Title
The Ahkoond of Swat
            Subject
Political cartoons
                    Heaton, Harold R., -1940
                    Deneen, Charles Samuel, 1863-1940
                    United States. Congress. Senate
                    Elections
                    Shurtleff, Edward D.
                    Stead, William H.
                    Illinois. General Assembly
            Description
Governor Charles A. Deneen beats the legislature into shape, using a bat to prorogue the legislature, or to discontinue a legislative body without dissolving it, as Attorney General William H. Stead encourages him.
Political cartoonist Harold R. Heaton's graphic depiction captures the tension between Governor Charles A. Deneen and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Edward D. Shurtleff, both Republicans, during the tense deadlock over the 1909 Senate election, known as the Lorimer scandal. The title refers to a 1878 poem by George Thomas Lanigan.
            Political cartoonist Harold R. Heaton's graphic depiction captures the tension between Governor Charles A. Deneen and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Edward D. Shurtleff, both Republicans, during the tense deadlock over the 1909 Senate election, known as the Lorimer scandal. The title refers to a 1878 poem by George Thomas Lanigan.
Creator
Heaton, Harold R.
            Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
            Date
n.d.
            Format
jpg
            Language
eng
            Identifier
400934
                    Harold R. Heaton Collection
            Original Format
political cartoon
                    b&w
                    1
            Physical Dimensions
40 x 37 cm
            

