“Lest we forget”
A group of people sit outside of a “soup house,” a factory is “closed,” and a savings bank is “suspended.” Caption: What happened in 1893.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-16
Your TR Source
Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912
All ready for the campaign
A giant “the trusts” man, dressed in a grass skirt, holds Alton B. Parker in his arm. David B. Hill looks away as a much smaller August Belmont stands beside “the trusts.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-23
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All are on the band wagon
A number of men are in a wagon driven by a donkey. General Nelson Appleton Miles looks backward while the trusts hold Alton B. Parker in his lamp. August Belmont and David B. Hill are up front directing the donkey. A Tammany tiger sits beside Parker.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-21
Creator(s)
“It is to laugh”
A Republican elephant laughs as it watches a Democratic donkey read a letter from William Francis Sheehan in St. Louis, Missouri. Caption: O wad some power the giftie gie us,/To see oursels as others see us!/It wad frae monie a blunder free us,/And foolish notion!
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-17
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On to the fray
A number of men in the Democratic Party march forward: Grover Cleveland with his fishing rod, William Randolph Hearst with a small bag of money, William Jennings Bryan with a “Lincoln Neb.” drum, Alton B. Parker with the face of a sphinx, David B. Hill, Charles Francis Murphy, and George B. McClellan, who rides a Tammany tiger.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-06-30
Creator(s)
Jolting the rough rider
President Roosevelt attempts to ride a bucking horse that is startled by firecrackers that Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna let out: “Senator Hoar’s speech” and “Gen Wood’s promotion.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-22
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Joy in the jungle
A monkey holds a paper that reads “Washington D. C.–Jan 9th 09–Cable: Roosevelt in hot water / Congress.” A variety of African animals like an elephant, a hyena, a lion, a giraffe, and a zebra look on.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-01-20
He’s good enough for them
Uncle Sam and President Roosevelt hold up their hands in support of William H. Taft.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-10-14
Still cautious!!
Alton B. Parker faces two different ways. On one side, he stands up straight. On the other, he puts his hand to his head. Caption: “From the Judge is expected cautious deliberation; from the candidate, inspiration, energy, promptness and aggressive impulse.” —Advice from a Parker enthusiast.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-26
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The same old Hill!
David B. Hill sits on a doll of Dame Democracy. On the wall is the word, “Saratoga.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-20
Creator(s)
Why not begin at home?
Mississippi Representative John Sharp Williams holds a ballot box to an Igorrote tribesman from the Philippines while an African American man faces a “Southern ballot” box that is locked shut. Caption: John Sharp Williams has a ballot box for the Igorrote, but none for the Mississippi Negro.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-24
Creator(s)
President Roosevelt’s letter
Uncle Sam looks at “President Roosevelt’s letter” and sees David B. Hill, Alton B. Parker, and August Belmont stuck in “tanglefoot.” He says, “That’s what I call first-class flypaper.” Caption: “President Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance is proving the best campaign document ever issued in any campaign. It is being widely circulated and is making a deep impression everywhere.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-25
Creator(s)
Uncle Sam:–“Not good enough for me!”
Uncle Sam holds “Parker’s Letter” and looks disgusted. Caption: Uncle Sam:—”Not good enough for me!”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-27
Creator(s)
Should he get the chance?
An old war veteran reads a sign stating, “If elected I will revoke that order. Alton B. Parker.” (Parker wished to revoke an executive order of President Roosevelt’s which granted pensions to veterans, instead preferring that such matters be resolved through Congressional legislation)
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-01
Creator(s)
And This is Democratic Harmony!
Alton B. Parker and Henry Gassaway Davis hold sheet music and sing two contradictory songs about protectionism and free trade to Uncle Sam. Caption: Special engagement of Alton and Gassaway, the celebrated team of musical daologueists.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-29
Creator(s)
That order shall not be revoked
Pennsylvania Senator Philander C. Knox, who has one wooden leg, holds Miss Columbia’s hand. Caption: “That order shall not be revoked.” Miss Columbia. Quoted below the cartoon is an excerpt from a speech by Knox saying that an executive order by President Roosevelt benefiting injured soldiers should not be revoked and sent back to Congress to pass legislation on the matter because of the far-reaching consequences such an action could produce.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-03
Creator(s)
Riding for a fall
Circus performers Alton B. Parker and Henry Gassaway Davis shakily stand on two galloping horses, labeled “free trade” and “protection.” August Belmont walks along as the ringleader, while David B. Hill watches as a clown.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-05
Creator(s)
Wolf can’t reach them
A family rides in a “labor G.O.P.” box on an elephant as a “hard times” wolf tries to reach them.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-10
Creator(s)
Such a disappointment!
A fortune teller—”Miss Democracy”—holds Alton B. Parker’s hand. Caption: The fortune teller: “You are contemplating a trip to Washington, Judge; you won’t take it.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-13
Creator(s)
Fading, still fading
In the first illustration, Alton B. Parker stands tall and looks refined. Caption: After gold telegram. In the second, Parker is shorter and looks more ruffled. Caption: After acceptance letter. In the third, Parker is even shorter and is faded. Caption: At present time. Overall caption: How the Esopus candidate appears as the campaign progresses.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-24