Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-25
PUBLIC MEN ENJOY
their CARICATURIS

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Washington star.
Tho presout generation Of public mon
as a rulo, are inclined to smile. rather
than to become heated, in the com.
temptation OF cartoons in which thev
are oaricatured no matter how gro.
tesquely. Senator Hanna, for Example.
has often been compelled TO literally
hold his sides over some OF the car.
toons 10 which be has most ponder.
ously, and yet more eomically, figured
and il is said that he has preserved thu
cream of all these cartoons. Mr.. McKinley
never tails 10 sinile at the carieatures
of himelf. He recently received from
q New York publishing firm book Of
oartoons--in which he figures most
ridiculoUsly- made for a Democratic
epeping newspaper of New York hy
Opper, one OF the funniest Of thu
funny artists. The President is said
10 have devoted an hour to the col.
lection OF cartoons, andNto have emitted
many chuckles as be turned the pages.
Vice President Roosevelt laughs with
the utmost heartiness pyor most of tina
cartoons that are made of him. He is
personally Acquainted with most Of tho
caitoonists, so that the humor OF their
work has an added weight of appeal TO
him. The newspaper men aho accom-
panied Mr.. Roosevelt on his big swing
around tho circle during the campaign
last fall say that whenever they heard
an unusual. volume OF laughter from
the compartment of the Vice Presi
Dental candidate they knew that Mr..
Roosevelt had got hold OF q bat h Of
newspapers containing uproarionsly
idiotic cartoons of himself. The car.
ioonists' aocentuation of the pro.
portions of his teeth particularly
amused him, although when he was
Police Commissioner in New York, and
in that capacity came in for good
deal of cariuaturing, he was at first
sumew surprised to discover that
his teeth formed 60 striking feature
OF his physiognomy. II will tell you
anything proper fer tho public TO
know he would say to newspaper
intei viewers at that time ''if, 10
heavens name, you will only leave my
teeth out of the stuff you write. What
have my molars got to do WITH the
conduct Of the Nav York Police De.
partmentl" And then he would smile
80 that his really fine, il prominent.
teeth would finsh out, and the Bews.
paper men would have lot of diff.
Guilty To restrain their ohuckles. Mr..
Roosevelt is not at all sensitive as to
those teeth, az, indeed, he has no
reason to be-. On the contrary, he has
had a lot of fun with them.
Secretary Gage smiles dreamily over
tho caricatures of himself, but does
not comment upon them The points
OF Mr. Hays full moustacbe rise with
the smile beneath when ne contem.
plates the absurd cartoons that are
| made Of him. Mr.. Root only glances
at tine cartoons drawn of him. Gen.
Miles has enjoyed the cartooning to
which he has been subject for good
many years. lie is 70 impressive look.
ing man that the artists have some
trouble in making him look ridiculous.
II is said that Lord Paunoefote gave
vent to many quiet chortle over the
| funny carioatures that were made OF
| him during the controversy over the
Clayton Bulwer treaty, and that be
has high appreciation of tho hnmor
tif not the invariable good taste) OF
American cartoonists. Speaker Hender-
son 9 rubieund countenanoe has always
been wreathed in smiles when he has
gazed upon the funny drawings the
as'oes hhFo mbuo OF ulm. ana DIT.
| cannon was often observed during the
last session with a stack Of Illinois
Papers piled up on his desk, going over
the cartoons and smiling very broadly.
| Mr.. Heveridge, the young Senator from
Indiana, ia said to have carefully pre-.
| served all OF the cartoons made of him
since this entry into public life.
The public men of today have been
| A0lIputad N IN fha
universal caricaturing of big men waa
comparatively new idea some OF the
most distinguished subjects Of the
humorous artists pencils quite often
got sore over the cartoons. Roscoe
Conkling-w had decided sense OF
humor, despite an erroneous impression
to the contrary, produced by his almost
exalted public dignity--did not like
the cartoons that were made of him,
even by the most eminent cartoonist,
such as the late Keppler. The reason
Conkling objected to them was that he
was almost invariably represented 10 q
turkey cock. conceted posture, or else
IN domineering, arrogant attitude.
Mr.. blaine highly appreciated the car
toons OF himself from humorous point
OF view, yet, as a statesman skilled in
the art OF measuring the effect OF such
thlngs, he felt that these cartoons had
an unfaporable effect upon his political
fortunes. The "PIumed Knight car
toons generally moved him to laughter,
and, while he Instantly perceived how
calculated to iuiure his prospecty for
the Presidency the "Tattooed Man
cartoons were, he couldn't restrain his
| smiles over some of these, too, pay-
ticularly the famous ore called me
ard Jack
1t IL natural enough for those who
enjoy cartoons of public men TO
Imagine that the cartoonists are in
| spir5d by the most malignant feelings
toward the eminent figures whom they
hold up to public laughter, if not
obloquy, with their pencils. Nothing
could be farther from the truth, how
ever. den OF artistic instincts are not
often partiaans in politics, and most OF
the best known cartoonists of this
country for the past quarter OF a century
have, as matter OF fact. been neutrals
IN politics. Cartoonists are in the
employ of publications of differing
political stripes, and they have to
follow copy They do the work
they are instructed to do by their en-
ployers. They conceive the idea and
execute them, of eourse-and this work
requires them to keep In most careful
touch with political affairs-but per
sonally they are in no wise involved in
the political antagonisms which their
pencils portray. Their position In this
respect is identical with that OF news-
| paper mon employed by partisan news
| papers. The matter of tho rewspaper