Flattened Out.; The last appearance of the too ambitious New York ring-master

by Harper'S Weekly

$50 · Offered by Argosy Book Store

New York: Harper, 1887. Print. Page measures 16 x 11.25 . This political cartoon depicts a flattened New York politician, James G. Blaine, on the ground beside an elephant labeled G.O.P. N.Y. . A barrel nearby reads Platt's Great Political Circus , referring to Thomas C. Platt's political machine and his role as the de facto leader of the New York Republican party in 1887. Following a democratic sweep at the

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