The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-03-30

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II - i:,s,,.a ~, 1a.-..,r.. C4ar4Ss gen
tlenaan, was subject to contune1y; and
even now, when political cartoons are
made, Mr.. Harrison appears as very
small man with a ''grandfather's hat
almost covering his entire body.
Tho makers OF these pictures care
nothing for the feelings Of their vic
Tins, nor Of their wives and children.
A few strokes OF the pen or pencil will
portray q man In some ridiculous atti-
t,1de, and then the face Is added, with
grotcsque conditions, and the picture is
ready for publication. The artist is
paid for tho picture, or paid by tho
week to do such work, md no never
wastes any sympathy upon the object
Of his assaults. He has no heart, or
else has hidden it away from contact or
communication with his conscience.
He works much as a space writer works
on metropolitan daily paper. It is
his method of earning a living, and he
never lilkens himself unto q graverob-
Der or Malta assassin. Certainly not,
for he is an ''artist," q man of genius,
and his employers applaud his efforts.
81 have ceased to pay any attention
to caricaturcs of myself" says Speaker
Crisp. s'I used to be very sensitive, and
sometimes angry with the liberties OF
bufroonry, but that was some time ago.
A public man must become accustomed
to the bitter Us we'll as the sweet Of
prominent positions in the political
world"
81 never notice cartoons rejecting
upon myself says ex-Spealser Reed.
''Thc fellows who make them have no
malice. They are doing that class OF
work for q livelihood. The best car
toonists on earth would work for Puck
or Judge, indiscriminately, for tho big
Eest pay. Some of them do very cifec-
tive work in political campaigns. They
place lessons before the people much
more plainly than editorial writer's or
orators could do it. No, they have no
personal malice In their work, and they
are sometimes instructive as well as
amusing"
When Mr.. Reed was ruling the house
Of representatives and earning the title
| Of "czar," Thomas Mast illustrated a
vvell-written article concerning the stu
alton with a cartoon of Mr.. Reed stand
| ms. like q tremendous giant, with q big
| gavel in his hand, his head nearly
| COUGHING the rafters, while down ut his
feet was little desk and q very little
chair, while underneath the whole
were the printed words: "He rises to
| tho OCCASION
ssThey have never abused me-" says
Senator Quay, ''as badly as they abused
Zen Butler during his lifetime. AT
long as can End consolation in that
comparison, shall not complain"
81 am, us you know" says Congress
man Wilson, of West Virginia, "the
author Of the Wilson bill, very scnsi
tive and retiring IN my disposition.
could not truthfully say that adverse
cartoons are not offensive to me, To-
some Of them have been eSccedingl,
distressing"
IT am inclined to Think" says Secre
tary of the Treasury Carlisle, ''that TIN
cartoonist, as well as the newspape
writers generally, have been rathe
considerable OF me. do not permi
criticism of any character to depriv
me of sleep. All newspaper slsetche
have their place and their value"
President Hayes was deeply paine
whenever he was subjected to the rid
cule Of caricaturists. He banishe
comic papers from the white house, be
cause he cid not want his wife to sc
them. On one occasion Zach Chandle
came to Washington, and answered a re
I porter with the off-hand remark: 9
have come to Washington to run
poker down the spine Of the ad1ainistrs
ton" Very shortly afterwards pix
Mfa PAPER appeared with o cartoo
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