Inauguration day, 1897 - a good beginning' President William McKinley sitting at his desk in the oval office, as former president Grover Cleveland departs with Uncle Sam; Puck is standing on a step-ladder, carving 'McKinley's Good Record' and 'Gage, Sec. of Treasury' into stone next to 'Cleveland's Good Record' which includes 'Extension of Civil Service Reform', 'Repeal of Silver Purchase Bill', Suppression of Chicago Riots', Settlement of Venezuelan Controversy', and 'Arbitration Agreement with England'.

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Inauguration day, 1897 - a good beginning' President William McKinley sitting at his desk in the oval office, as former president Grover Cleveland departs with Uncle Sam; Puck is standing on a step-ladder, carving 'McKinley's Good Record' and 'Gage, Sec. of Treasury' into stone next to 'Cleveland's Good Record' which includes 'Extension of Civil Service Reform', 'Repeal of Silver Purchase Bill', Suppression of Chicago Riots', Settlement of Venezuelan Controversy', and 'Arbitration Agreement with England'.

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