Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

Secretary of War Elihu Root holds a rope that is attached to a “Lieut-Gen. in command” chair on which General Nelson Appleton Miles sits, typing at a typewriter. Miles has typed reports and speeches already, and is currently typing: “My charges against the Army: looting, water cure, murder, favoritism.” Root taps President Roosevelt on the shoulder and presents the rope to him, directing him to pull the chair out from underneath Miles.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-20

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Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

President Roosevelt hands back a crying baby to its mother, while turning to look at the next baby being thrust at him. A long line of mothers, each with one or more children, have already met Roosevelt and the line of mothers waiting extends off the edge of the cartoon. Caption: What does he think about race suicide now?

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-01

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

Theodore Roosevelt is pictured as the President of Harvard University, wearing a cap and gown but also spurs, conferring a degree of doctor of laws upon a man with a very large mustache dressed in full cowboy gear. There is a bear skin on the floor of the stage. Another cowboy in the background is shooting both his guns in celebration.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-19

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

This cartoon depicts Theodore Roosevelt leaping over a gap between two rock faces trying to capture a bear with only his right hand while dragging a cougar with his left hand. In addition, there is a dog seen falling in between the gap because he was unable to leap as far as President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-15

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

Cartoon depicts various world leaders on “vacation.” President Roosevelt gives a vigorous speech, Emperor William looks lost with his guidebooks, and King Edward plays cards on a yacht.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-03

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Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

President Roosevelt rides up on a horse to the homestead of Miss West. Item is regarding the Western vote in 1904. Caption: But This Young Lochinvar Came Out of the East.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-01

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

A man representing the West chooses between two side show acts, President Roosevelt and former president Grover Cleveland.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-21

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Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

Uncle Sam looks on as President Roosevelt forces a horse labeled the Senate to drink from a water trough labeled Panama Canal Treaty. Roosevelt holds a smoking gun where the smoke forms the words “extra session.” The item is regarding an extra session of Congress to address open treaties and bills.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-18

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

Uncle Sam watches as President Roosevelt tries to ride a bucking elephant labeled the Senate over a bridge towards the Canal and Cuban treaty legislation while prodding it with an extra session of Congress.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-07

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Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

President Roosevelt attempts to serve as the conductor for a “mechanic,” “businessman,” “manufacturer,” and “farmer.” Caption: President Roosevelt—”Gentlemen, gentlemen, play together; you lack harmony.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-09

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Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

A “Roosevelt Ltd” locomotive appears around a bend while traveling on a set of railroad tracks that lead “to nomination.” Crouched in the foreground behind a rock, J. Pierpont Morgan has placed a large log labeled, “The Sun New York,” on the tracks and holds back a bulldog—”Wall Street.” Caption: Mr. Morgan—”I guess that will derail it, all right.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-15

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

President Roosevelt holds the “daily paper” behind his back as he watches Assistant Postmaster Joseph L. Bristow clean the “scandal” water off the floor of the “P. O. Department.” Caption: Roosevelt—”Will you soon be through with the room? Bristow—”Have just this corner yet, sire. My, but it is the dirtiest job I ever tackled, sir.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-05

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Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

President Roosevelt walks toward the White House while struggling under the weight of an old man on his shoulders. The old man wears a “P. O. scandal” satchel and drinks from a “graft” canteen.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-09

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

Secretary of State John Hay and President Roosevelt argue with one another over a scroll of paper labeled “Kishinev Massacre protest.” A bear labeled “Russia” stands in the doorway. Caption: The bear—”Why not refer your little difficulty, gentlemen, to my court of arbitration at The Hague?”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-05

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

President Roosevelt holds a “presidency” violin and sits in a seat beside a chair labeled “Mark.” A Republican elephant holds a “vice-presidency” violin out to Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, who walks away and says, “Here’s where I ‘stand pat.'” Meanwhile, Myron T. Herrick exits via stage right.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-23

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

The “administration band wagon” that New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt is riding in gets stuck in the “Post Office scandal” mud as President Roosevelt urges the Republican elephant on. Postmaster General Henry C. Payne holds a shovel and Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna tries to push the wagon forward. Meanwhile, a Democratic donkey looks on.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-18

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

In the first vignette, Postmaster General Henry C. Payne points at a “Post Office scandal” stick of dynamite and says, “Aw! — It’s only a squib” as Perry S. Heath and August W. Machen look on. In the second vignette, the stick of dynamite explodes, sending Payne, Machen, and Heath flying.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-20

Creator(s)

Stewart, Donald Farquharson, 1880-1945

Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna hands President Roosevelt “Ohio” with an “indorsement” paper attached to it. Caption: Mr. Hanna—“I just heard that you wanted it, Mr. President.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-28

Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna is tied to the ground and has an “Ohio State Convention” funnel in his mouth. President Roosevelt holds a “Roosevelt indorsement” hose that Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker is about to turn on. Caption: Roosevelt to Foraker—”Turn on the water, Joe.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-27

President Roosevelt drives the G. O. P. elephant who is attached to the “Washington or Bust” wagon. They are headed toward “renomination 1 mile” and followed by “Wall St.” and “Hanna.” Caption: “Across the Continent came the ox-drawn, white-topped wagons bearing the pioneers * * * * who entered into this country to possess it.”–President Roosevelt’s speech at Portland, Oregon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-23