Title: two political paths
abstract: illustration shows "evarts, reid, robeson, logan, [and] blaine" and william w. Phelps standing on the remains of a bridge "washed away by the freshet of nov. 1884" labeled "partisan civil service" and finding it difficult to get to the other side of the river. In the background, on a solid "civil service reform" bridge are president cleveland, members of his cabinet, carl schurz, and others unidentified, one holding a sheet of paper labeled "a mugwump engineer" and others holding a board labeled "tariff reform". In the upper left corner is a flag pole with a banner that states "non-partisan civil service" and a municipal building labeled "good government". Physical description: 1 print: chromolithograph. Notes: j. Keppler.;caption: the democrats have the mugwump bridge, and a fair chance to reach the goal; but our republican friends seem to have struck a pretty hard road to travel, just at present.;copyright 1885 by keppler & schwarzmann.;illus. From puck, v. 17, no. 431, (1885 june 10), centerfold.;title from item. Date: 1885.
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