Your TR Source
Two little bears look at a crying mama bear. Caption: Little Bear-rug—”Where’s papa gone to? Won’t we never see him any more?” Mrs. Widow Bear-rug—”Your father, children, has a prominent place in the white-house. We ought to feel very proud of him, and maybe maybe we’ll all go there some day, darlings.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-24
President Roosevelt holds a “Roosevelt diplomacy” wand as he looks at two hats. One says “Komura” for Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Jutarō Komura, and the other says “Witte” for Russian Prime Minister S. I︠U︡. Vitte. Caption: The President: “Gentlemen, you have seen the insides of these hats—and you noticed they contained no dove. I shall be delighted to place one there—if I can!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-23
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna holds an “opposition” broom and runs away from the “Roosevelt tidal wave” that has “endorsement by state conventions” in the crest of the wave. “Trust opposition” and “Wall Street” barriers break down in the water.
Richard Keith Culver’s political cartoon could stand as a picture of the nation’s, or the Republican Party’s, approbation of President Roosevelt. More than a year before the nominating convention, the United States was experiencing peace and prosperity, and the young president’s personality and reform policies captured the public’s affection. It was rather unprecedented that state parties were declaring their endorsement of Roosevelt’s re-nomination so early.