Your TR Source
President Roosevelt shakes Uncle Sam’s hand just outside the “White House” door. Uncle Sam holds three rolled up papers—”Miller scandal,” “Isthmian canal question,” and “Interior Department”—as well as a “P.O. Scandal” mailbag. Caption: Home from his vacation and ready for work—and there’s plenty in sight!
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-04
Philippe Bunau-Varilla uses an “intrigue” candle to cause the “Colombia” egg to hatch, producing a “Panama Republic” chick. Bunau-Varilla holds “French Canal Co. Stock sold to U.S. for $40,000,000,” while the chick holds two papers up to President Roosevelt: “concession to United States to dig canal” and “credentials of Bunau-Varilla as minister to the U.S.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-15
President Roosevelt recklessly drives the Republican elephant forward, hauling the “Panama or Bust” wagon. A “Panama Republic” infant sits beside him and drinks from a “$10,000,000 for right of way” bottle. The wagon bounces over several rocks in the road as it travels, including: “precedent,” “Colombian protest,” “international law,” and “treaty.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-22
President Roosevelt rides a Republican elephant that holds a “Delaware patronage” scroll in its trunk as it steps into a river labeled “dirty politics.” John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks attempts to grab the scroll.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-13