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Title: JM-188: New members of the club
Summary: This cartoon depicts many issues leading to political discourse during the late 1910s in the United States. The old sources of political discourse such as “prohibition issue”, “he kept us out of war issue”, and “tariff issue” have been displaced by the overgrown and overwhelming new issues. The “prohibition issue” refers to the question of whether alcohol should be a legal substance in the United States. The “he kept us out of war issue” refers to the fact that, despite his promise, the United States entered World War I under President Wilson. The “tariff issue” refers to what goods (if any) should have a tariff placed on them to protect the economic interests of the United States. The new issues overtaking the room were a relatively new source of political conflict. The “league amendments issue” refers to the United States entering the League of Nations. If the United States had joined the League of Nations, it would have to surrender some of its national sovereignty, which made it an unacceptable option to many politicians. The “cost of living” was a relatively new issue in the United States. It refers to the unusually high cost of necessary items, while many worker’s wages remained low by comparison. The “daylight savings issue” refers to the issue of whether the United States should continue to use daylight savings time. The United States had adopted daylight savings time in 1918. Many countries adopted daylight savings during World War I as a way to lower the need to use coal. The transition to daylight savings time had been problematic, and many in the United States thought it should be abandoned. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: The Proceedings of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament: assembled upon the observations of the commissioners ...

Title: JM-260: The probable starter as seen today
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting men and an elephant watching three different horses preparing for a race.

Title: A True list of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal: together with the members of the House of Commons, constituting the first Parliament of Great Britain, as they stand returned on the part of England in the Office of the clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and chosen on the part of Scotland by the late Parliament of that Kingdom, 1707.

Title: JM-023: Congress - before and after
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting members of Congress looking engaged and excited in the top panel, labeled as "last year" before a vote to receive higher wages. In the second panel, labeled "this year" and after the members have received a wage increase, the room has emptied out and the members still left all look bored.

Title: JM-263: Caucus of the Pennsylvania Delegation
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the outside of a building where the Pennsylvania Delegation is in caucus. The Curtis Sextet is shown making votes for Curtis.

Title: JM-254: Cornerstones of the full dinnerpail
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting four cornerstones holding up a full dinnerpail. The stones are labeled: "Protective Tariff", "Restrictive immigration", "Economic farm relief", and "National defense". An elephant holds a sign explaining that the ensemble is meant for President Hoover.

Title: JM-276: Cartoons of the day
Summary: Editorial cartoon consisting of three panels, with each panel depicting a different cartoon. In the first panel, Mexico cheers Col. Fierro; in the second panel, King Carol of Romania arms; in the third panel, Stimson shows Uncle Sam the Navy treaty

Title: Votes of the House of Commons, Jovis 10 die Augusti, 1721

Title: JM-022: How we have changed!
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Pinckney refusing one cent for tribute and proclaiming that all money should go to defense. He is contrasted with another figure who is proclaiming that all the money should go toward political gain and none toward defense.

Title: JM-029: Just before election
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Wilson campaigning against trusts in Delaware but not effectively fighting trusts in New Jersey. Marshall campaigns about reforms in Illinois, but then is shown gambling in Indiana.

Title: The Humble address of the House of Commons, presented to Her Majesty on Thursday the IIth of November, 1703: with Her Majesty's most gracious answer

Title: The Humble address of the House of Commons to the King
Summary: About the Treaty of Partition.

Title: JM-258: Cartoons of the day
Summary: Board depicting three different editorial cartoons. In the top panel, the islands of Fiji and Hawaii are shown as links between the United States and Australia. In the middle panel, two men and two women are shown listening to a radio declaring the Republican Concention meeting; a sign on the wall shows the date as June 12. In the bottom panel, a woman in a courtroom tells a judge that she is willing to do a couple of years of time in exchange for the judge letting her associates go.

Title: JM-107: Missouri loves company but not a crowd
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a man representing Missouri sitting between two women, labeled "Niedringhaus" and "Kerens." Thomas K. Niedringhaus and Richard C. Kerens were two of the men vying to be on the Republican ballot for Senator in 1905.

Title: JM-256: U.S. Supreme Court reversed by lower court
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a lower court jury finding no fraud in the Teapot Dome oil deal while the Supreme Court looks on, aghast at the decision and with their own conclusion of fraud.

Title: JM-163: Suggestion for new seating arrangement in the Illinois state legislature
Summary: This cartoon depicts the Illinois legislature in January of 1915. The legislature is divided into two groups, but not the traditional party divides of the Democrat and Republican parties. The two groups are “wet” and “dry.” The members of the legislature sitting on the ”wet” side are fervently against any prohibition legislation within the state of Illinois. The “dry” side is composed of politicians who favor implementing regulations of the distribution and sale of alcohol. The cartoon points out how this issue of prohibition has divided members of each political party, upsetting the status quo of the legislature (grouping by political party). These suggestions for alcohol regulations in Illinois were some of many being proposed throughout various levels of government in the United States at the time. Many found the temperance movement in the United States to be a more moral than political issue, making it a hotly debated topic within the Republican and Democrat parties. This cartoon was created only five years before the eighteenth amendment to the United States Constitution was passed, which declared the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-033: At the ringside
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt speaking to a man in the center of a roped off area while reporters stand all along the outside of the rope-enclosed space.

Title: JM-310: Mother's Day in the White House and afterwards
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting FDR pledging not to send draftees overseas; Congress refuses to pass the motion.

Title: JM-018: The honorable mention for president, subject to revision
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a parade of contenders for office, ordered so as to be named alphabetically and in rhyme.

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