Donnell, Elmer C., 1877-1951

President Roosevelt fishes at “third term pond” with some “policy bait” beside him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-04-10

President Roosevelt cuts another notch—”federal control of railroads”—in his big stick that already has several notches: “meat inspection,” “canal,” “R.R. rate regulation,” and “pure food.” In the background are James J. Hill, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Edward Henry Harriman holding knives with a banner behind them, “Angry R.R. magnates in their one act come by, entitled. We’re always agin the president.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-04

President Roosevelt pokes Edward Henry Harriman, who is reading a book, “My Letters to T.R. by Harriman,” sitting in the “truth” pew. Beside Harriman is a paper entitled “T.R.’s Letters to Me” and a top hat. The pew in front of Harriman is labeled “falsehood.” Behind the two men are several chuckling individuals and a sign that reads, “Daily Political Experience Meeting for the Benefit of the Public.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-04-04

Crowds cheer from the stands with the labels of “West,” “North,” and “East” and William H. Taft rushes with the football of “Roosevelt policies” down the field. Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell is carried off the field on a stretcher asking, “Whazza matter. Am I hurt?” Meanwhile on the field, President Roosevelt tackles William Jennings Bryan by the head as Thomas Louis Hisgen, Eugene W. Chafin, and Eugene V. Debs huddle on the field: “What are we going to do about it?” Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker stumbles off the field on crutches.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1908-09-30