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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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-18
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!!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-22
A tall Chair of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou stands on “his record” as a small Thomas Taggart grabs “mud” to throw at Cortelyou.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-25
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-26
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-27
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-28
David B. Hill, Arthur P. Gorman, and Alton B. Parker pull a donkey in several different directions in an attempt to get it off Thomas Taggart, who has been flattened on the ground.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-06
Alton B. Parker walks into the “Democratic headquarters” carrying a “big stick” as he finds four men asleep, including Grover Cleveland. There is a picture of Horace Greeley on the wall as a campaign flag with Parker and Henry Gassaway Davis’s faces.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-15
David B. Hill stands with torn and shredded clothes, stuck by several knives and axes in his body: “Cleveland memento,” “from Tammany,” “World editorial,” “Times,” “defeat for Gov. 1895,” and “Coler boom.” He holds an umbrella and a bag with the tag of “stolen Senate seat.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-07
A well-dressed farmer stands beside crops littered on the ground as he smokes a cigar.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-08
Uncle Sam puts his arm around President Roosevelt and points forward. Vermont Senator Redfield Proctor stands behind them and puts his hand on Roosevelt’s arm.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-08
On the left of the cartoon, a “retired D. Hill” scarecrow leans against the wall, while some newspaper boys whisper about him. On the right, Hill sits on a chair upon a tiger skin-covered podium and directs Charles Francis Murphy and Alton B. Parker.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-09
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.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-11
David B. Hill holds a note from William Jennings Bryan with the message, “when you want me let me know,” on it as he sits beside August Belmont and Thomas Taggart.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-13
Alton B. Parker sits at a desk and reads a letter reading “My Dear Alton, so far there IS NOT much doing here.” He is surrounded by “returns” from Maine, Arkansas, Oregon, and Vermont detailing poll numbers in those states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-13
“Vermont” whispers into “Maine’s” ear as a paper with the words “32,000 strong” sticks out of Vermont’s back pocket.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-15
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.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-16
A man sits on a chair and looks at a fireplace as he contemplates an earlier cartoon, showing Uncle Sam putting his hand on President Roosevelt’s shoulder with the caption “He’s good enough for me!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09
An image of impoverished, bedraggled Revolutionary War-era patriots is contrasted with President Roosevelt portrayed as a king, with Uncle Sam bending to kiss Roosevelt’s foot.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
A cartoon depicting Uncle Sam patting President Roosevelt on the back, endorsing him for a second term as President. This copy is inscribed, “To Mr. Stoddard from Homer Davenport.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1904