Only a Full-fledged Admiral Could Handle Them as Dewey Does

This illustration entitled "Only a Full-Fledged Admiral Could Handle Them as Dewey Does", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on August 31, 1898, depicts Admiral George Dewey, hero of the U.S. Navy's victory over the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, holding the strings binding all of the Philippine Islands under his control.
Berryman Political Cartoon Collection