A senate for revenue only
Subject(s): Hill, David B. (David Bennett), 1843-1910, Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904, Legislators, McKinley, William, 1843-1901, Patronage, Political, Tariff, Trusts, Industrial, Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
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Uncle Sam sits on the Speaker’s desk in the “U.S. Senate,” bound by tape labeled “McKinley’s High Protection Monopoly Tariff,” facing a group of senators labeled “Coal Senator, R. Road Senator, Collar and Cuff Senator, Sugar Senator, Steel Rail Senator, Lumber Senator, Copper, [and] Iron Senator,” and David B. Hill holding a large knife labeled “Peanut Dave.” Seated among them is George F. Hoar. Caption: What are we here for, if not for our private interests?
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1894-03-28
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Civil Service Commissioner (1889-April 1895)
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:
A senate for revenue only. [March 28, 1894]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289360. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905. A senate for revenue only. [28 Mar. 1894]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289360.
APA:
Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905., [1894, March 28]. A senate for revenue only.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289360.
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. August 3, 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.
