeat. How sed that talent is shown tribute paid him by two hief figures m the conflict PUSOX. UTAH Abraham Lincoln" fall of Tweed, came another political sjmbol made immortal by Nasts pencil the Tammany tiger. Yet this, and the Democratic donkey, were only two of several symbolical figures which came from his pen. He developed the elongated figure of Uncle Sam and the rag-dobaby of inflation, the square cap and the full dinner pail of labor and finally, the Republican elephant. This symbol came about when James Gordon Bennett's New York Herald was greatly agitated at the thought of a possible third term for President Grant Nast depicted the Herald as a donkey in a lions skin rushing through the jungle frightening the other animals with its biaying The Republican vote, grown large and awkward, was represented as a clumsy elephant on the brink of a precipice and almost ready to plunge into an abyss labelled chaos From that time on the Republican party was almost invariably pictured as an elephant. Supports T. R. camWhen the Hayes-Tilde- n paign of 1876 developed into a bitter feud, Nasts cartoons were of so much aid to the Republicans 0 that he was sent a check for Wishing to retain some semblance of independence in politics, Nast returned the check But this was a forecast of his action in 1884 when he electrified the nation by refusing to support the Republican candidate, James G Blaine, and instead swung his support as did Harpers Weekly to Grov er Clev eland But more important to his future was the fact that, although he did not support the national Republican ticket, he did support a young New Yorker named Theodore Roosevt.lt and that action later bore important fruit fur him Although Nast returned to the Republican fold in 1802, his temporary defection from its ranks in 1884 lost many friends for him At the same time financial disaster overtook him Always a great admirer of Grant, he invested his entire fortune in the book publishing company of hen it failed Grant and Ward almost penleft was Nast 1884, in niless. Then he left Harper's Weekly and drifted from one publication to another He established Nast s short Weekly but it lasted only a time. He bought a silver mine in Colorado but it failed to recoup his fortunes as he had hoped It for became increasingly difficult newson a to position get him taste had papers for public of cartoons his and type changed were no longer popular. For the next 16 years this man, who had been called the "Prince and the Faof Caricaturists Cartoon, American the of ther to was called upon frequently lie was dead that reports de"y out by LesIn 1101 he was sought the magazine which lie's Weekly, him 45 years earlier had given to do a and engaged h.s first job, last Christmas picture his next year Theodore Early the remembered who Roosevelt, in 1884 s support Nast gratefully recommendathe on and acting John tion of Nasts frierd, obscureHay, to him appointed in sition of consul at Guavaquil of vel-f- c Ecu idf r He died tmre ll "money-ba- BOTFL 4lh 8o 11 tr cn Dcce 1 In WANTED TEACHERS CLAY PRODUCTS ROOFING THE PACE PRICK Flia inm. anS baaer Pip. all It AY PKOULCT9 IAY to SAIT FARE ITAII PIHF 1 HOUSEHOLD WKIN.F.K HOI US and HF HV l K far all Waahrra WKala-sa- l. 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Typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, etc. Can get part lime work for room and board if dtir4. 8AI T I ARE HI SI St NS 1 OLI K.L Atlaa Bldg, halt lake City I (ah SMITHSONIAN HI blNtSS COLLLGK Orden I tab g fore the election senTweed was convicted, tenced to serve 12 years, but was released after little more than a year. He was then faced with a suit by the state for $6 000,000 and, in default of surety for bail, was committed to the Ludlow street jail. He was not actually confined, however, being permitted to ride in the afternoon and have dinner at home. One day he took advantage of this liberty and escaped. It was a fitting finale to Nasts 8lale Rat. tl M RFsEFfTAHI E IAH fftiMl NfcVADA atp tl Ik HOTLL GOi DNi Kano Urge! and mmI popular (total THE WILSON HOTEL RaU tht bear! fit Ur city 0? E 2nd Rt gal! Uk Hhtn 3 LAKE BALT ELANDOME, 1FT 1 The cartoon appeared on Contest winners always get their pictures ui the paper, as does young and showed Tweed, Charley Baker (above) who won a balloon busting contest. He's a shoe dem- 'shine boy. Below are first and second place winners of a barrel rolling in a remarkable likeness, onstrating his qualifications for contest It's foolish, but It's fun! the New York governorship by his willingness to bring to justice any number of lesser thieves the thieves being symbolized by two street Arabs, whom he is dragging to punishment. at Vigo, Spam, Authorities where Tweed was arrested, had been supplied with a copy of this cartoon. Under orders to seize and detain him, they gathered from the picture that he was a kidnaper of little children! The cable announcing his arrest said that he had been identified and captured on the charge of kidnaping two Ameiitan children. Tweed was brought back to America, and died in the Ludlow street jail on April 12, 1878. Origin of the Tiger. Nast once was asked how he came to draw the tiger repreHow did it senting Tammany Simoccur to me7" he replied. ple enough when you know how. The head of a tiger m a ring was the emblem of the Big Six, the old fire company that Tweed used to belong to. It was also adopted as the emblem of the When this orAmerican club ganization became known as Tammany hall, against which I was waging war, I hit upon this emblem. I attached a body to the head and thus had the tiso much ger that we have heard One day on about ever since the street car I saw a man near me looking at one of my Tammany cartoons with great interest Finally his fare assumed a look of terrible fierceness and, fist and drawing up his clenched with an exclamation of the bitterest hatred, he struck the picture of the tiger ful in the head. I knew that I, too, ad made a hit. Looking back over my experiI ences, he declared further, most t 2k ' f of satisfyone my deem it I never alat 'V tl ing reflections to at'ack anything lowed mvself that I did not bcl.eve in my soul was wrong and deserving the Mere man invades a women s knitting contest . . . and wins! worst fate that csjid befall it. Spain June 27, 1876, Week No. 8621 How to Irevent Ciddiness Peopls who feel giddy when looking from great height may prevent the feeling by wearing apectaoles or goggle made of prismatic glass. This is the declaration of a medical student at Edinburgh university in Edinburgh, Scotland, after a hundred experiments made with fellow students in the last five years. Why There Are Nansen Passports The Nansen passort Is named for tho great Norwegian statesman and philanthropist, Fridtjof Nansen, in memory of his part in furnishing aid to World war refugees in Europe. lie was high commissioner for refugees to the League of Nations, and in 1923 was awarded the Nobel Peace prize. 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