The Delegate Arrives
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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Back when we still had caucuses, the close of the caucuses always involved “voting for delegates”.
The people in the front explained, at length, “this is *NOT* a popularity contest… it’s figuring out who is going to go to Denver in a few weeks and spend a day up there.”
The college students’ faces fell and the same guy who went last time, now a little greyer, got voted to go.Report
In 1912, Doc White was a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.
I love this cartoon–it does capture the high-toned earnestness of the political rhetoric of the time.Report