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Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

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The situation

The situation

Alton B. Parker hides underneath a bed and says, “I will speak.” “Miss Democracy” watches him as she knits. Caption: Miss Democracy—(After punishing her candidate for his anti-imperialistic language), No Alton, you must stay where you are. Silence in your case is indeed golden.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

And still proud of it

And still proud of it

Thomas Taggart points to a poster of John Griffin Carlisle and Grover Cleveland with the words, “Greatest Show on Earth.” Caption: Taggart (the new barker of the Democratic combination, pointing to the Carlyle-Cleveland poster): “Come one, come all! We still stand pat on the panic of ’93! We haven’t changed a particle, and our old friends are still with us! Don’t miss the exhibition!!”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-22

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

As Parker would arrange it

As Parker would arrange it

Alton B. Parker—if elected president—sits with his would-be cabinet: “Thomas Taggart, Postmaster General,” “John Sharpe Williams, Attorney General,” “‘Bathhouse John,’ Secretary of Interior,” “William H. Devery, Secretary of Agriculture,” “Patrick H. M’Carren, Secretary of War,” “David B. Hill, Secretary of State,” “August Belmont, Secretary of Treasury,” and “Benjamin R. Tillman, Secretary of Navy.” Caption: The possible cabinet of white-winged souls who would get a job on Democratic success.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-26

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

An inspiration to the young

An inspiration to the young

Uncle Sam puts his hand on a youth as they both look at a picture of President Roosevelt. Caption: “Each man of them knows very well that he could wish no happier lot to his boy in the cradle than that he might grow up to be such a man as Theodore Roosevelt.”—Secretary Hay discussing the attitude of the Democratic leaders toward President Roosevelt in his Carnegie Hall speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

The man and his master

The man and his master

On the left side, Alton B. Parker stands in the front while David B. Hill, Patrick Henry McCarren, Thomas Taggart, and August Belmont are in the back. Caption: July: (veiled) Hist! Keep the push in the background. The people may get wise! On the right side, Hill, McCarren, Taggart, and Belmont stand in the front while Parker stands in the back. Caption: October: (unveiled): The people are wise. We might as well admit we are it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-28

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

All kinds of advice

All kinds of advice

A harried-looking Alton B. Parker sits at a desk and tries to write as several megaphones with the titles of various newspapers shout at him. The “Brooklyn Eagle” says, “Hold to the Philippines.” The “N.Y. American” says, “Down with Belmont and trusts.” The “N.Y. Times” says, “Hold the Philippines. Hold everything.” The “N.Y. World” says, “Scuttle. Abandon Philippines. Give up. Scuttle.” The “N.Y. Post” says, “Come out for free trade.” Another megaphone says, “Down with the South.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-11

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

No new policy wanted

No new policy wanted

John A. Dix points to a letter that reads, “Treasury Department Jan. 27, 1861—If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. John A. Dix, Secretary of the Treasury.” Meanwhile, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw writes on paper: “evacuate the Philippines.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-16

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912