Quiet around Democratic headquarters
Thomas Taggart sleeps with his feet resting on a large drum. He is dressed in a suit made of playing cards.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-29
Your TR Source
Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912
Anything you say, Mr. Pulitzer!
Alton B. Parker and a bull dog look up at Joseph Pulitzer who says, “Tell them what you meant. It was gold and hauling down the flag in the Philippines wasn’t it?” Parker says, “Yes, Mr. Pulitzer.” On the blackboard is written, “Resolved I’ll never say another thing till my teacher tells me to. Buster.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-31
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Which one do you prefer?
One President Roosevelt stands with his hands at his side whether another touches an American flag. Caption: Which one do you prefer? The real Roosevelt, or an individual who would never use such terrible expressions as: “A boy that won’t fight is not worth his salt. He will be no use in life and is a coward.” “Ours is not a creed of the weakling and the coward.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-02
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Miss Democracy: “That awful man; I can’t lose him”
Dame Democracy throws up her hat as she faces David B. Hill. There is another David B. Hill behind her.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-03
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Judge Parker
Alton B. Parker stands tall “after his telegram,” but stands much shorter “after his speech.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-31
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The constant visitor at Esopus
August Belmont walks on a farm in Esopus, New York, with a dog. There are cows in the background.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-09
Creator(s)
Uncle Sam (who knows him)—Did you think you could fool anybody?
Uncle Sam looks disapprovingly at August Belmont who holds a money bag. On the wall is a telegram to William Francis Sheehan from Alton B. Parker about the gold standard.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-24
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A donkey with a load
A Democratic donkey carries “the trusts,” August Belmont, David B. Hill, and Alton B. Parker. “The trusts” pull the Tammany tiger along. Caption: In his time he has carried heavy loads, but this is the worst he ever got under.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-25
Creator(s)
Hon. Henry Giveaway Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis sits on a pile of money surrounded by a barbed wire fence. Caption: And the millions he intends to give the Democratic campaign fund.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-26
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At last there is harmony in the Democratic Party
A Tammany tiger and a Democratic donkey stand shoulder-to-shoulder, but look away from one another. On the ground are broken weapons and a skull.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-01
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The two Uncle Sams who are opposed to Roosevelt
A rotund Uncle Sam with “Belmont’s tips” in his back pocket looks at a shorter Uncle Sam that has a “guide to Taggart’s gambling resorts” in his back pocket. On the ground is a “ballot box” that is “stuffed to order.” Caption: In yesterday’s cartoon I showed the three Uncle Sams—the farmer, the merchant and the laboring man—who will elect Roosevelt. To-day’s cartoon shows the two Uncle Sams who are opposed to Roosevelt.— Homer Davenport.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-03
Creator(s)
Led by Lincoln’s principles
President Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln walk hand-in-hand, as Lincoln points forward.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-04
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Crowding him off
William Jennings Bryan sits at the edge of a cliff holding a scroll of “his principles” as Grover Cleveland, David B. Hill, Alton B. Parker, Richard Olney, and a Tammany tiger try to push him off.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-07
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Preparing Parker’s speech
Alton B. Parker milks a cow in the background as a number of men look at papers: David B. Hill, Grover Cleveland, a Tammany tiger, Arthur P. Gorman, Richard Olney, John E. Parsons, and August Belmont.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-08
Creator(s)
The Democratic choir
August Belmont directs choir music in a church full of dollar signs. The choir includes David B. Hill, Patrick Henry McCarren, Thomas Taggart, Grover Cleveland, and James H. Eckels, all dressed in ladies’ attire except Taggart who wears a suit of playing cards.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-09
Creator(s)
Not another word
Alton B. Parker with a head shaped like a sphinx holds a telegram to William F. Sheehan in which he discusses the gold standard.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-12
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Bryan reading Parker’s speech
William Jennings Bryan reads “Parker’s speech of acceptance.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-11
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Uncle Sam:—”Did he mean it then, or does he mean it now?”
Uncle Sam reads Alton B. Parker’s telegram to William F. Sheehan about the gold standard and looks at Parker’s votes for William Jennings Bryan in the ballot boxes of 1896 and 1900.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-13
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Too high for the donkey
August Belmont holds a whip as a Republican elephant jumps over a large barrier with slats that read, “Panama Canal,” “coal strike settlement,” “open door in China,” “reciprocity with Cuba,” “curbing of trusts,” “Dept Commerce and Labor,” and “Alaskan boundary decision.” A donkey jumps through the space just above the “curbing of trusts” slat.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-14
Creator(s)
Now and then
There are two figures of Uncle Sam: one above “1893” is skinny and forlorn while the one above “1904” is heavier and stands tall.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-15