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1900 [and] 1904 (version a)

This cartoon is split into two halves, labeled 1900 and 1904. On the left half, depicting 1900, Thomas Collier Platt, one of the political bosses of the Republican party, throws a lasso labeled “Vice-Presidency” around Theodore Roosevelt. On the right side, depicting 1904, there is a similar picture of Theodore Roosevelt throwing a lasso labeled “Vice-Presidency” around Mark Hanna. This cartoon makes reference to the episode where Boss Platt sought to constrain Theodore Roosevelt’s political ambitions by making him William McKinley’s vice president, and suggests there is an echo of this in 1904 when Roosevelt seeks to similarly restrict Mark Hanna, who was thought to have presidential ambitions. (In another version of the cartoon, Berryman replaces Platt with Hanna in 1900.)

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904

1900 [and] 1904 (version b)

This cartoon is split diagonally into two halves, labeled 1900 and 1904. On the top-left half, depicting 1900, Mark Hanna throws a lasso labeled “Vice-Presidency” around Theodore Roosevelt. On the right, depicting 1904, there is a similar picture of Theodore Roosevelt throwing a lasso labeled “Vice-Presidency” around Mark Hanna. This cartoon makes reference to the episode in which Republican leadership sought to constrain Theodore Roosevelt’s political ambitions in 1900 by making him William McKinley’s vice president, and suggests there is an echo of this in 1904 when Roosevelt seeks to similarly restrict Mark Hanna, who was thought to have presidential ambitions. (In another version of the cartoon, Berryman drew Thomas Collier Platt instead of Hanna lassoing Roosevelt in 1900.)

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904

The latest out of the box

Three figures stand holding strings leading to boxes with small figures popping out of them. The first figure, a tiger, represents the Democratic Tammany Hall and holds a string leading to a box labeled “Dix.” Second is the figure of Theodore Roosevelt, who holds a string leading to a box with “Stimson” written on it. Finally is the figure of William Randolph Hearst, who holds both a sign saying “The simon-pure unbossed Hearst” and a string to a box labeled “Hopper,” with the figure emerging out of the box holding a flag labeled “Independence League.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

The President’s dream of a successful hunt

This cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt posing in the aftermath of a bear hunt. One of the bears, which he has shot and killed, has “bad trusts” written on it. On the other bear, which he has tied up with a leash labeled “restraint” is still alive and has “good trusts” written on it. In the background there is a sign reading “White House,” and a third small bear toting a large sack with feet poking out of it. This refers to Theodore Roosevelt’s “trust busting” efforts during his presidency.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

Representative Metcalf recommends E. S. Pilsbury for the advisory committee. President Roosevelt suggests that Representative Cousins second his nomination at the Republican National Convention. He asks if an African American should speak, such as Judson Whitlocke Lyons or William Demos Crum.