Take Your Choice of the Two Bills! (Judge cover, 13 October 1900)
Cover of Judge, 13 October 1900 (vol. 39, no. 991), by Grant Hamilton. Two mock one-dollar notes are stacked: 'Bill McKinley', 'worth 100 cents or one dollar in gold, gold standard', above 'Bill Bryan', 'worth 53 cents only, free silver'. The masthead carries the slogan 'We want no change' between two pails marked 'Four years more of the full dinner pail'. The pairing converts the silver question into a single price comparison and gives each candidate a first-name nickname on a banknote.
- Date
- October 13, 1900
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Judge (Judge Company, New York), artist Grant Hamilton
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Mckinley Administration
- Leader
- William Mckinley
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1900 US Election
- Techniques
- Card stackingName-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1900; Library of Congress rights advisory: no known restrictions on publication)
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Text on the object
WE WANT NO CHANGE FOUR YEARS MORE OF THE FULL DINNER PAIL [on each of the two pails] Judge OCTOBER 13 1900. VOL. 39 NO. 991 PRICE 10 CENTS BILL McKINLEY WORTH 100 CENTS OR ONE DOLLAR IN GOLD GOLD STANDARD 16 TO 1 BILL BRYAN WORTH 53 CENTS ONLY. FREE SILVER Hard Times GRANT HAMILTON. TAKE YOUR CHOICE OF THE TWO BILLS!
Fine print on the notes and the issue line is partly illegible; only legible text is given.
