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The caption to this political cartoon charges the Associated Press with trying to discredit and marginalize the People's Party by not reporting on it. The cartoon attributes the success of the People's Party to a circulating library of pamphlets on economic issues and a "reform press" that raised public awareness of the Populist movement. The illustrated cartoon shows a group of reform newspaper men requesting publications from the "Economic Circulating Library." Created by controversial cartoonist Watson Heston, the cartoon was reproduced in the People's Paper published in Stafford, Kansas. The People's Party took control of the Kansas legislature in 1890 when ninety-two Populists were voted into office. Two years later more candidates from the People's Party were elected. These Populist candidates included Governor Lorenzo Lewelling and all other statewide officials.
Creator: Heston, Watson
Date: October 3, 1892
Item Number: 224275
Call Number: S 1280
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224275
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Printing and publishing
Collections - Library
Community Life - Community services - Libraries and museums
Date - 1890s - 1892
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Populism
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Cartoon
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - Illustrations
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Populism, 1890 - 1900
Type of Material - Newspapers - Illustrations
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