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Hobson's Choice - You Can Go or Stay
The cover illustration of Puck shows a man wearing a hat labeled "Oregon" giving Chinese men a "Hobson's choice."
How John May Dodge the Exclusion Act
Created during the time of heightened anti-Chinese sentiment, the comic depicts Uncle Sam kicking a Chinese immigrant off a dock.
Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party
The illustration shows James Garfield and Winfield S. Hancock nailing a Chinese man between two "Anti-Chinese" boards labeled "Republican Plank" and "Democratic Plank".
If We Were Enough of a Nation to Demand, - We Ought to Be Enough of a Nation Now to Pay
Uncle Sam. "We, as a nation, are not responsible; it is the State; and as the murders were all committed by unauthorized foreigners, you should go to their native lands for indemnity."