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President Roosevelt and the Republican elephant sit relaxed in hammocks with Roosevelt reading a quotation from Plutarch: “Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-21
President Roosevelt flies down the road driving an automobile with William H. Taft in the backseat. To the left side of the car the Republican elephant tries to keep up. There is a sign, “the presidential Glen Echo,” in the foreground and the White House and the Washington Monument in the background. Senator Joseph Benson Foraker holds up a watch and cries, “In the name of the speed limit, slack up.” Caption: Town Marshal Foraker: “Stop! in the name of the law.”
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1907-05-17
Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon stands on a platform with a suitcase that has a “Panama” label waving as he looks ahead and sees two men fighting, an elephant and an “Ananias cup.” The words “willful untruth,” “$5,000,000.00 conspiracy fund,” “You coughed up everything,” “deliberate untruth,” “brainstorm,” and “blame it on Loeb” appears from the kerfuffle.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-09
Five men attempt to push the “$5,000,000.00 corruption fund” rock off a hill onto President Roosevelt who is riding a horse underneath.
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1907-04-06
An elephant holds a tennis rule book that reads, “Love 40–The Deuce,” and thinks, “Every evidence of a dangerous game.”
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1907-03-24
President Roosevelt uses his big stick to cast various reptiles into the water: “land grabber,” “spoils,” “mollycoddle,” “Brownsville,” “graft,” “rebate,” “swollen fortune,” and “Bellamy.” In the background stands an elephant about to hit a toad with a cane, “Watch me.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-17
J. Pierpont Morgan and Edward Henry Harriman stand on the side of the “Square Deal” labeled “railway interests” while President Roosevelt stands on the other side, “public interests.” In the foreground is an elephant holding a ruler labeled, “Square Deal” and a book entitled, “How to Square a Circle.”
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1907-03-14
Uncle Sam drives President Roosevelt in a horse-drawn carriage labeled “3rd Term” at a fast speed while an elephant races by.
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1907-03-12
Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon with a cigar in his mouth holds a folded up umbrella and a suitcase labeled “Uncle Joe” with a paper, “The Show Me,” walking toward “Panama.” Behind him is an elephant also with a cigar in its mouth. On the ground are footprints of others: President Roosevelt, Uncle Sam, and Secretary of War William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-07
Uncle Sam, wearing boots (one that says “Army” and the other that says “Navy”), marches forward with a shovel and a pail toward “Panama.” Beside him is an elephant holding a shovel. President Roosevelt is in the distance away from Panama waving a white paper.
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1907-03-01
President Roosevelt and Eugene E. Schmitz stand hidden on the side of a mountain near a sign that reads, “To Japanese settlement.”
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1907-02-13
President Roosevelt, mounted on a horse, jumps over a fence with poles labeled “Square Deal,” “Equal Rights,” “Corporation Control,” and “Tariff Reform” as Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks watches in the background.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-09
This cartoon depicts four different options for President Roosevelt after he leaves office: “President of Harvard,” “In charge of the Panama Canal,” “A member of the Peace Congress at The Hague,” or “U.S. Senator from New York.” Caption: A composite horoscope by the Hon. Champ Clark.
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1907-02-04
President Roosevelt throws horseshoes at “honesty.” “Fair Deal” has landed squarely on the stake, and Roosevelt holds another labeled “National honor” in his hand. “Tariff reform,” “equal rights,” and “corporation control” are all on the ground beside him.
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1907-02-05
The symbolic character John Bull gestures to President Roosevelt to come over to him. He stands beside a sign with a lion at the bottom that reads, “Precedent no. 1: ‘Once an Englishman always an Englishman.'” Roosevelt, on the other hand, stands on an area labeled U.S. with a tag that reads, “T.R. Champion Precedent Breaker.” On the left side stands Jamaican Governor James Alexander Swettenham who thinks, “Anything personal, I wonder?”
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1907-02-02
President Roosevelt, George F. Edmunds, and Secretary of State Elihu Root all hold boards behind their backs labeled “Ship Subsidy.” Meanwhile, a man labeled “Congress” walks toward them holding a book that reads, “O, long may it wave” and “My country ’tis of thee.”
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1907-01-20
President Roosevelt stands with a big stick in his hand looking ahead to dishes that are running away. One is labeled, “Arrangement of Courts.” Behind him are several broken dishes, “Precedent No. 6–The president never leaves the United States,” “The president should not smile,” “The president should not bust trusts,” “Precedent No. 4–The president should not work hard,” “Precedent No. 10–The President sends few messages to Congress.”
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1907-01-06
Secretary of War William H. Taft labeled “Full-back,” President Roosevelt labeled “Quarter-back,” and Uncle Sam labeled “Center” holding a ball with the words “Justice for Treason” stand on a football field looking at a group of men with a sign, “25th Infantry.” In the stands beside the group of men is one man holding a pennant labeled “T–Traitor” while the other side has a big “W” with a megaphone shouting, “Rickety Ram, Rickety Ram, Theodore, William, and Uncle Sam.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-21
President Roosevelt watches naval officers rush forward, shouting, “Double Quick.” Beside him is a sign that reads, “To Promotion. Wanted–More Naval Officers–Get in Young and Get More Experience–Commander in Chief.” Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf stands on a boat labeled “The U.S. Navy” and says, “Them’s My Sentiments.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-20
In one circle, President Roosevelt holds a box labeled, “Nobel Peace Prize.” In another, Andrew Carnegie cuts a paper labeled “Inheritance” that is divided in half. One side reads, “This piece is for the children,” and the other reads, “This piece is to be returned to the ‘community.'” In the last circle, Henry Watterson faces Roosevelt and holds a bag with a tag, “To Europe,” and a paper sticking out that says “T.R. is all right.” Two men are outside the circles with a paper that says, “We got ours,” while a government clerk looks through a telescope at the number “20%.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-17