On verso: "Steve Zwick, Dave Tribble, Mck Bagale, Ed Bagale, Ernie Correll, Ted Forward."]]>
Kansas Senator Joseph L. Bristow locks his sights on Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. As the leader of the Republican Party in the Senate and as a representative of the conservative wing of the party, Aldrich was often at odds with progressive Republicans like Bristow. In this cartoon, John T. McCutcheon articulates the debate over the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909, which increased tariffs on certain imports like rubber, a commodity in which Aldrich was heavily invested.]]>