Reviev 0, Recieirt. t/SiOS. 



Current History in Caricature. 



* O wad some power the giftie g^e us, 

 To see ourselves as ithers see us." — BURNS. 



The Arena for April gives a place of honour 

 to Mr. W. A. Rogers, the cartoonist of the New 

 York Herald, as one of the most potent forces in 

 the field against corruption. The cartoonists are 

 all against the thieves: — 



" Thus the name of Thomas Nast suggests imceas- 

 ing warfare against enthroned municipal greed : 

 those of Davenport and Oppter bring before the 

 mind the warfare against the brutal tyranny and op- 

 pression of the present-day •commercial feudalism. 

 In like manner the name of W. A. Rogers, the 

 famous cartoonist of the New York Herald, sug- 

 gests the unrelenting foe of the grafters and cor- 

 ruptionists in city, state and national government. 



One idea has ever domiriated Mr. Rogers in his 

 work. He has battled resolutely for one great ob- 

 ject — common honesty — something more needed to- 

 day than ever before in our public life. We think 

 it is quite safe to say that no less than eight-tenths 

 of his cartoons have to do with graft, corruption and 



the betrayal of the people in the interests of privi- 

 leged wealth. He has been the uncompromising, 

 determined and tireless foe of all forms of civic dis- 

 honesty. His ideal of statecraft is high, and his 

 realisation of the fact that there is a cancer at the 

 vitals of the nation, eating away the fabric of free 

 government, destroying public moralitv and drain- 

 ing the resources of the millions, is so keen that his 

 pictures speak volumes. In the columns of one of 

 the greatest news-gatherers of the world and one of 

 the most negative editorial papers of the age, 

 Rogers' pictures are the most \irile moral note pre- 

 sent — the note that more than aught else compels 

 the reader to take cognisance of the grave perils 

 that are threatening national integrity." 



Local caricaturists have not much to sharpen 

 their wits upon. We lack in the colonies the many 

 items of interest supplied by the Continental na- 

 tions. Melbourne Punch suggests that Mr. Deakin 

 is keeping tariff matters back in preparation for the 

 general election. The Free Lance deals with the 

 new Labour Party problem in New^ Zealand, but 

 events for the knights of the pencil have taken some 

 hunting for. 



Melbourne Punch J 



Rescue the Perishing. 



(The " Age " censiirea Mr. Deakin very severely for delay- 

 ing Tariff Reform, ajid bo deferring the application of the 

 rnlee for the restoration of the .ipparently starved in- 

 dustries ) 



Representatives of Staeved Industries : " Oh. Alfred, have 

 yon no pity? While you are delaying that meal we may 

 perish !" 



Alfred : " Hava patience ! There is to be no meal for 

 njany a dny. I am snving these materials for my graxid 

 Electioneering Bajiquet." 



.V.Z. Free Lance.'] 



Ready for the Contract. 



In the p.ist the workers had Mr. Seddon to look to, but 

 now he wa* gone and they must take action. — Mr. Arnold 

 at Waj mate. 



DtJNEDiN's Arnold : " Now then. Labour, it is up to you 

 to have a Leader of your own. Barkis is willin'." 



Chords op Labour Members: "Where do we come in?" 



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