The Political bosses are most likely to inspired the creation of the cartoon.
Political bosses refers to group of people who participated in politics but are not involves in the administration of the country, rather they influence masses to vote and collect illegal tax among other.
In the mid-1880s, the United States experienced a massive immigration of people, mostly from the Europe due to perceived development in America and over the world.
The cartoon was believed to be made by political bosses to makes an ironic mock on the immigrants, by rejecting the arrival of new immigrants.
