A Two-Edged Record (Puck centerfold, 13 June 1900)
Chromolithograph by Udo J. Keppler in Puck, 13 June 1900 (v. 47, no. 1214, centerfold). A figure labelled for the Republican Party hoists a banner reading 'For President Wm. McKinley / Free Cuba, Gold Standard, Expansion, Prosperity, 1900'. Puck, drawn as a child, holds up a list of 'Tariff favored trusts', 'Jingo canal bluff', 'Ship subsidy steal' and 'Portorican scandals', and the caption has Puck telling the party 'the voters are going to consider both sides'. The cartoon counters a platform banner with a rival list of negatives, and attaches loaded words to the administration's record.
- Date
- June 13, 1900
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Puck (Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York), artist Udo J. Keppler
- 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; LOC: no known restrictions)
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Text on the object
PUCK FOR PRESIDENT WM. McKINLEY FREE CUBA - GOLD STANDARD - EXPANSION - PROSPERITY 1900 [sash, partly hidden:] ...ER PARTY ... JUNE 1900 TARIFF FAVORED TRUSTS JINGO CANAL BLUFF SHIP SUBSIDY STEAL PORTORICAN SCANDALS PUCK (to Republican Party). - That banner is all right, but here are some things you have done badly. Don't forget that the voters are going to consider both sides! COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY KEPPLER & SCHWARZMANN. KEPPLER.
The sash text is partly hidden by the figure's beard.
