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A Republican elephant holds a scale with President Roosevelt and an “anti-trust” paper on one side and Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna with a “stand pat” paper on the other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12
President Roosevelt and a bear labeled “Russia” look at one another. Roosevelt holds a “protest agains the Kishineff massacres” while the bear holds up a “protest against lynching in the United States.”
As President Theodore Roosevelt and his Administration sought means effectively to protest the pogrom in Kishinev, Moldova — where Tsarist forces killed almost fifty Jews and injured hundreds — he was acutely aware of a wave of lynchings in the United States, and his obligation to respond… and, perhaps, address the similarities.
Of course, the national Administration did not sanction nor encourage lynching, but state governments did, and so did some prominent politicians, like Senator Ben “Pitchfork” Tillman of South Carolina.
President Roosevelt, with a sign reading “Roosevelt, phrenologist” behind him, stands while feeling Dame Democracy’s head. On the wall is a picture of a man with dollar signs on his head and the title of “trust.” Caption: It is difficult to find out from our opponents what are the real issues upon which they propose to wage this campaign.—Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-12