Image Description:

The top of the cartoon shows the head of Victoriano Huerta, the President of Mexico, above the text “Mexican Situation.” In the midst of the Mexican Revolution at the time, Heurta was in power in Mexico, but President Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize him as the legitimate head of the Mexican government. On the bottom right Secretary of State Wililam Jennings Bryan holds a top hat and has the “Chautauqua Lectures by W J Bryan” in his pocket. Bryan was a popular speaker at the Chautauqua lectures, an adult education movement that was popular in rural areas in the early 20th century.

President Wilson takes off his top hat and bows to British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. Pankhurst looks up at Wilson while holding a sign. Emmeline Pankhurst had been barred from entering the United States for a speaking tour on Oct. 18, 1913 by immigration officials. She was detained for several days on Ellis Island in New York City until President Wilson approved her entry on appeal. She spoke at a suffragette rally at Madison Sqaure Garden on October 21, 1913.

The artist of the cartoon is Fred Morgan.The political cartoon was printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer in volume 169, number 137. The handwritten date “10-25-1914” was misrecorded by the original cataloger. The actual original print date is 10-25-1913.
 

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Huerta (Hat)

Mexican Situation (Top)

I wonder whether I could get a job as her press agent?, It would help to keep the wolf from the door. Poverty is no crime. (William Jennings Bryan)

Chautauqua Lectures by W J Bryan (William Jennings Bryan's pocket)

Mrs Pankhurst Lectures on Votes for Women. Suffragette literaure on sale. (Emmeline Pankhurst's Sign)

Fred Morgan (Signature)

Phila Inquirer 10-25-1914 (Handwritten note)

His Policies --Copyright, 1913, by The Philadelphia Inquirer Co. (Bottom Text)