Der "Bugaboo" im Congress. Cartoon from Puck, 1885. Illustration shows a large ape labeled "Irish Vote" sitting on a large ballot box, holding a shillelagh, and being pumped-up by a bellows labeled "Demagogery" manipulated by Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa and others, behind them stands James G. Blaine with a copy of "Irish World" in his pocket, and kneeling nearby is John Kelly. A crowd of congressmen are supplicating themselves to the "Irish Vote", among them are John Sherman, John A. Logan, and George F.

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