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Scarborough, Alonzo W. (Alonzo Willis), 1875-1943

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President Roosevelt as Senator Rayner sees him

President Roosevelt sits on a throne with a large crown and his big stick as a scepter. Beneath his feet is a rug, “U.S. Constitution.”

Comments and Context

The short-lived cartooning career of Alonzo W. Scarborough in the recently (1904) established New York newspaper, the Evening Globe, produced some memorable campaigns. The paper merged with the Commercial Advertiser (whose origins are traced to the first American newspaper, founded by Noah Webster) and was eventually bought by newspaper mogul Frank Andrew Munsey, a consistent supporter of Theodore Roosevelt, and merged with many other titles into the Herald-Tribune in the 1920s.

Dance, you tenderfoot, dance

President Roosevelt holds a gun labeled “Simplified” and cartridges on his belt labeled “The New Way”: “Tho,” “Tapt,” “Thru,” “Topt,” “Blest,” and “Fixt.” Opposite is a man labeled “Congress” with a belt labeled “The Old Way” and cartridges labeled “Though,” “Tapped,” “Through,” “Topped,” and “Blessed.” The two are firing words at the feet of the “Public Printer” – “Dropt,” “Ript,” “Mixt,” “Mixed,” and “Ripped” – who jumps into the air to avoid getting shot. A diminutive Andrew Carnegie stands in the foreground.

Comments and Context

Cartoonist “Scar” (Alonzo W. Scarborough) of the newly energized New York Globe drew memorable cartoons about Theodore Roosevelt in his second term. As with many cartoonists, the Republican Scar milked the Simplified Spelling matter for all it was worth. In fact it was not worth much, except as a curious distraction in a very contentious political year.

R. I. P.

President Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie bring flowers to a grave that reads, “Sakrud to the Memory of Simpul Speler Born Nu Yawk March 06 Died in Washington December 1906.”

Comments and Context

This cartoon mocking the effective demise of the Simplified Spelling movement — at least as far as United States government policy, having been explicitly and unanimously rejected by the House of Representatives, was concerned — was drawn by the New York Globe‘s Alonzo W. Scarborough, who ironically simplified the spelling of his own name, professionally, to “Scar.”

Uncle Sam—”No, Teddy, he won’t do!”

Uncle Sam shows President Roosevelt and William H. Taft a paper that reads, “How about this? Judge Taft’s decisions against labor.” Caption: Uncle Sam–“No, Teddy, He Won’t Do!”

Comments and Context

In a vague manner — but probably intentionally — this cartoon by “Scar” (Alonzo W. Scarborough) is reminiscent of Homer Davenport’s iconic cartoon of Uncle Sam and President Roosevelt, “He’s Good Enough For me.”