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title: Our choice, Grover Cleveland, A.G. Thurman. Democratic nominees
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/our-choice-cleveland-thurman-1888/
description: Black-and-white lithograph. Uncle Sam stands between shield portraits of Cleveland and Thurman under crossed flags and roosters; at left a portrait of…
section: Collection
---

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# Our choice, Grover Cleveland, A.G. Thurman. Democratic nominees

Black-and-white lithograph. Uncle Sam stands between shield portraits of Cleveland and Thurman under crossed flags and roosters; at left a portrait of Thomas Jefferson tops a plank list headed "What we stand by" ("Tariff revision. War taxes must cease. No treasury surplus. Equal rights to all men. Labor protection."); at right are ships and a locomotive. Uncle Sam and Jefferson lend prestige (transfer), and the list selects a set of planks to present the ticket (card-stacking).

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES / FOR PRESIDENT / FOR VICE PRESIDENT / WHAT WE STAND BY. / TARIFF REVISION. / WAR TAXES MUST CEASE. / NO TREASURY SURPLUS. / TAXES SUFFICIENT FOR GOVERNMENT EXPENSES ONLY. / EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL MEN. / LABOR PROTECTION. / FROM MAJORITY RULE--NO APPEAL. / A JEALOUS CARE FOR THE PUBLIC EXPENSES. / [illegible] / NO RINGS OR [illegible] / HONEST PAYMENT OF OUR PUBLIC DEBTS / PRESERVATION [illegible] / GROVER CLEVELAND / OUR CHOICE / A. G. THURMAN. / COPYRIGHTED 1888 BY KURZ & ALLISON, ART PUBLISHERS, 76 & 78 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO, ILL.
```

Several lines of the sloping list are too small to read with confidence and are marked [illegible] or given as far as legible.

[← The consumer consumed](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/consumer-consumed-harpers-weekly-1888/) [The difference between trimming a hedge and cutting it down →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hedge-trimming-tariff-1888/)

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