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The Biennial Shower

Title:
The Biennial Shower
Full Title:
The Biennial Shower
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Dalrymple, Louis
Date:
1901
Date posted:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
1141.01
Identifier:
PJM_1141_01.jpg
Subject:
Politics & Government
Satirical
Pictorial
Extent:
(cm, H x W) 26 x 35 page
Collector's Notes:
This cartoon map shows Uncle Sam on the roof of the Treasury Building in Washington turning the crank to scatter $68 million dollars from the infamous "River and Harbor Bill" for porkbarrel projects across the states. "The River and Harbor bill," as the New York Times editorialized at the time, "is the great logrolling measure of Congress. . . . Every Congressman who has in his district what by any stretch of imagination may be described as a stream . . . is in the logroll. And thus, as President Arthur said, in a famous veto, 'thus, as the measure becomes more objectionable, it secures more support.'" New York Times, March 5, 1901, p.8.
When Puck's issue of March 6 went to press, the editors apparently assumed that the much-criticized legislation would once again be approved. But they were mistaken. The Times of Tuesday, March 5 reported that Senator Carter of Montana, "all through the lonely watches of Sunday night and Monday morning, was engaged in talking the River and Harbor bill to death." The Times concluded, "Sweet, upon some occasions, are the uses of filibustering." Ibid.
Note:
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Source:
Puck, March 6, 1901.
References:
For full details on references, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/references.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Rights:
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About the collection

This is a collection of “persuasive” cartography: maps intended primarily to influence the opinion of the viewer -- to send a message -- rather than to communicate geographic information. The collection reflects a variety of persuasive tools: allegorical, satirical and pictorial mapping; selective inclusion or exclusion; unusual projections, graphics and text; and intentional deception. Maps in the collection address a wide range of messages: religious, political, military, commercial, moral and social.