Taking his medicine
Subject(s): Antitrust law, Patent medicines, Reciprocity, Reciprocity (Commerce), Republican elephant (Symbolic character), Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
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President Roosevelt gives the Republican elephant labeled “G.O.P.” a spoonful of “Trust Legislation Tonic.” On the elephant’s abdomen is a “Reciprocity Plaster.”
Comments and Context
Cartoonist Pughe suggests that by early 1902, President Roosevelt was manhandling his party, advancing a modified high-tariff policy and forcing trust-busting medicine down its throat. However, reciprocity had been President McKinley’s new policy trend when he died; and, as far as trusts went, neither the party nor the nation yet knew how much farther than the Northern Securities case the president would go.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1903-03-04
Creator(s)
Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Taking his medicine. [March 4, 1903]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o277196. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909. Taking his medicine. [4 Mar. 1903]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o277196.
APA:
Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909., [1903, March 4]. Taking his medicine.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o277196.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
