Signs and divinations. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting the presidential candidates for the 1908 election, each learning their fortunes regarding the outcome of the election: Norman E. Mack as a palm reader telling William Jennings Bryan that his line of ambition is phenomenally long. Likewise your line of talk. You can't lose; Frank H. Hitchcock as a seer gazing into a crystal ball, which shows the face of Theodore Roosevelt, and telling William H. Taft that he sees nothing but success; Thomas L. Hisgen is reading cards labeled WR Hearst; Thomas E. Watson sees the word Cinch in the stars; Eugene W. Chafin is reading tea leaves; and Eugene V. Debs is dropping hot lead into a cauldron showing the White House. Date 1908 September 30. Signs and divinations. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting the presidential candidates for the 1908 election, each learning their fortunes regarding the outcome of the election: Norman E. Mack as a palm reader telling William Jennings Bryan that his line of ambition is phenomenally long. Likewise your line of talk. You can't lose; Frank H. Hitchcock as a seer gazing into a crystal ball, which shows the face of Theodore Roosevelt, and telling William H. Taft that he sees nothing but success; Thomas L. Hisgen is reading cards labeled WR Hearst; Thomas E. Watson sees the word Cinch in the stars; Eugene W. Chafin is reading tea leaves; and Eugene V. Debs is dropping hot lead into a cauldron showing the White House. Date 1908 September 30.