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Republican Reform Under Harrison
The "Billion Dollar Congress"
In this cartoon from Puck, Benjamin Harrison and the "Billion Dollar Congress" are portrayed as wasting the surplus.
Harrison, who wears a large top hat, is shown pouring a bag of coins labelled "$ 100,000,000 Surplus Left by Cleveland in 1882" into a hold labelled "Billion Dollarism Hole."
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