The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-26
An Outrageous Cartoon.

There is neither truth nor dccency in o
large cartoon which the Minneapolis Tribune
presents to the people OF the Twin Cities as
depicting the situation in West Fiity-tirst
street We shall permit no Western reader
OF THE Sun to be misled by any such mo-
liciouS caricature OF the Hon. LAZARUS
BAKER as he really appears during his I'M
eXampled vigil
In the Trib,me's picture there kneels upon
the stoop OF Number l2 the almost naked
figure OF a miserable tramp. His head is
bound with rags. and the only other cover
ing upon his emaciated person Is tattered
pair Of trousers. You can count his ribs
There drops from his right eye tear us
large as an English walnut. His coun-
tenance expresses tho last degree OF
agonized entreaty. His skinny arms and
his chin whiskers are alike stretched
imploringly toward the open door Of Num-
Der -. and his right hand holds out for
aims battered stovepipe hat which looks
as IL 1t had done service on successive St. Pat
rick days ever since the year 1647 Abroken
crutch leans against GrRco-Morescan
iower-pot containing a aourishing agave.
intended by the artist to emphasize the
contrast between the poor. ptiable men,
dicant and his sumptuous surroundings.
At window draped with beautiful
lace curtains you catch a glimpse OF
the President-elect. clad in q magnif1-
cent cashmere dressing gown and hold
ing in his arms a lovely infant. The child
gazes with horror upon the wretched crea-
ture kneeling on the door step, while Mr..
CLEvELAND's own expression is that Of dis
gust mingled with slight symptoms of per-
sonal alarm. The alleged LAZARUS BAKER
does not see the domestic group in the
window; he is looking only ut the open
door, where n figure, resembling one Of the
green devils in the Black Crook" and evil
IDENTIFY designed to personify the Insolence
Of Power. shakes his fist in the beggar's
face and warns him off the stoor.
We have described this lying cartoon with
some particularly in order to show to what
lengths malice and ignorance can proceed.
The scene is Us purely imaginary as WILL
LIAM BIAKEs picture OF the soul OF O flea.
Nothing like it has been witnessed in West
Fifty-tlrst street. and nothing like it can
occur anywhere in the streets OF this
metropolis under the present efficient adj
ministration Of the police ordinances.
An applicant for charity SO hideously
obtrusive and SO indecently clad rs the
figure labelled LAZARUS BAKER" by the
Minneapolis Tribune would be whisked off
the steps Of Number 70 by Policeman MAC
GOwAN and sent to the Island by Police
Justice JIM kILBEETu before the Insolence
OF Power had time to- clench his fist. or the
infant in the window had time to make up
its pretty mouth for howl OF dismay.
Compare this abs urd ideal sketch OF the
Hon. LAZARUS BAKER in West Fifty-iirst
street with the actual aspect OF the scrupu-
lously neat and wholly respectable little old
gentleman with white chin whiskers. who
is as cheerful as sunshine itself except
when he is preoccupied: who has money in
his pocket for the child of Calabria that
comes regularly every morning from the
Sixth avenue to black his still servlceable
shoes: and who waits modestly. patiently,
and uncomplainingly. for the moment when
it shall suit Mr.. CLEvELANDs convenience
to intimate that he is ready to receive the
Hon. LAZARUS BAKER for conference upon
matters Of public Importance