1892

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The campaign of 1892 was a rematch between Cleveland and Harrison, with no substantial change in issues. Cartoonists depicted this contest as another big money campaign for the Republicans, but there was less evidence of corruption in this campaign than in that of 1888 (27A-1067014). 

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Here Harrison waves the banner of "high tariff": the campaign was a "bog of old issues."(27B-1067015) Little excitement was generated; Cleveland was criticized for making a third attempt at the Presidency and depicted as a "political Columbus" who would not land in the Presidency in 1892 (27C-1067016). 

A third party, the Populists, nominated General Weaver, who was attacked for his war record (27D-1067019). The Populists were ridiculed for their criticism of the Supreme Court (27E-1067020). 

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Joseph Keppler of Puck portrayed Benjamin Harrison wearing the hat of his grandfather, William Henry Harrison, which kept getting larger and larger until in 1892, with Cleveland's election, "Little Ben" disappeared (27F-1067021, 27G-1067022).

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One of the most interesting pieces of false prophecy occurs in a cartoon from this election(27H-1067023). This cartoon originally depicted Cleveland in dazed defeat, about to be trampled by a victorious Republican elephant. However, Cleveland won, and having no time for a new cartoon, the artist, Bernard Gillam, pictured as a monkey in the bottom left corner, did a somersault and changed the figure of Cleveland to that of Harrison, putting a patch of defeat over the elephant's eye.