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President Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker both hold telephone earpieces attached to a “polling booth” in the background to their ears. Roosevelt writes on a paper with a “White House” header while Parker writes on a paper with a “Esopus” header.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-08
President Roosevelt rides a Republican elephant and speaks into a megaphone, saying, “I’m it.” He carries several weapons and “the big stick.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-09
Alton B. Parker leans against an “Esopus” haystack with “Vermont” mountains in the background. A “safe and sane” horn is at his feet. “32,000 Republican plurality” lightning strikes in the sky.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-08
Alton B. Parker of Esopus throws a “record of Republican extravagance” brick at President Roosevelt of Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-10
President Roosevelt and Chair of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou walk in front of a number of gagged officials from the “War Dept,” “Navy Dept,” “Post Office Dept,” “Pension Bureau,” and “Agricultural Dept.” Roosevelt points to a sign: “By direction of the president, officials will neither discuss nor give out any information regarding the annual estimates until further orders.” Another sign reads, “The governmental expenditure last year mounted up to five hundred and eighty-two millions, which is not equalled by any year since the Civil War, with the exception of the year of the Spanish War. Judge Parker’s speech.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-11
President Roosevelt crosses his arms and stands on an “expenditures 1903-4” mountain of money bags: “War Dept $115,000,000,” “Civil, and miscellaneous $132,000,000,” “pensions $142,000,000,” and “Navy Dept $102,000,000.” Two signs are in the background. The one on the left reads, “We intend in the future to carry on the government in the same way that we have carried it on in the past.” Theodore Roosevelt. The one on the right reads, “The governmental expenditures last year mounted up to five hundred and eighty-two millions, which is not equalled by any year since the Civil War, with the exception of the year of the Spanish War.” Alton B. Parker.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-12
A statue of President Roosevelt stands on a plinth, holding “the big stick” and “the Earth.” New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt lies on the ground pointing accusingly at New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell holds a “governor” sword. In the background, Abraham Gruber, Lemuel Ely Quigg, and John Raines brandish their swords and walk away.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-15
Uncle Sam hands President Roosevelt a “New Broom” and a “New Axe” in order to clean up a path which is labeled “Scandal.” The path leads to the door of the U.S. Post Office, and hanging from a tack on the door is a sign that reads “Department of Spoils.” Uncle Sam has a very upset look on his face and is drawn nearly twice as tall as President Roosevelt. Roosevelt is depicted as a short, round man in his Rough Rider outfit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-06