Abstract
This article uses the cartoons published in O Malho magazine between 1902 and 1910 to assess the perception of cartoonists and/or publishers of this periodical on the political republican processes-the electoral practice, the political class and its institutions-and how such interpretation was published. The publications reveal the electoral dynamic and the results of the elections, traditionally criticized as exclusive, predictable and fraudulent. Such facts became object of recent researches, and have been showing that the elections were more competitive than they seemed to be. We attempted to relate the political view of O Malho magazine to the present historiographic works approaching and revisiting the interpretation of the elections.
Keywords:
First Republic; cartoons; electoral process; political participation; republican institutions
