Introduction

Read the marker in the image to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the political cartoon.

This 1909 illustration by L.M. Glackens is titled "The Minority".

1. Illustration shows several congressmen labeled "Gardner, Champ Clark, De Armond, Sulzer, Goldfogle, Ollie James, Fitzgerald, [and] Burton Harrison" and others engaged in a brawl on the floor of the House of Representatives; in the backgroumd, Sereno E. Payne is addressing the Speaker of the House, Joseph G. Cannon.