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Title: JM-039: The radio vote of America
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a politician giving a radio speech. After the speech, his derogatory comments about the American people are overheard, and he is defeated by the greatly populated "Radio Vote", which is shown in the last panel.

Title: JM-121: Come on in, Boys! It's Finable Out There.. 121
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting good men, sheltered by the letter of the law, calling to unhappy criminals outside in the rain.

Title: JM-008: "I wish I had waited"
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three scenes of men who purchased land, stocks, or furniture in the first panel only to express their disappointment in the second panel, when things are rough and what they have has decreased in value.

Title: JM-161: The refining influence of speculating in war stock
Summary: This cartoon shows two impressions of the same family living in the United States during World War I. The top panel displays the family before they bought war stocks. The bottom panel shows them after they purchased war stocks. In the top panel, the mother and father are lamenting on the carnage of the war, causing the death of millions in Europe. The couple is horrified at the seemingly senseless loss of life. In the bottom panel, the couple are thrilled the war is expected to drag on, because the value of their war stocks will continue to increase and provide a temporarily sustained income to the family. This cartoon is meant to illustrate Americans’ disturbing lack of empathy at the mere promise of profit. The United States notoriously made large profits throughout most of World War I selling weapons to use in the war, while remaining neutral in the conflict until 1917. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-237: Labor day. 237
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a Labor Day parade with a flag that has a Swastika made of hands on it.

Title: JM-279: The politicians idea of relieving the distress of unemployment and the burden of over taxation
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam trying to think of a way to give the unemployed jobs. Politician suggests to Uncle Sam that unemployed collect new taxes.

Title: JM-321: The ideal ally
Summary: Editorial cartoon set after WWI. While the spoils are broken up, Uncle Sam wishes for one island, but the spokesperson stepped out. Now Japan holds most strategic islands.

Title: JM-017: Three scenes pertaining to a political convention
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three different scenes revolving around a political convention. In the first panel, men cheer and remark how they have been cheering for thirty-five minutes for someone and are trying to reach forty. In the middle panel, a man receives his bill at a restaurant and says that he will have to either go home or go hungry when he next goes to a political roll call. In the third panel, a KKK member appears to a platform maker while he is in bed warning about mentioning the group.

Title: JM-180: In the national army parade today, you are likely to see the man you'll all be cheering and voting for in years to come
Summary: This editorial cartoon depicts people watching the National Army of the Republic parade outside the window. A man wonders who will be "the Grant of this war." This is most likely one of the many parades held by military forces while the United States was fighting in WWI. This cartoon is captioned. “In the National Army Parade today, you are likely to see the man you’ll all be cheering and voting for in years to come”. The “Grant of this war” is a clear reference to Ulysses Grant, the eighteenth president of the United States from 1869 to 1977. Ulysses Grant was a general in the Civil War, and he is often given much credit for the Union’s victory. After being appointed General-in-Chief by Abraham Lincoln in 1864, Grant would accept General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, which effectively ended the Civil War. This cartoon suggests the future leaders of the United States would likely have served in World War I. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-W007: They all belong to the same union
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting figures labeled "Women", "Labor", "Capital", and "Fighting Men" all reaching towards an American Flag above them.

Title: JM-205: Contention in Progressive Party candidates in 1912 and 1924
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting two panels set at different presidential elections. In the top panel, Robert La Follette sulks inside while Theodore Roosevelt marches outside in a 1912 Progressive Party parade. In the bottom panel, the spirit of Theodore Roosevelt accuses La Follette of having no right to carry the Progressive Party banner in a later parade, also with representatives from the Socialist Party and the Farmer-Labor Party. In 1912, La Follette was hoping to be the presidential nomination for the progressive wing of the Republicans, but his supporters abandoned him in favor of Theodore Roosevelt when the former president announced his return to politics, and Roosevelt became the 1912 presidential candidate for the Progressive Party instead; La Follette supported Wilson in the election. When the Progressive Party re-formed, after World War 1, they chose La Follette as their presidential candidate at a convention in Ohio in July of 1924; the Socialist Party and Farmer-Labor Party joined La Follette's progressive platform.

Title: JM-210: Some angles of the threatened railway strike
Summary: Editorial cartoon split in to three panels, each one showing a possible consequence of the impending railroad strike. In the top panel, Uncle Same driving a truck labeled "U.S. Business Conditions" and a truck labeled "Winter" stopped on the road by detour signs with the railroad strike causing the disruption and need for a detour. In the middle panel, a man representing the United States is in bed sick and resting while the doctor tells him he should be fine as long as no complications set in; running towards the house is a boy with a newspaper proclaiming the railroad strike. In the bottom panel, striking railroad workers stand around a train which is carrying relief for workers suffering from armament competitions.

Title: JM-228: All aboard the grand experiment. 228
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Robert M. La Follette Sr. trying to get people to hop on his bandwagon along with Discontent, Labor, and New York Socialists.

Title: JM-137: 1912 Presidential Election. 137
Summary: This cartoon illustrates the events that occured in the presidential election of 1912. The top left panel shows former president, Theodore Roosevelt, obviously beating Taft in the primary elections. This reflected the fact that most voters at the time preferred Theodore Roosevelt to President Taft for reelection. The top right panel shows President Taft winning the primary election, because Roosevelt has been tackled by the credentials committee. The credentials committee was responsible for determining, which men were eligible to vote in the primary elections of 1912. The middle panel shows nominations for the Republican primary. The nomination of the left is for former President Theodore Roosevelt. The nomination on the right is for Charles Evans Hughes, former governor of New York. The bottom panel shows the race continuing, and a group of men sitting in a room. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-290: Death's new favorite
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting "Speed Mania" totals up more deaths than wars.

Title: JM-128: Shake hands with my friend, Canadian Reciprocity. 128
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting William Howard Taft encouraging a free trade accord between the Midwest and Canada.

Title: JM-108: If this weather continues, all the girls at the Charity Ball will wish they had worn the Russian costume
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a group of women in national costumes standing in a space filled with icicles. They all look at the woman wearing the Russian costume.

Title: JM-145: The Senate passes a parcels post bill. 145
Summary: This cartoon shows the US Senate passing the Post Office Appropriation Bill of 1912. The most controversial part of this legislation was the parcels post provision being held up in the comic. This provision divided the country into zones, which would be used to determine postage prices in the US. The provision was introduced by Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon to create uniform postage prices within specific areas of the United States. Senator Joseph Bristow of Kansas originally objected to the provision, claiming the price proposals of postage were too low to sustain. Eventually, the senators reached a compromise and the bill was passed with the maximum postage rate of 12 cents per first pound shipped within the total of eight zones created. This bill was thought to be beneficial to small businesses, regularized and lowering costs in specific zones. This bill was not well received by many within the US, particularly with some big business, as represented by the four large men in the top of the cartoon. One of these men reference former Senator Thomas Platt, an infamous political boss for the Republican party. The comment shows a shift occurring within Congress from conservative to more progressive policies during the 1910s. This shift is seen by the man commenting, “Darn those daily moosepapers”. This comment is most likely a reference to the progressive policies of President Theodore Roosevelt, who founded the Bull-Moose party in 1912. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-038: Hindered progress when horses are different houses
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the president and Uncle Sam appearing happy when both horses pulling their carriage along are Republican, signifying a Republican Senate and House. When the Senate is a Democrat horse, the carriage is at a standstill and both the president and Uncle Sam both have annoyed, unhappy expressions on their faces.

Title: JM-231: A New Sign at the White House. 231
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Calvin Coolidge cleaning house in the aftermath of the Harding administration.

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