Political cartoon, hoist, the friend of the comic people. By louis m. Glackens for puck magazine, october 31, 1906. The characters seen, clockwise are: en:foxy grandpa by en:carl e. Schultze, en:alphonse and gaston by en:frederick burr opper, en:happy hooligan by frederick burr opper, en:and her name was maud by frederick burr opper, en:the katzenjammer kids by en:rudolph dirks, en:buster brown by en:richard felton outcault, and at the center, all of the characters having a "rally" with "hoist" sitting on the back of maud, the mule. "hoist" was en:william randolph hearst, who was the publisher of many newspapers--all of the comic characters in the illustration appeared in hearst-owned newspapers. W. R, hearst ran for governor of new york state in 1906; his opponent (and the winner of the election) was en:charles evans hughes. Date: 1906.
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